Pensions and the budget
Our briefing guides you through the announcements made regarding pensions in the 2014 Budget.
20 March 2014
Pensions budget changes go ahead
The pensions changes announced in the Budget will go ahead as planned from April 2015 with some adjustments. Our briefing gives more details.
23 July 2014
Pensions - February 2015
The latest edition of our Pensions newsletter covers the Pension Schemes Bill, developments on DC, liberation and more.
19 February 2015
ORR’s updated enforcement policy and penalty statement for Railway licences
The Office of Rail and Road recently updated its enforcement policy for railway licence holders. The policy sets out the ORR’s approach to economic regulation of compliance with all railway licences.
14 January 2016
REACH: AG opinion on SVHCs in articles
General Kokott's recent opinion on articles assembled (Court of Justice of the European Union) is contrary to current ECHA guidance and may burden product manufacturers, importers and suppliers.
12 March 2015
Over privileged and under investigation: SFO challenges use of privilege
The SFO has expressed dissatisfaction with businesses that use legal privilege as a defence against disclosing documentation while under investigation and vows to challenge this in the Courts.
22 May 2015
Ownership of copyright in the Innocent Smoothies logo resolved by the High Court
Failure to have a clear agreement about ownership of designs produced for Innocent Smoothies has resulted in multiple court proceedings. Companies using design agencies for branding should take heed.
18 February 2015
Real Estate Disputes Case Review 2015
Our Real Estate Disputes team provides a month-by-month breakdown of the most significant property cases of 2015.
16 December 2015
Redundancy by insolvent businesses ; how much is enough?
The Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an insolvent company was not expected to continue to trade, potentially fraudulently, to comply with duty to consult with employees for 90 days on redundancy.
03 June 2013
Reduced possibility of aggregation of claims by solicitors' insurers
We overview the High Court's clarification of the aggregation clause in the Solicitors’ Minimum Terms and Conditions of professional indemnity insurance and why this may relieve many solicitors.
21 September 2015
Recent developments in UK and EU competition law
We look at recent developments in UK and EU competition law which will influence how competition law is applied in the future in cartel enforcement, merger control, antitrust investigations and more.
15 January 2014
Reform of the EC Regulation – an anti-English agenda?
We take a look at the reforms to the EC Insolvency Regulation in light of the European Parliament’s 4 February vote on the Committee of Legal Affairs’ report on the proposed reforms.
25 February 2014