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The Government has published its list of "key workers" whose work is considered critical to the COVID-19 response. The guidance is directed at schools, childcare providers, colleges and local authorities in England, and is intended to provide clarity, following the widespread closure of schools, as to which workers are considered sufficiently "key" for their children to be afforded continued care at school.
The global spread of coronavirus (now officially called Covid-19) presents a number of challenges to the UK business community. Whilst we hope that the outbreak is contained and does not become a pandemic, we recognise that businesses have to make contingency plans for a worst case scenario.
On the 16 March 2020, the Care Quality Commission ("CQC") wrote to all registered health and social care providers about how they were adapting their regulatory approach in response to the COVID-19 outbreak (the "CQC Guidance").
On 2 March 2020, the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy ("BEIS") announced details of the next round of the Contracts for Difference scheme ("CfD"), one of the few remaining low carbon electricity financial support schemes. Details of the proposed amendments to the scheme are set-out in a consultation paper1, which invites views from stakeholders and interested parties until 22 May 2020.
Our regular round-up of recent developments and topics for your radar, and news of planned training and networking events for in-house counsel in 2020.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners (AJ Capital Partners) on its acquisition of the Macdonald Rusacks Hotel and the Macdonald Randolph Hotel from the Macdonald Hotels & Resorts portfolio.
Travers Smith LLP has advised new client Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners (AJ Capital Partners) on its acquisition of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cambridge City Centre.
To ensure that the UK has a functioning statute book after Brexit, many thousands of changes are being made by statutory instrument, with limited scrutiny from Parliament.
Doug Bryden has contributed to the 'Governance and Business Ethics: Balancing Best Practice Against Potential Legal Risk' chapter of the IGLG's Corporate Governance Laws and Regulations 2019.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Ancala Partners LLP ("Ancala") on the acquisition of a 50% interest in Dragon LNG Group Limited ("Dragon LNG") from PETRONAS LNG Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad ("Petronas").
Is the UK's anti-bribery regime about to be put back in the spotlight? A House of Lords Select Committee has published its long-awaited report on the UK Bribery Act 2010.
In 2014, the European Union adopted a package of restrictive measures targeting sectoral cooperation and exchanges with the Russian Federation. These controls focus on certain sectors of the Russian economy, initially those specifically linked to Russia's involvement in Eastern Ukraine (the "Sectoral Sanctions"). If the UK leaves the EU with no deal in place, the scope of the Sectoral Sanctions will encompass certain UK entities connected to the 11 in-scope Russian entities.
If the UK departs the EU on 29 March 2019 without an agreement in place, manufacturers and importers of industrial and consumer goods selling into the UK and/or EU will face a range of compliance and market access challenges. With fewer than five weeks remaining, 'no-deal' contingency plans should be implemented.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Arjun Infrastructure Partners ("Arjun") on the acquisition of two combined heat and power plants, Beckton Energy Limited ("Beckton") and Rothes CoRDe Limited ("Rothes"), from iCON Infrastructure Partners II and its co-investors.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Leep Utilities on its agreed acquisition of SSE Water Limited from SSE plc for an undisclosed sum.
Brexit will give rise to an array of complex commercial and legal issues in the regulatory, trade and environmental law spheres. These apply across the spectrum - from site-based operations, to products, export and trade, to regulated industries, through to the governance of compliance and risk by businesses more generally.
Welcome to the latest edition of our Anti-Bribery Newsletter, our regular review of developments in the fight against bribery and corruption in the UK and other jurisdictions.
Doug Bryden and John Buttanshaw write for Who's Who Legal on Responsible investment.
Recent months have borne witness to increasing pressure from NGOs, watch groups and the UK Government on organisations to comply with their corporate reporting obligations under the UK's Modern Slavery Act (MSA). If you fail to comply, be prepared for public "naming and shaming" in 2019.
On 15 November 2018, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") found in favour of a challenge to the European Commission’s 2014 decision to give state aid approval to the scheme establishing a Capacity Market in the UK. As a result, the Capacity Market has entered into a 'standstill period' - preventing the Government from holding any capacity auctions or making any capacity payments, until such time as it successfully obtains state aid clearance.