Mini Budget 2022 - what are the key announcements for HR?
In today's (23 September 2022) mini-budget what are the key announcements for HR and employment law?
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Bi Visibility Week 2022 - In conversation with Dominic Arnall and Garth Heron
As part of Bi Visibility Week, we invited Dominic Arnall, CEO of Just Like Us, to participate in a podcast to help raise awareness of the lived experiences of people who identify as bi.
Spotlight on ESG video series
In this video series, our cross-disciplinary team of market-leading experts unpack some of the key ESG issues that corporates and counsel alike will need to be aware of when developing their own sustainability strategies.
Spotlight on ESG video series - Episode 4: Section 172 and the Better Business Act
Welcome to the fourth episode in our Spotlight on ESG video series.
Limitation periods in competition follow-on damages claims: has the judicial pendulum swung in favour of defendants following Gemalto?
In its judgment of 10 June 2022, the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court's decision that a €480 million claim against manufacturers of smart card chips ("SCCs") found to have infringed EU competition law was time-barred.[1]
Tax Journal Issue 1586: UK implementation of Pillar Two: where are we now?
Travers Smith Tax Partners Jessica Kemp and Elena Rowlands, and Knowledge Counsel Laura Hodgson have written an article in the latest edition of Tax Journal, examining the UK implementation of BEPS Pillar Two.
The new FCA Consumer Duty: a higher standard, better culture and good outcomes
The FCA has now published PS22/9, its policy statement on a new Consumer Duty. This sets out feedback to the December 2021 consultation paper (which we covered in our New Year Briefing), and the final rules. Alongside the new rules, the FCA has also published FG22/5, final non-Handbook Guidance for firms on the Consumer Duty (Finalised Guidance). Potentially, a great many firms will be in scope and this will include some firms which would not consider themselves "retail".
Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: Changing the structure of financial regulation in the UK
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
Employment Update - September 2022
Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.
Disclosure of documents referred to in evidence under the Disclosure Pilot Scheme
In an application under the disclosure pilot scheme, the High Court has clarified the circumstances in which a document will be considered to have been "mentioned" in a witness statement and is therefore disclosable under paragraph 21 of Practice Direction 51U (PD51U).
EU foreign subsidies regulation: another notification regime for dealmakers to become law
When will a director be liable for having assisted wrongdoing committed by the company?
The decision of the Court of Appeal in Barclay-Watt v Alpha Panareti Public Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1169 provides a clear articulation of the principles that the Court will apply in determining whether an individual is personally liable for having assisted a tortious act committed by the company of which they are a director.
Release of the white elephant? Court of Appeal opens the door to £5bn multi-jurisdictional group litigation
On 8 July 2022, the Court of Appeal handed down its long-awaited judgment in the Municipio De Mariana group litigation claim, granting permission for some 200,000 Brazilian claimants to pursue in the UK their group action for damages caused by the collapse of the Fundão Dam in Brazil in 2015.