3/27/2020 12:00:00 AM Signing and witnessing in the time of Covid-19 By Dominic Sedghi Lockdown and social distancing restrictions in the UK and elsewhere have made it significantly more difficult for businesses to execute...
3/25/2020 12:00:00 AM With practical difficulties imposed by Covid-19 - Macfarlanes holds a case management conference by video By Joanna Constantis Virtual case management conference: how it worked in practice Earlier this week, Macfarlanes held a virtual full day case management...
3/24/2020 12:00:00 AM Covid-19 lockdown: an additional concern for UK non-residents? By Damiano Sogaro Covid-19 has proven an extraordinary challenge to the health of people globally. Governments have imposed travel restrictions, both...
3/20/2020 12:00:00 AM Socially distanced contracts that aren’t distance contracts By Alexandra Green The 2002 Distance Marketing Directive (DMD) wasn’t drafted with social isolation and Covid-19 in mind but it contains an exception to the...
3/19/2020 12:00:00 AM EU restricts exports of safety equipment due to Covid-19 By Francis Bond The European Union has imposed instant restrictions on the export of personal protective equipment outside of its territory. Companies...
3/16/2020 12:00:00 AM ESMA and EFTA Surveillance Authority require reporting of net short positions of 0.1% and above By Edward Karsten In a public statement today, ESMA announced that it has issued a decision, effective immediately, temporarily requiring the holders of...
3/12/2020 12:00:00 AM Spring Budget: key policies for property development and investment By Cate Taylor Fiona Bishop The Chancellor presented the Spring Budget on Wednesday 11 March. It contains significant commitments to spending in a number of sectors....
3/11/2020 12:00:00 AM *Good news story* UK Budget and investment managers By Rhiannon Kinghall Were There's not much good news about at the moment and as one client put it earlier today - you don't often hear "good news" and "tax...
3/11/2020 12:00:00 AM Private debt in a frenzy? By Rachel Richardson The FT reported last week that a perceived boom in private debt is turning into a frenzy with the asset class in “bubble territory”....
3/10/2020 12:00:00 AM Home is where the UWO is: the NCA obtain a new suite of high-value UWOs By Macfarlanes Hot off the heels of their success in the Court of Appeal, upholding the first unexplained wealth order (UWO) obtained in the UK, it is...
3/9/2020 12:00:00 AM Accelerated payment notices: Clarifying the rules of engagement (where the house still wins) By Macfarlanes Reid and Emblin v HMRC involves an interesting grab bag of “hot topics” in tax litigation. The case arises out of challenges to...
3/2/2020 12:00:00 AM Macfarlanes hosts panel to discuss future of purpose-built private rented housing: development, funding and investment By Macfarlanes Last week, Macfarlanes hosted a breakfast panel discussion on the year ahead for the purpose-built Private Rental Sector (PRS) market....