2/19/2025 9:34:22 AM Contract Performance under the Procurement Act 2023: A New Era of Accountability By Kate Gough Olivia Valner Co-authored with Ewan West KC of Monckton Chambers Introduction The Procurement Act 2023 marks a significant shift in how contract...
2/12/2025 3:06:50 PM German Election #1: Dedicated Briefings and Overviews By Alex Schmidtke On 23 February 2025, almost 60 million German voters will elect a new federal parliament in snap elections after the collapse of the...
2/3/2025 3:41:02 PM The Procurement Act 2023: an updated regime for direct awards By Kate Gough Shannon O’Neill What you need to know if contracting with the UK Government post-24 February 2025 On 14 January 2025, Freshfields and Monckton Chambers...
1/28/2025 12:06:10 PM Themes in UK corporate tax disputes for 2025 (and beyond) By Sarah Bond Helen Buchanan Laura Western Like climate change, while the corporate tax disputes landscape in the UK changes relatively slowly, distinct trends can be observed when...
1/23/2025 5:35:44 PM The Procurement Act 2023: a new regime for exclusion and debarment By Kate Gough Olivia Valner Elizabeth Forster What you need to know if contracting with the UK Government post-24 February 2025. On 14 January 2025, Freshfields and Monckton Chambers...
1/15/2025 2:05:19 PM EU Refines Measures to Protect European Parties from Legal Actions in Russia By Noah Rubins KC Carsten Wendler Leane Meyer Gonzalo Salazar Valerio Letizia +2 more... Show less On 16 December 2024, the EU adopted the 15th package of sanctions against Russia. In addition to imposing the first comprehensive...
12/19/2024 9:52:28 AM Tax investigations and disputes across borders guide 2025 By Laura Western We are continuing to see a significant number of large-scale tax investigations and disputes internationally, and with governments across...
12/13/2024 8:26:17 AM New General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) set to transform the EU product compliance framework By Andrew Austin Moritz Becker Laura Knoke Harriet Hanks Anita Bell Rixa Kuhmann +3 more... Show less Today, on 13 December 2024, the new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) comes into force, introducing modernised safety standards...
11/14/2024 3:54:40 PM English High Court decision indicates EU-wide product approvals do little to prevent product liability claims for damages By James Roberts Simon Duncombe Sanjana Canumalla James Smith Georgina Bayly +2 more... Show less Background On 14 November 2024, the High Court handed down judgment in the first substantive trial to take place in the industry-wide NOx...
10/9/2024 5:57:24 AM Plans for a new online procedure for civil proceedings in Germany – the first real-world laboratory in the German justice system By Martina de Lind van Wijngaarden Katharina Shingler Helena Pilz The German justice system is to become more digital. One of the planned innovations to achieve this is a proposal by the Federal Ministry...
9/27/2024 8:19:26 AM Privilege in the context of European tax investigations: Court of Justice confirms tax advice is privileged By Helen Buchanan Laura Western Almost all corporate taxpayers will have sought the advice of tax lawyers at one time or another – be it in the context of a transaction,...
9/12/2024 3:56:47 PM High Court Clips the Wings of Class Action against Airlines By Emma Probyn Eid-Daniel Jadon Matt Allison The English High Court has struck out a class action claim against two airlines in which the Claimant sought to secure flight delay...