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Employment Bulletin failure to enhance shared parental pay; employers required to record daily working time; transfer of undertaking under the Acquired Rights Directive; knowledge of disability
The Corporate Tax Planning Law Review – inaugural edition Sara Luder and Dominic Robertson contribute the UK chapter to this Review which looks at the most important aspects of tax planning for multinational corporate groups in 20 different countries.
OECD's update on the digital economy Earlier today, the OECD's G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS published a Programme of Work to Develop a Consensus Solution to the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitisation of the Economy, detailing the technical work to be undertaken in respect of...
The SFC clarifies licensed corporations’ obligation to disclose internal investigations against outgoing employees The SFC clarifies licensed corporations’ obligation to disclose internal investigations against outgoing employees
Pensions Bulletin 5th Money Laundering Directive; Ombudsman jurisdiction; Validating pre-1997 pension increases was “impermissible rewriting of history”; funding regime changes; DWP review of TPR
The Commission’s Day in Court: Hong Kong Competition Tribunal Hands Down First Two Judgments Under the Competition Ordinance This Client Briefing provides an overview of the Tribunal’s findings, and the key points of general significance to take away from these landmark cases.
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter European Commission fines AB InBev for abusing dominant position by restricting cross-border sales of beer
The new prospectus regime - a guide for debt issuers In this briefing we seek to answer questions that may arise from the new prospectus regime, to ensure a smooth transition to the new regime.
Is a digital services tax State aid? A feature of all the DSTs described in Deeksha Rathi’s earlier post is that they apply only to digital businesses that generate global and domestic revenues above certain (generally very high) thresholds.  These proposed taxes focus solely on...
Taxing the digital economy: my way or the highway will not lead to a longer-term solution There is a common recent development in the tax systems of the UK, France, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain. All of these countries have announced some version of a digital services tax .
Tax and climate action: the UK's proposed plastic packaging tax Clearly, the pressure on governments to take climate action is increasing: each Friday, students all over the world strike to demand such action, Ireland and the UK have become the first two countries to declare a climate emergency and Australia’s...
Decisions to be made on UK CFC State aid challenge Now that they have had a chance to digest the decision in the EU State aid investigation into certain aspects of the UK CFC rules, affected taxpayers are asking a number of questions.
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter European Commission accepts commitments offered by Visa and Mastercard  
The Dispute Resolution Review - 11th edition - Hong Kong chapter Legal developments in Dispute Resolution in Hong Kong prepared for the eleventh edition of The Dispute Resolution Review
Tax and the City Review for May 2019 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider HMRC’s revised hybrid capital instruments technical note and their response to stakeholders’ concerns on the profit diversion compliance facility. They also look at the full decision on the UK's CFC...