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What legal developments can businesses in the UK expect in 2024?

Our Knowledge Team looks at what lies ahead for business law
Real estate

What's on the horizon for English real estate in 2024?

Expect more focus on sustainability, transparency and building safety and significant reforms for residential property
Regulatory Outlook

Environment | UK Regulatory Outlook January 2024

Government delays mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain to January 2024 and publishes first statutory instruments | Government launches consultation on the
ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance

How to avoid greenwashing risk in the European real estate sector

As sustainability becomes an integral part of developing and managing property, the possibility of a claim of greenwashing is now
Real estate

Much-anticipated Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill introduced to UK Parliament

Reforms will give residential long-leasehold homeowners a fairer deal and greater protections
Real estate

Under Construction: Legal developments in the UK construction industry | December 2023

Payment terms under the Construction Act, fines for delayed remediation of fire-safety defects, RAAC and more
Energy and Utilities

EU's new RED III legislation significantly raises renewable energy targets for 2030

RED III has provisions for industry, transport, building and permits and must be transposed to national law by mid-2025
Tax

Autumn Statement 2023 confirms UK's Construction Industry Scheme reforms

The government is to implement changes to the deduction scheme from April 2024
Real estate

Hidden defects in real estate transactions in Belgium: an update based on recent case law

What are the recent developments around hidden defects, sellers' duties to inform, claims periods, and more?
Dispute resolution

Mandatory mediation has been ushered in to England and Wales

Court of Appeal delivers its long-awaited judgment on whether courts can order non-court dispute resolution
Regulatory Outlook

Health and safety | UK Regulatory Outlook November 2023

King's Speech – health and safety aspects | HSE publishes annual work-related ill health statistics | Ministerial statement on transitional
Regulatory Outlook

Environment | UK Regulatory Outlook November 2023

Provisional agreement reached on new EU law on environmental crime | Agreement reached on EU proposal to reduce methane emissions