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Tax

Emergency fiscal event announces a package of tax cutting measures

The fiscal event marks a major shift in tax policy with cuts replacing rises in an attempt to drive growth

23/09/2022

Workforce Solutions

Chancellor axes IR35 reforms: staffing company and end-user liability to be removed from April

23/09/2022

Infrastructure services

UK government announces plans to shake-up infrastructure planning

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28/09/2022

Tax

Employee Incentives Update | September 2022

26/09/2022

Dispute resolution

Litigating across Europe – timing is everything

Timing issues are an important consideration when faced with a choice of jurisdictions in which to issue legal proceedings

27/09/2022

Financial Services

Consumer finance firms: who is in scope of the new Consumer Duty?

Before moving to implementation planning, firms need to make sure whether and where they are caught by the rules

22/09/2022

Regulatory Outlook

Data protection | Regulatory Outlook September 2022

Major delay to the UK's Data Protection and Digital Information Bill | ICO publishes its ICO25 strategic plan | Children...

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28/09/2022

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ESG, sustainability and responsible business

Regulatory Outlook

Environmental, social and governance | Regulatory Outlook September 2022

European Parliament adopts position on regulation of deforestation-free products | Commission proposes regulation prohibiting products produced using forced labour

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28/09/2022

Regulatory Outlook

Environment | Regulatory Outlook September 2022

Consultation launched on biodiversity net gain | Nutrient pollution: direction to Natural England on strategic mitigation schemes | Single-use plastics...

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28/09/2022

Financial Services

Financial Conduct Authority identifies supervisory priorities for alternatives

Actions speak louder than words and the UK regulator wants firms to embed a culture to promote the initiatives

15/08/2022

Regulatory and compliance

Heatwave prompts HSE to warn employers to prepare for a warmer future

Businesses need to make sure UK workplaces are ready for hotter weather and extreme heat is part of long-term planning

12/08/2022

Financial Services

Funds Legal Update | July 2022

Welcome to a new edition of our Funds Legal Update

28/07/2022

Regulatory Outlook

Environmental, social and governance | Regulatory Outlook July 2022

New rules for companies to stop EU-driven deforestation globally

28/07/2022

Regulatory Outlook

Modern slavery | Regulatory Outlook July 2022

General debate on forced labour and NHS PPE supply chains

28/07/2022

ESG, sustainability and responsible business

Enforcement risk rises for UK financial services firms over 'greenwashing'

Instances of enforcement action over greenwashing allegations increase as the regulatory regime on sustainability claims develops

25/07/2022

Regulatory and compliance

EU nature restoration law set to boost biodiversity across Europe

New proposals to introduce legally binding targets for Member States on the restoration of habitats

05/07/2022

Dispute resolution

New report shows accelerating rate of climate change litigation cases worldwide

Global trends in climate change litigation reveal a diverse range of causes of action across many sectors. What might this...

04/07/2022

Corporate

UK government publishes plans for audit and corporate governance reforms

While the timescale for implementation is expected to stretch over several years for some measures, businesses will need to start...

30/06/2022

Data-driven business models

Challenging the environmental impact of data-driven business models

Net-zero goals have become a strategic priority for many businesses and so the carbon footprint of data-driven business models has...

14/06/2022

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Dispute resolution

Broadening range of sectors are facing increasing climate change litigation worldwide

It is not just 'carbon majors' that are being sued for climate change-related damage around the world: directors of companies...

13/06/2022

ESG, sustainability and responsible business

Corporate sustainability due diligence: what will this mean in practice for business?

The European Commission's proposals signal a changing approach, with businesses being expected to actively look for and address the social...

19/05/2022

Commercial

Global sport gets ready to demonstrate sustainability leadership

The public profile of sport means it must deliver a green agenda to decarbonise its infrastructure, travel and procurement footprint

03/05/2022

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Why Blockchain matters to your business

Blockchain

What is the Ethereum 'Merge' and how will it make blockchain greener?

'The Merge' will significantly decarbonise the infrastructure for many blockchain applications, such as crypto assets, NFTs and DeFi systems

13/09/2022

Blockchain

Law Commission launches digital assets consultation

UK businesses involved in crypto-token transactions have an opportunity to shape the future regulation of crypto-assets

26/08/2022

Sanctions, ownership and related issues

New sanctions reporting obligation on crypto-asset exchanges and custodian wallet providers

New regulations increasing the obligations to report under the UK financial sanctions regime are likely to impose significant burdens on...

