9/29/2021 3:50:00 PM UK Pension Schemes Act 2021: Regulator publishes final guidance on criminal offences and updated code on contribution notices By Dawn Heath Tharusha Rajapakse Katharina Crinson Amy Rentell Jack Harrison +2 more... Show less With just two days to go before the relevant provisions of the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (the Act) come into force on 1 October 2021, the...
9/27/2021 4:39:50 PM Liquidated damages will continue to apply despite partial possession by an employer: Eco World v Dobler UK Limited [2021] EWHC 2207 By Jamie Calvy Stefan Pislevik The issue of liquidated damages (LDs) continues to keep the English courts busy this year, following the decision of the Supreme Court in...
9/27/2021 10:27:21 AM UK MHRA launches Consultation to overhaul medical device regulation and is to transform the regulation of software and AI as a medical device By Harriet Hanks On 16 September 2021, the UK MHRA launched its awaited “Consultation on the future of medical devices regulation in the United Kingdom”...
9/24/2021 1:29:00 PM FCA review on insurance product value: a timely warning to insurance firms By Kevin Whibley Emily Smith Fran Kaehr Nilsu Acikada +1 more... Show less Against the background of a range of recent action, the FCA has published its findings on whether insurance firms are living up to its...
9/21/2021 7:42:07 AM Whistleblowing in the EU: more questions arise from the 2019 Directive as we reach the implementation deadline By Jean-Francois Gerard Holly Insley Thomas Granetzny Laura Llangozi +1 more... Show less As we approach the December deadline by which EU member states are due to implement the 2019 Directive on the protection of...
9/16/2021 2:06:40 PM WorkLife 2.0: workplace Covid-19 testing and vaccination protocols – yet another update By Julia Förster Charles Smye Olga Chislova Laura Llangozi Léna Gonzalez Leonhard Prasser +3 more... Show less Return to office policies were a hot topic this summer as employers were busy preparing for the September re-opening of workspaces. The...
9/14/2021 2:31:16 PM UK Pension Schemes Act 2021: Mandatory procedural requirements for corporate and restructuring activity By Dawn Heath Katharina Crinson Tharusha Rajapakse The Pension Schemes Act 2021 contains a framework for additional mandatory procedural steps to be taken where a company which supports a...
9/9/2021 2:28:21 PM The Profit Diversion Compliance Facility: further wave of nudge letters By Sarah Bond Helen Buchanan In 2019, HMRC announced the introduction of a “Profit Diversion Compliance Facility” (PDCF). In very basic terms, the PDCF is targeted at...
9/8/2021 10:35:40 AM EU Business Taxation for the 21st Century: BEFIT and DEBRA – unpacking the acronyms By Philipp Redeker The EU’s Communication on Business Taxation (EU BT 21) contains a number of measures that will radically change the tax framework for...
9/7/2021 7:40:46 PM WorkLife 2.0: Workers' Share Schemes? By Regina Erie There is no question that the world of work has changed with the rise of the gig economy, and with the increasing prevalence of...
9/7/2021 11:47:57 AM Dual distribution in the EU – the safe harbour shrinks By Sascha Schubert Vanessa van Weelden Joanna Goyder In July we reported that the European Commission published its proposals for updated distribution rules, consisting of a revamped...
9/6/2021 1:19:21 PM EU highest court declares intra-EU disputes under the Energy Charter Treaty incompatible with EU law By Carsten Wendler Ashley Jones Gregorio Pettazzi Nikolaos Tsolakidis +1 more... Show less Executive Summary On 2 September 2021 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Komstroy v Republic of Moldova decided that...