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Our regular round-up of recent and forthcoming developments in law and practice for in-house counsel.

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On 12 January 2024, the UK government signed the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Hague 2019), a framework of rules facilitating the recognition and enforcement of civil and commercial judgments between contracting states. The contracting states to Hague 2019 are currently all EU member states except Denmark, plus Ukraine and Uruguay.

Welcome to our series of briefings that take an in-depth look at each of the sections of the Pensions Regulator's General Code of Practice.

Our round-up of recent and forthcoming developments in UK law and practice for our international stakeholders.

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

After a software glitch incorrectly showed that a player had won £1 million in an online game, the Court of Appeal has ruled that former National Lottery operator Camelot did not need to make the £1 million payout, based on its "click-wrap" terms and conditions. What lessons does this hold for other B2C businesses, particularly when the contract is made online?

Travers Smith dedicates significant resource to tackling violence against women and girls. This includes substantial pro bono programmes related to domestic abuse and human trafficking. 

From smart TVs, fridges and washing machines to baby monitors and cameras, household devices are increasingly offering connectivity and data exchange functionalities using the internet or other networks to create the 'Internet of Things'. From 29 April 2024, products of this type being marketed in the UK must comply with new cyber security requirements.

In a unanimous judgment, the Supreme Court of New Zealand has overturned the Court of Appeal's decision, which struck out Mr Smith's three tortious claims against seven corporate defendants (read our previous briefing here). The Supreme Court has allowed Mr Smith's claims in negligence, public nuisance, and a novel "climate system damage" tort to proceed to trial.

This briefing sets out the headline themes and changes that premium-listed companies should be aware of for the 2024 AGM season, together with a list of further useful resources.

Further to the Government's announcements of planned changes to UK Immigration Rules aimed at reducing net migration, more details have now been released in relation to the upcoming changes, which are set to take effect from 4 April 2024. These changes will impact employers sponsoring visas for employees under the Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker visa routes.

Travers Smith has worked with independent Italian law firm Legance in advising Swisscom on the English law aspects of its proposed acquisition of Vodafone Italia for €8 billion on a debt and cash free basis, with the aim of merging it with Fastweb, Swisscom's subsidiary in Italy.

The SEC released the final, highly anticipated climate-related disclosure rules on 6 March 2024 (the Final Rules), following a record number of comments on its proposed rules (released in 2022) and much discussion in the market wondering how far the SEC would go in requiring companies to expand disclosure on emissions and climate-related risks, strategy and expenditure.

The UK's departure from the European Union has not led to all EU-derived law being jettisoned; on the contrary, a significant proportion of it has been retained. This briefing explains what retained EU law is, why it's important and how it's affected by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.

From 1 January 2024, retained EU law has a new name ("assimilated law") and different rules apply when interpreting it. We explain why this matters and what the impact on business is likely to be.

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.