me MEES: requirements for letting residential properties from 1 April 2020 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-01 The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (“MEES Regulations”) provide that from 1 April 2018, it is unlawful for a Landlord of private rented property to grant a tenancy to a new or existing te... Full Article
me Coronavirus - Lease agreements - Slovakia By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-14 In cases where operations have to be closed or business activities are prohibited, the question arises as to what happens to the lease and whether it can be suspended, paid in instalments or cancelled altogether. Below we have prepared a short overv... Full Article
me Supreme Court brings clarification on non-party costs orders for liability insurers By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-11-28 Summary: The Supreme Court handed down its long anticipated judgment in the case of Travellers Insurance Company Limited v XYZ [2019] UKSC 48 on 31 October 2019. The appellant, Travelers Insurance Company Limited (“Travelers”) was succes... Full Article
me Fifth Money Laundering Directive implemented in the UK By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-06 On 20 December 2019, the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (“MLR 2019”) were laid before Parliament. The MLR 2019 gives effect to the EU Fifth Money Laundering Directive[1] Full Article
me Cryptocurrency AML Regulation: 10 January 2020 Regime By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-10 As part of the UK Governments’ ongoing programme to implement the European Union’s Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) in UK law, the FCA will begin supervising Anti Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) co... Full Article
me An overview of the Enforcement of Judgments Office Northern Ireland By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-20 1. What is the Enforcement of Judgments Office? The Enforcement of Judgments Office (the “EJO”) is a public body responsible for enforcing judgments in Northern Ireland. This contrasts to the system in... Full Article
me Court of Appeal finds that injunctions against persons unknown can (i) be framed by reference to a defendants intention and (ii) prohibit lawful conduct By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-02-13 Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd & Ors v Persons Unknown & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 9 Background In Boyd v Ineos Upstream Ltd... Full Article
me High Court delivers reminder that search orders are intended to preserve documents and not (without specific provision) provide early disclosure By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-02-25 TBD (Owen Holland) Ltd v Simons & Ors [2020] EWHC 30 (Ch) Background A search order is one of the most draconian orders that the English courts can make, allowing an applicant where there is a real possibility that a respondent may destroy o... Full Article
me U.S. IPO Weekly Recap: ORIC Pops 61% And SPACs Make A Comeback By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 14:51:56 -0400 Full Article ORIC PCPL.U IPOC.U ADCT EBON NGJY GOED Renaissance Capital IPO Research
me More updates needed to your schemes statement of investment principles By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-06-17 Unexpectedly, the Government has issued regulations which will require trustees to make further changes to their Statement of Investment Principles (SIP) from 1 October 2020. They will also require additional disclosures in relation to investment pr... Full Article
me What do pension schemes need to say about ESG, climate change and stewardship? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-06-17 Trustees and providers of pension schemes face ever increasing and changing legal duties to have policies on and disclose how they deal with stewardship and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. This article pulls the new rules together... Full Article
me Public Sector Pensions Speedbrief: Supreme Court refuses Government permission to appeal in public sector age discrimination cases By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-07-05 It has been reported that on 27 June 2019, the Supreme Court denied the Government’s request for permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision in the cases of McCloud and Sargeant regardi... Full Article
me Speedbrief: The Pension Schemes Bill was it worth the wait? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-10-24 Eighteen months ago, the Government published a white paper on protecting DB pension schemes. This was followed by consultations on a variety of matters, including a stronger Pensions Regulator, the introduction of collective defined contribut... Full Article
me Improving communications with DC members By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-11-08 The Government issued a consultation paper last week exploring how to improve the annual statement that all occupational and personal pension schemes are required to provide to DC members in order to increase member engagement and understanding. The... Full Article
me Cases for Christmas some last minute pension treats By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-12-20 The run-up to Christmas has seen a couple of important legal cases for pension schemes. Neither should spoil your Christmas celebrations, but they’re worth knowing about for 2020! Limits on PPF protection The European Court has reached a decis... Full Article
me Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: key pensions issues - UK By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-02 On Thursday 27 March, the UK Government released fuller details of the new Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or “Furlough Scheme”) first announced on Friday 20 March, with guidance being published for both employers and Full Article
me What is your entitlement to interest? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-02 Louise Hoyle considers the Court’s current approach to interest on costs and how parties can maximise and mitigate interest payments. At a time when interest rates continue to be low, receiving interest on unpaid legal costs at 8%, the rate se... Full Article
me What happens on an assessment of costs when a costs management order has been made By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-02 With a few exceptions, costs budgeting applies to the majority of part 7 multi-track matters. Once the costs budget is agreed between the parties, approved by the court or a costs management order has been made, what is the position upon an assessme... Full Article
me Protecting companies from Coronavirus crime and fraud By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-06 Protecting companies from Coronavirus crime and fraud Whilst our communities, including the business community, are pulling together like never before to protect the country and the National Health Service from the Coronavirus outbreak, fraudsters a... Full Article
me Coronavirus - Webinar - Listen again - In-depth insights and practical advice regarding Force Majeure, Frustration and reconsidering Commercial Contracts UK By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-06 Listen as our panel answer some of the most common questions clients have asked us over recent weeks as well as digging into more detail around how your business should proceed with specific legal and technical challenges. A recording of the session... Full Article
me Coronavirus Functioning of courts: impact of COVID-19 on procedural time limits and functioning of courts in the Russian Federation - Russia By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-14 By Decree No. 206 On Declaring Non-Working Days in the Russian Federation dated 25 March 2020 ("Decree No. 206") the President of the Russian Federation announced that from 30 March 2020 until 3 April 2020 would be considered non-working days in the... Full Article
