As we have discussed in previous blog posts (find them here, here, here, here and here), defined benefit (DB) pension transfers are an...
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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...
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...