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We spoke with Stephen Carr, Group Commercial Director of Peel Ports, and discussed how Brexit and COVID-19 could reshape the "distribution map" of the UK and increase UK manufacturing activity. We also examined the opportunities and challenges of the UK Government's freeports proposal.
On 21 October 2020, the ICO published an updated version of its Right of Access guidance ("the Guidance"), which followed a period of consultation earlier this year.
This briefing was updated in February 2021.
The end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 will make a difference to the way that the UK and EU merger control regimes work. Here's what you need to know:
This briefing was updated in February 2021.
What difference does the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 make to UK and EU competition law? And how likely is it that the UK will increasingly diverge from the EU in its approach to competition law?
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
With the end of the Brexit transition period fast approaching, as the UK enters a new era in charge of its own data protection regime, and with the Government's ambitious aspirations for a high tech, data-driven post-Brexit economy, in our recent webinar we looked at:
Many contracts require contractual rights to be exercised within a particular timeframe. What if you miss the deadline, but there was some justification for your delay?
In Telefónica UK Ltd v Office of Communications [2020] EWCA Civ 1374, the Court of Appeal allowed the claimant's appeal against an order awarding it only two of the four specified forms of enhanced relief available under CPR 36.17(4) after having beaten its own Part 36 settlement offer at trial. The case provides welcome clarity on the proper application of the court's discretion pursuant to CPR 36.17(4) and an important reminder of the cost consequences of failing to beat a claimant's Part 36 offer at trial.
Disruption to goods supply chains is widely expected after the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December 2020. Even businesses which are well prepared for new border processes could be caught up in delays.
The EU has issued four proposed new pieces of legislation comprising a wide range of digital finance rules, including on digital operational resilience, markets in crypto-assets and DLT market infrastructures.
The EU has issued a proposed regulation on digital operational resilience which may have practical implications for certain financial market infrastructure providers, including central securities depositories, central counterparties and trading venues.
The Supreme Court's decision in Stoffel & Co v Grondona [2020] UKSC 42 affirms and applies the "trio of conditions" test for the defence of illegality, established by the Supreme Court in Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42.
The TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) has launched a consultation on the development and use of forward-looking climate-related metrics by the financial sector.
Brexit is likely to have a major impact on goods supply chains, whether or not a trade deal can be reached with the EU. This checklist sets out the key issues that UK importers need to consider.
Brexit is likely to have a major impact on goods supply chains, whether or not a trade deal can be reached with the EU. This checklist sets out the key issues that UK exporters need to consider.
On 12 October 2020, the High Court handed down a landmark judgment regarding the interpretation of a Material Adverse Effect ("MAE") clause under a Share Purchase Agreement ("SPA"). This judgment is an as-yet rare example of consideration by an English Court of the appropriate construction of MAE clauses, and of litigation specifically arising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.