me Coronavirus - Podcast series: Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) team address questions about COVID19 - UK By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-05 Episode 4 - COVID-19 webinar - When does a pandemic crisis spell disaster? - May 4 Listen to the replay of Eversheds Sutherland's episode 4 podcast providing guidance on at what stage does the pandemic crisis spell disaster. Reputations will be ma... Full Article
me Quarterly financial crime horizon scanning booklet By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-06-17 Please click here to download our quarterly financial crime horizon scanning booklet. The booklet summarises key financial crime related legal and regulatory changes expected over the next 18 months to 2 years, as well as providing electronic links ... Full Article
me Quarterly financial crime horizon scanning booklet By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-06-17 Please click here to download our quarterly financial crime horizon scanning booklet. The booklet summarises key financial crime related legal and regulatory changes expected over the next 18 months to ... Full Article
me Back to Black but not quite yet: Revised methodology agreed but no new EU blacklist before 2020 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-10-11 As the European Council met today to discuss a revised methodology to be used in the creation of a new EU blacklist of ‘high-risk third countries’ with strategic AML and CTF deficiencies, Zia Ullah and Ruth Paley of Eversheds Sutherland ... Full Article
me Quarterly financial crime horizon scanner: Q4 - December 2019 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-10 Please click here to download our quarterly financial crime horizon scanning booklet. The booklet summarises key financial crime related legal and regulatory changes expected over the next... Full Article
me Financial crime and cyber security: Horizon Scanner By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-28 Please click here to download our quarterly financial crime horizon scanning booklet. The booklet summarises key financial crime related legal and regulatory changes expected over the next 18 months to 2 years, a... Full Article
me Quarterly Fraud and Corruption Enforcement update - April 2020 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-30 Please click here to download our quarterly Fraud and Corruption Enforcement update. Here we provide a quick overview of the recent key developments relating to criminal investigations and e... Full Article
me Financial crime systems and controls during coronavirus situation By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-07 As the FCA publishes new information on financial crime expectations for firms’ systems and controls during the coronavirus crisis, Ruth Paley and Hayley Astles of Eversheds Sutherland take a look at the key points for regulated firms to note.... Full Article
me Procurement Briefing Issue 1 2006 - The new procurement Directives By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2006-01-31 ... Full Article
me Procurement Briefing Issue 2 2006 - EC procurement thresholds from 31 January 2006 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2006-02-14 ... Full Article
me Procurement Briefing Issue 3 2006 - Competitive dialogue - A brave new world By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2006-03-31 ... Full Article
me Procurement Briefing Issue 4 2006 - Awarding contracts to in-house companies By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2006-09-06 ... Full Article
me Procurement Briefing Issue 1 2007 - Bidder beware? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2007-01-17 ... Full Article
me Procurement Briefing Issue 2 2007 - Tendering burdens removed in electricity and gas supply markets By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2007-03-15 ... Full Article
me EU public procurement directives update By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2013-12-09 Parliamentary approval delayed to 2014 Provisional agreement between the EU Council, Commission and Parliament was reached back in July 2013 on the draft text of three new EU public procurement directives but these draft directives are still awaitin... Full Article
me New EU Procurement Directives coming into force By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-03-21 A quick update on the progress of the new Directives. It is anticipated they will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 28 March 2014, meaning that they will then come into force on 17 April 2014. Following the Directives com... Full Article
me Case comment: R (on the application of Kim Alexander Gottlieb) v Winchester City Council [2015] EWHC 231 (Admin) By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2015-02-18 A Councillor has successfully applied for judicial review of a decision by his own council to vary a contract for the development of a mixed retail, residential and transport hub in Winchester. The High Court ruled that the variations to the contrac... Full Article
me Procurement opportunities to come from Brexit By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-01-11 ... Full Article
me New guide (TCC) sets out the recommended pre-action process for parties to follow in a procurement dispute By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-07-19 On 17 July 2017, a new Appendix H to the Technology and Construction Court Guide was published which provides guidance on procedures for public procurement cases (the Guide). Although this detailed procedural guidance is likely to prove usefu... Full Article
me Openness in public procurement a worthy cause facing new challenges By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-08-03 The establishment of more open public procurement systems, that is, procurement systems which offer foreign suppliers access to the award of public contracts on the basis of no less favourable terms than to domestic suppliers, constitutes an essenti... Full Article
me Brexit and UK public procurement law By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-08-07 Following the June 2016 referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, the UK government triggered article 50 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union on 29 March 2017, thereby commencing the two-year formal process that will ultim... Full Article
me France Private enforcement of competition law: French Supreme Courts dismisses nullity and follow-on damages claims of EDF and ERDF By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-11-23 On 13 September 2017, EDF and ERDF lost their fight to declare null and void the contracts they entered into further to bids that were rigged by Nexans France (“Nexans”), Prysmian Energies Câbles et Systèmes (“Prysmian... Full Article
me Chambers Global Practice Guide Public Procurement & Government Contracts 2019 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2018-10-22 ... Full Article
me Electronic invoicing in public procurement By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-07-12 Since April 26, 2019, contractors, to whom a public contract or concession has been awarded, have the possibility to issue an electronic invoice and transmit it to the contracting authority. This novelty is the result of the transposition of the Eur... Full Article
me An alternative purchase price mechanism for M&A transactions By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-09-12 This article examines an alternative to the two predominant purchase price mechanisms used in M&A transactions in South Africa. When applied correctly, it leads to an expedited determination of the final purchase price and allows for flexibility... Full Article
me Daughter of Uyghur Historian Questions Legitimacy of State Media Video Denying His Detention By www.rfa.org Published On :: 2020-05-07T23:45:30Z Iminjan Seydin appeared in a video praising the government after he was missing for three years. Full Article Story
