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Autumn 2024 HR Budget speedread The Chancellor today announced significant changes to the ways in which businesses and individuals will be taxed in her first Budget. An increase in employer’s National Insurance Contributions and a change to the treatment of “carried interest” had been...
Twin peaks: Transition finance and the agenda for growth “Transition finance” has been in successive UK Governments' sights as an opportunity for the UK. An ambition to make the UK a global leader in transition finance was part of the Sunak Government’s 2023 Green Finance Strategy. The Transition Finance...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 24 October 2024
Employment Bulletin - October 2024 Topics covered in this bulletin: The Employment Rights Bill 2024; The Investment Association’s Principles of Remuneration; Supreme Court finds part-time referees could be employees; Guidance on the new duty to prevent sexual harassment; Horizon scanning
PRA's consultation on amendments to the UK large exposures regime In this briefing we consider the potential effect of proposals in the PRA’s consultation paper (CP 14/24) published on 18 October 2024 to amend the large exposures (LE) regime. 
Disputes Briefcase A regular digest of key developments in litigation and arbitration, produced by members of our market-leading disputes team.
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: European Court of Justice rules on FIFA transfer rules On 4 October 2024, the European Court of Justice (CJ) held that FIFA’s international transfer rules for football players breached EU competition law and were comparable to ‘no poach’ agreements between clubs. The judgment adds to the growing body of case...
UK Supreme Court confirms power to grant anti-suit injunctions in support of foreign-seated arbitration agreements The UK Supreme Court in UniCredit Bank v RusChemAlliance has issued its reasons for its unanimous decision in April to uphold an anti-suit injunction granted by the Court of Appeal requiring a party to cease Russian court proceedings brought in breach of...
First English judgment on LIBOR transition - Standard Chartered PLC v Guaranty Nominees Ltd & others On 15 October 2024, the High Court handed down its judgment in Standard Chartered PLC v Guaranty Nominees Ltd & others, a case under the Financial Markets Test Case Scheme relating to the transition from LIBOR to alternative benchmark rates. We...
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AI and competition law – what’s been happening? In this podcast, Laura Houston and Jordan Ellison discussed the changing tech environment, particularly around AI, and its effect on the legal landscape. As part of their conversation, they discussed the new EU AI Act which will soon become law,...
EFIG: European Banking Newsletter – October 2024 Developments in this month's edition include:
Tax and the City Review - October 2024 In their latest Tax and the City article, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider: the FTT’s decision in Barclays on eligibility for VAT grouping; the Upper Tribunal’s decision in Muller on the interaction of the taxation of partnership rules with the related...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 17 October 2024
Inside Information and the Market Misconduct Regime The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has recently commenced Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) proceedings in connection with alleged insider dealing and late disclosure of inside information relating to the securities of Hong Kong listed company,...
Corporate Update Bulletin - 17 October 2024 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.