Nov 30, 2020 MAPping the way forward in international tax disputes By Sarah Bond Katharina Kubik Statistics released by the OECD for 2019 (see here) show that the trend for increasing use of the mutual agreement procedure (“MAP”) as a...
Nov 30, 2020 WorkLife2.0: preparing for the hybrid workplace By Jean-Francois Gerard Holly Insley Laura Llangozi Julia Förster +1 more... Show less When a number of tech giants announced earlier this year that home working would be the norm until 2021, many were surprised. Now that...
Nov 27, 2020 The UK Supreme Court hands down its landmark judgment in Halliburton v Chubb, in which Freshfields represented the LCIA as interveners By Olivia Valner Freshfields partner Nigel Rawding QC and senior associate Olivia Valner, together with Charles Kimmins QC and Luke Pearce of Twenty...
Nov 27, 2020 EU export controls: EU Dual-Use Regulation updated By Lukas Pomaroli Iris Hammerschmid The German presidency of the Council and representatives from the European Parliament have recently agreed on an update to the EU...
Nov 26, 2020 UK government decision means there will be no change to RPI until 2030 By Dawn Heath Charles Magoffin Rebecca Webster The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) and HM Treasury have confirmed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, will not consent to...
Nov 26, 2020 GMP Equalisation: Issue of past transfers addressed by the UK High Court By Charles Magoffin Gareth Davies Chantelle Nicholas Elizabeth Sangobiyi Ryan Thorne +2 more... Show less Last week, we published a blog post setting out the issues with GMP equalisation and highlighting the outstanding issues in relation to...
Nov 26, 2020 Worrying signs for 'speak-up culture' By Holly Insley Simon Kellett Whistleblowing remains a significant area of focus for financial services regulators, who regard the way firms deal with whistleblowers...
Nov 25, 2020 Dutch competition regulator publishes further guidance to help online platforms protect consumer rights By Felix Roscam Abbing Alvaro Pliego Selie Following the publication earlier this year of guidelines on the protection of online consumers ('the Guidelines'), the Netherlands...
Nov 24, 2020 First EU 'collective actions' under the new Directive likely in 2023 By Martin Mekat Jeroen Van Hezewijk Andrew Austin Today the provisional agreement on the proposal for a new Directive on representative actions that was reached in June 2020 was formally...
Nov 20, 2020 'Enormously expanding' criminal liability for money laundering: (second) update on Germany’s new draft law By Marcel Michaelis Daniel Travers A few weeks ago, the German government published its official draft bill reforming the crime of money laundering in Germany (section 261...
Nov 18, 2020 UK Pension Schemes Bill passes report stage and third reading in the House of Commons By Dawn Heath Following an evening of debate, the Pension Schemes Bill (the Bill) had its third reading in the House of Commons on Monday. Yet again,...
Nov 18, 2020 GMP Equalisation: Unanswered benefit transfer questions to be considered by the UK High Court By Charles Magoffin Gareth Davies Chantelle Nicholas Elizabeth Sangobiyi Ryan Thorne +2 more... Show less In 2018, when the Lloyds Banking Group Pensions Trustees Limited v Lloyds Bank plc and others case ([2018] EWHC 2839 (Ch)) (the Lloyds...