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Tax and the City Review - March 2025 In their latest Tax and the City article, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider: Lessons on evidence and witness selection from the FTT’s decision in Lloyds Asset Leasing The Supreme Court’s 4:1 split decision in Royal Bank of Canada on the application of...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 20 March 2025
The ESG and DEI Discussion - from Brussels to Washington Join Harry Hecht, Philippa O’Malley and Moira Thompson Oliver in the latest Governance & Sustainability episode of our Horizon Scanning podcast show as they sit down with Michael Arnold, Partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, to explore how...
Corporate Update Bulletin - 20 March 2025 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: All change for UK merger control? Government announces reforms to jurisdictional tests as CMA launches review of merger remedies On 17 March 2025, the UK Government previewed plans to revamp the UK merger control regime to provide more certainty to businesses. The announcement follows the launch just a week earlier of a long-anticipated review by the Competition and Markets...
Why 2025 is the year to refresh your marketing compliance The value of the UK advertising market is the largest in Europe and is growing, yet for years digital marketing was an area of regulatory uncertainty, as long promised reforms to the e-marketing rules repeatedly stalled. In this briefing, we consider how...
The Lens Newsletter - March 2025 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May.
BLOG: Court of Appeal’s decision in Gunfleet Sands: a boost to the UK government’s infrastructure drive The Court of Appeal published their decision in Gunfleet Sands on 17 March 2025, upholding the taxpayers’ appeal on the availability of capital allowances for predevelopment expenditure on offshore windfarms. This case has previously been referred to as...
BLOG: The Employment Rights Bill: Seven Questions for Employers The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) has been hailed by the Prime Minister as “introducing the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation”. It is the most significant piece of employment legislation in decades, and includes 28 different reforms...
The end of an era? A transatlantic merger control retrospective With new administrations in place in the US, EU and UK, there are signs that global merger enforcement is heading for another watershed moment. While we wait to see what these changes mean for international merger control over the next few years, we took...
To run-on or buy-out: considerations for UK Defined Benefit schemes As part of Slaughter and May’s Horizon Scanning programme, we were delighted to host a panel discussion on 3 March 2025 on the case for running on defined benefit schemes versus buying-out with a bulk annuity insurer or, indeed, both.  Arguing the...
BLOG: EU Clean Industrial Deal: Energy policy plays a leading role The EC recognises that high energy costs mean that existing industries may choose to relocate, or new investments may take place outside of the EU. The Action Plan on Affordable Energy (APAE) (adopted in February) is at the heart of CID proposals to...
BLOG: EU Clean Industrial Deal: Commitments to competitiveness and decarbonisation The European Commission (EC) Clean Industrial Deal (CID), published on 26 February 2025, outlines the European Union’s plan to accelerate industrial decarbonisation whilst securing the future of EU manufacturing in the face of high energy costs and...
Litigation trends arising from the development of AI Join Ross Francis-Pike and David Ives in the latest Digital episode of our Horizon Scanning podcast show exploring why the development of AI is leading to an increased risk of litigation and some of the recent trends for businesses to watch out for. 
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 13 March 2025