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Parent Company Liability back in the Supreme Court The English courts have become a popular destination for foreign claimants seeking damages from UK-domiciled parents for the alleged wrongful actions of their overseas subsidiaries. A new judgment from the Supreme Court gives useful guidance on the applic...

Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (10 - 23 February 2021) European Commission fines gaming companies for geo-blocking practices Commission accepts commitments by Aspen to address its excessive pricing On 10 February 2021 the European Commission announced that it had accepted legally binding commitments offered...

Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (27 January - 9 February 2021) European Commission fines gaming companies for geo-blocking practices European Commission fines gaming companies for geo-blocking practices On 20 January 2021 the European Commission announced that it had decided to fine Valve, owner of the online PC ga...

Tax and the City Review for January 2021 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider the decisions in Warshaw, Development Securities, and Gallaher; the impact on the UK’s tax rules of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement; and the latest report on the Code of Practice on Taxation for Banks. ...

UK tax after IP completion day Although the UK left the EU at 11pm on 31 January 2020, most people would not have noticed any change because the effect of the transitional arrangements under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement deferred many of the legal effects of Brexit in UK law. The UK w...

Reflections on the EU-UK Co-operation Agreement The EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement (the TCA), which came into provisional effect at 11pm on 31 December, is welcome in terms both of what has been achieved, and in providing a more cordial basis for future EU-UK relations and co-operation. The EU...

EU-UK double tax treaty dispute resolution after 2020 With effect from the end of the Brexit transition period, the UK will revoke the Double Taxation Dispute Resolution (EU) Regulations 2020 which had come into effect on 14 February 2020.

Employment Bulletin - December 2020 Collective redundancies; Age discriminatory changes to salary scales; workers entitled to same health and safety protections as employees; restricting the use of non-compete clauses European Court confirms that collective redundancies should be counted o...

Redundancy in Focus: Key takeaways Our recent employment podcast series, Redundancy in focus, addressed the five topics we believe are the most business-critical and our key takeaway document provides an overview and link to each podcast. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruption ...

Pensions Bulletin - November 2020 In this month’s Pensions Bulletin, we analyse the Pensions Regulator’s guidance for defined benefit trustees on protecting schemes from sponsoring employer distress. There are also updates on pension scams and the Pension Schemes Bill as ...