12/10/2025 7:17:14 PM Panel consultation on conditions to offers and the offer timetable By Dominic Sedghi The latest Panel consultation (PCP 2020/1) is probably the worst kept secret in the City given the extent of pre-consultation that took...
12/10/2025 6:37:31 PM For climate disclosures, is this a race to the top? By Dominic Sedghi Rachel Richardson Harry Coghill The announcement last week by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to introduce wide-ranging climate-related...
12/10/2025 6:36:36 PM Might US companies find comfort in separate CEO and chairs? By Dominic Sedghi Richard Burrows Francesca Bird JPMorgan last week announced its plans to split the roles of CEO and chair when Jamie Dimon steps down. Dimon has held the position of...
12/10/2025 6:36:05 PM FCA implements new requirements for board and executive diversity reporting By Dominic Sedghi Helen Harvey Macfarlanes' Corporate Law Update reported on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s recently-published policy statement on diversity...
12/10/2025 6:28:21 PM Employment status – status quo By Matthew Ramsey The thorny question of whether someone is a worker, an employee or self-employed (for employment rights purposes) and an employee or...
12/10/2025 6:26:22 PM Creating policies fit for purpose – hybrid working arrangements By Matthew Ramsey The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has released an open consultation on the emerging trends and tax implications of hybrid and...
12/10/2025 6:20:23 PM Transparency, but not at any cost By Dominic Sedghi In a significant judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has struck down provisions of European Union law that give...
12/10/2025 6:20:14 PM Why we shouldn't shun due diligence By Dominic Sedghi Brooke Masters asks an excellent question in this morning’s Financial Times (link below, subscription required) in the wake of the...
12/10/2025 6:18:20 PM OTS report on hybrid working highlights the need for change By Macfarlanes The Office of Tax Simplification issued their parting gift on 20 December setting out the complexities associated with hybrid and...
12/10/2025 6:14:29 PM CMA joins global competition authorities in focusing on compliance in labour markets By Rachel Carter The CMA has issued a publication concerning competition law compliance in labour markets. The guidance, which was published last week,...
12/10/2025 6:12:58 PM Chancellor announces one of the biggest changes to pensions tax rules - what it means in practice By Faye Jarvis Scarlett Yu The UK Government has today announced some significant changes to the pension tax allowances: the lifetime allowance will be abolished...
12/10/2025 6:12:30 PM UK schemes - prospectus mix and muddle By Tom Rose The exciting times for UK public M&A/ECM practitioners continue. The FCA has decided in PMB 44 not to publish a Technical Note saying...
12/10/2025 6:09:21 PM Non-compete clauses to be capped at three months as the Government announces post-Brexit employment law measures By Macfarlanes The Government has announced a number of employment law measures in its policy paper: Smarter Regulation to Grow the Economy. The...
12/10/2025 6:00:55 PM English courts may enforce the unenforceable By Christopher Charlton Mark Edwardes Jones Sheila Dines Blaise Kingan +1 more... Show less The recent case of Invest Bank PSC v El-Husseini and others [2023] EWHC 2302 (Comm) clarifies that foreign judgment debts may be...
12/10/2025 6:00:44 PM UK Supreme Court guidance on staying court proceedings in favour of arbitration By Chloe Edworthy Christopher Charlton Nikolas Ireland Republic of Mozambique (acting through its Attorney General) (Appellant) v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) and others (Respondents)...
12/10/2025 6:00:04 PM The arbitrability of just and equitable winding up petitions: Privy Council judgment By Chloe Edworthy Mark Edwardes Jones FamilyMart China Holding Co Ltd (Respondent) v Ting Chuan (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation (Appellant) (Cayman Islands) [2023] UKPC...