On 12 February 2021, the UK Supreme Court handed down its decision in Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell Plc in favour of the claimants, allowing...
Recent developments in the US, Australia and Europe provide further comfort as to the viability of monetising intra-EU investor-State...
Earlier this month, on February 9, 2021, Nicaragua’s reforms to the “Law for the Protection of the Rights of Consumers and Users” (Law 842
This fourth blog post in our series examining the options open to member states when implementing the Representative Actions Directive...
24 February was the day of the ‘big reveal’ for the Hampton-Alexander Review – the announcement of who amongst the FTSE 350 had met or...
After several months of intra-governmental discussions, a first official legislative proposal on a Human Rights Supply Chain Duty of Care...
Although it began back in 2006, it was the breaking of the Harvey Weinstein scandal in 2017 that really propelled the #MeToo movement...
On 29 January 2021, the Hague Court of Appeal (‘the Court’) issued a decision holding Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary liable for causing oil...
The volume and significance of collective and class actions is rising throughout the world. This has been driven to date by increased...
We are delighted to share the sixth edition of our annual top trends analysis: International Arbitration: top trends in 2021.
Our...
It is no secret that the terms used in the EU Product Liability Directive 85/374/EEC (PLD) leave a lot of room for interpretation. A...
In this blog post in our series 'WorkLife 2.0: what to expect in 2021' we consider recent developments in the diversity landscape and...
The much-anticipated independent report by John Penrose MP into how UK competition policy should be reformed to meet the UK Government’s...
In June 2020, we posted a blog regarding construction claims in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) during COVID-19 (available here).
Under...
For almost a year, there has been a fierce debate about whether Germany has the right to tax (based on a very old and formerly unenforced...
On 22 December 2017, the French anti-corruption agency (L’Agence française anticorruption or AFA) published formal guidance to help...
The changes that the COVID-19 pandemic imposed on the world of work, and the new hybrid workplace that is expected to emerge in 2021,...
Despite concerns raised from across the pensions industry, the Pension Schemes Act 2021 ('the Act') finally received Royal Assent on 11...
In this third blog of our series on the choices EU member states must make when implementing the Representative Actions Directive ('the...
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has stepped up its enforcement action against wedding firms and holiday providers whose...
Liquidated damages (LDs) or penalty regimes are where parties often come unstuck. While privity of contract enables parties to agree a...
In a private enforcement case brought by four public utility companies from the Gulf states, the Amsterdam District Court (the Court)...
UK Finance engages with members to address outsourcing risk
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has recently closed a consultation on...
In recent years, judicial criticism of ‘over-lawyered’ witness statements in the Business and Property Courts (BPCs) has been growing...
The Belgian Parliament is currently proceeding with the final discussion and the subsequent vote of a new tax on securities accounts, to...
Despite several adjustments of the EU anti-money laundering (AML) framework, the current regime has not been able to prevent a series of...
On 20 January 2021, the German government published the draft bill of an Act to strengthen Germany as an investment fund location –...
India has a long and eventful history in Investor-State arbitration. In this blogpost, we review the highlights and lowlights of...
In any economic downturn, there is usually an increase in the number of demands made throughout supply chains and in particular by owners...
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