20/07/2022

Financial Services

Political agreement reached on the EU's Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation

New regulatory framework for crypto expected to come into force in 2024 – with implications for issuers and service providers...

15/07/2022

Corporate

Crypto and blockchain in M&A: how to address issues around volatility, validity and valuation

The value of crypto-funded deals has doubled over the last couple of years, but there are specific challenges for parties...

30/06/2022

Tech, Media and Comms

Blockchain in the metaverse: what international regulatory challenges lie ahead?

A metaverse unleashed by blockchain technology raises big questions for digital, financial and data regulators the world over

21/04/2022

Digitalisation

Not everyone's cup of NFT

Are NFTs a type of property and what fraud and security risks arise from their technical implementation?

11/02/2022

Urban Dynamics

Future living: How proptech is transforming home buying

Increased technology usage since the pandemic began has fundamentally altered the residential transaction process

25/01/2022

Blockchain

Law Commission concludes English law supports smart contracts

Businesses can take comfort that smart contract technology can create legally binding agreements, but should be aware of remaining areas...

18/01/2022

Digitalisation

Digitalisation | Five legal and regulatory predictions for 2022

As another year gets underway, and digitalisation continues to transform businesses across all sectors, we offer five predictions for tech...

07/01/2022

Blockchain

Report on the UK's blockchain landscape confirms London as global hub

The Big Innovation Centre highlights the strength and breadth of UK's blockchain ecosystem in its new report

19/11/2021

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Blockchain

What are the legal issues around NFTs?

Our international blockchain, technology, data, intellectual property and finreg specialists discuss the legal issues raised by the growing commercial activity...

14/10/2021

Tech, Media and Comms

Metaverse Report

A joint Osborne Clarke and Newzoo report on the games industry's early embrace of the metaverse and the legal issues...

12/10/2021

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Financial Services

Cryptoexchange ordered to reveal account holder information linked to multi-million cryptocurrency fraud

Decision confirms English courts' willingness to assist victims of crypto-asset fraud in recovering their property

31/08/2021

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Blockchain

Why not all blockchain has a heavy carbon footprint

The carbon footprint of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has been making headlines recently. We explain what drives their energy consumption...

14/05/2021

Managing Covid-19

Dispute resolution

Coroner reforms in the UK: what happened this summer?

Streamlining reforms in the Judicial Review and Courts Act aim to tackle a post-pandemic backlog of inquest cases

20/09/2022

Real estate

Court of Appeal rules in favour of landlord in Covid-19 arrears claim relating to the Trocadero cinema in London

Court provides further guidance on the impact of the pandemic on commercial rent liabilities owed by tenants

28/07/2022

Real estate

Landmark arbitration finds UK retailer’s Covid arrears are not protected rent debt

Success for landlord in the first published award made under the recent UK coronavirus commercial rent arrears arbitration scheme

20/07/2022

Employment and pensions

Employment Law Coffee Break | Protected beliefs and discrimination, long Covid and our workforce solutions podcast series

Welcome to this week's Coffee Break setting out the latest legal and practical developments impacting UK employers.

07/07/2022

Corporate

UK Insolvency Service publishes interim report on the effectiveness of measures introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020

The Insolvency Service is satisfied that the restructuring plan and moratorium processes are broadly meeting their policy objectives – and...

22/06/2022

Employment and pensions

Employment Law Coffee Break | Acas uplift for sham redundancy, agency staff and strikes, and a podcast on employment status issues

Welcome to this week's Coffee Break setting out the latest legal and practical developments impacting UK employers.

16/06/2022

Life Sciences and Healthcare

Medical device, clinical trial and safety rules reforms could boost UK life sciences

As the economy falters and NHS waiting lists grow, 2021 legislation offers wide powers to reform product rules and spur...

19/05/2022

Life Sciences and Healthcare

New WTO Covid-19 vaccine IP waiver proposed

A new vaccine IP waiver proposal has been published by the WTO Director-General following informal negotiations between the EU, India...

