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Financial Services

Funds Legal Update | March 2021

As a sign of the times, the key regulatory updates over the course of the last couple of weeks are

Tax

Spring Budget 2021 | What tax measures were announced?

The extension of tax support measures for businesses featured prominently, paving the way for tax rises later

Intellectual property

'Crown use' defence in patent infringement claims hinges on authorisation

Appellate-level analysis of rarely used defence limits up-front protection for suppliers of goods and services to government

Employment and pensions

Pension schemes mull judicial review of inflation indices reform

Will the Retail Prices Index change for occupational pension schemes in 2030?

Tax

Stamp Duty Land Tax surcharge rise for non-UK resident buyers is almost here

Increased costs due to the new 2% surcharge could affect some UK resident buyers

Employment and pensions

Scope of the limitation on the distribution of dividends by companies that have applied ERTEs

Royal Decree-Laws 18/2020 and 24/2020 establish a limitation on the distribution of dividends to those companies that have applied an

Decarbonisation

Singapore's green and sustainable finance markets expected to blossom in 2021 with help from MAS grant schemes

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched the world's first grant scheme to support green and sustainability-linked loans, which