12/05/2022

Employment and pensions

Employment Law Coffee Break | Discrimination in working arrangements, mental health and wellbeing, and our April HR Pensions spotlight

Welcome to our latest Coffee Break in which we look at the latest legal and practical developments for employers.

29/04/2022

Employment and pensions

Employment Law Coffee Break | Fire and rehire, Covid-19 update, Vento increases and our March pensions spotlight

Welcome to our latest Coffee Break in which we look at recent legal and practical developments impacting UK employers.

31/03/2022

Real estate

New binding arbitration process introduced to manage recovery of pandemic commercial rent arrears

New moratoriums on enforcement measures put in place while arbitrations are ongoing – but it is unclear how much take-up...

25/03/2022

Employment and pensions

Employment Law Coffee Break: Managing Covid-19 in the workplace - some FAQs

Welcome to our latest Coffee Break – this week we focus on the current position with Covid-19 and address some...

17/03/2022

Employment and pensions

Employment Law Coffee Break: Increase in compensation limits, Covid-19 update, new working practices and disabled employees, and pension age

Welcome to our latest Coffee Break in which we look at the latest legal and practical developments for UK employers.

03/03/2022

Employment and pensions

Employers in the post-pandemic world need to attract talent and protect business

Workforces are on the move and businesses must prepare to prevent damage from departures

01/03/2022

Employment and pensions

Employment Law Coffee Break | Covid-19, the metaverse and workforce strategies

Welcome to our latest Coffee Break in which we look at the latest legal and practical developments for UK employers

25/02/2022

After Brexit: challenges and opportunities

Life Sciences and Healthcare

The UK medical devices regime and the impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol

Life Sciences analysis: Peter Rudd-Clarke, partner, and Anna Lundy, associate director, at Osborne Clarke discuss how the medical device industry...

22/07/2022

IT and data

UK government outlines data protection reform proposals following consultation

What are the main areas of reform for the UK's data protection regime and how will they affect business?

28/06/2022

Intellectual property

General Court confirms UK trade marks can still be asserted in EUIPO proceedings against EUTMs filed before Brexit

Earlier UK trade marks can be used in support of EUIPO proceedings if the EU application or registration under attack...

23/03/2022

IT and data

UK international data transfer agreements laid before Parliament

Businesses relieved of uncertainty regarding data transfers outside of the UK as the ICO signals that agreements are almost finalised

03/02/2022

Brexit

How the UK regulates sectors and markets: five new principles

The government has set out principles based on a sovereign approach, leading from the front, proportionality, what works and high...

01/02/2022

Intellectual property

High Court provides clarity for brand owners on interpreting Brexit-related legislation

UK courts retain jurisdiction to grant pan-EU injunctions in EU trade mark cases pending at the end of the Brexit...

24/01/2022

Banking and finance

Amazon to stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in UK

Highly unusual cost-reduction move demonstrates shifting dynamics

19/11/2021

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Employment and pensions

Immigration Update: The Brexit saga continues...

It is 20 months since Brexit, but many issues that have arisen in the immigration world since the UK left...

16/09/2021

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Employment and pensions

Immigration Update: The right to work

With the Home Office constantly changing its position with regards to how employers may conduct right-to-work checks in the light...

16/09/2021

Regulatory and compliance

Government extends the deadline for using CE marking until 2023

Businesses given more time to transition to using the new UKCA mark

31/08/2021

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Decarbonisation

Decarbonisation | In conversation with … Damian Dunphy

This is the second podcast in our series titled 'Decarbonisation | In conversation with ...'

30/07/2021

Brexit

Negotiating English governing law and jurisdiction clauses post-Brexit

Now that we are a few months past the end of the Brexit transition period, we take a look at...

19/05/2021

Dispute resolution

Has Brexit had an impact on cross border disputes?

In a word, yes, when it comes to cross-border disputes involving the UK and the EU/EFTA countries. Contracts containing an...

06/05/2021

Brexit

Brexit: The first 100 days

A truism: Brexit is a process, not an event. So, 100 days after the UK left the Single Market and...

13/04/2021

Life Sciences and Healthcare

Why international arbitration is ideally suited for the Life Sciences and Healthcare sector

Private, flexible and easily enforceable across much of the world, it is not hard to see why international arbitration is...

23/02/2021

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