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Competition Law in the Digital Age - February 2025 Our Competition Law in the Digital Age newsletter is intended to provide insights on modern-day competition law developments in a bite-sized format. This edition covers the future of EU competition policy, enforcement of the P2B Regulation, the UK’s...
Tax and the City Review - February 2025 In their latest Tax and the City article, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider: the UK Court of Appeal’s decision in ScottishPower that payments in lieu of penalties are tax deductible; HMRC’s supplementary draft guidance on the UK’s implementation of the...
BLOG: The Commission Work Programme 2025: What’s Next for the Omnibus? Updates in relation to the EU’s proposed sustainability 'omnibus' package seem to be coming thick and fast, although distinguishing between what is rumour and what is actually being planned, whilst we await further details from the Commission,...
BLOG: Climate Litigation: Scottish Court Quashes Consents For North Sea Oil And Gas Fields The Court of Session in Scotland (Scotland’s supreme civil court) has quashed decisions by the previous UK Government to grant consent for the development of the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea.
Global Investigations Bulletin - February 2025 Welcome to Slaughter and May’s February edition of the Global Investigations Bulletin, a digest of key developments and recent news in global investigations and enforcement. In this edition we look at evolving themes in FCA enforcement and offer insights...
The EU’s Digital Services Act and UK Online Safety Act: where are we now? In this briefing, we provide a recap of the DSA and explore the Commission’s recent enforcement action. We also look at how the OSA compares to the DSA, and outline the steps Ofcom is taking to implement the UK’s online safety regime. As we will explain,...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 20 February 2025
Corporate Update Bulletin - 20 February 2025 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.
BLOG: Atomic Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty: Incremental Change or Fundamental Reform? - Part I The Energy Charter Treaty (‘ECT’) has long served as a cornerstone of cross-border energy investments. However, it has also faced increasing scrutiny, particularly for shielding fossil fuel investments at a time when many states are accelerating their...
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: “Rapid, meaningful change”: CMA unveils new proposals for merger reviews in line with UK Government’s strategic steer On 13 February 2025, the UK Government issued its long-awaited draft strategic steer to the Competition and Markets Authority for consultation. The steer sends a clear message that the Government expects the CMA to support its pro-growth agenda in the...
BLOG: Ramsay reined in? Does the dissent in the UK Supreme Court case of Royal Bank of Canada signal changes to statutory construction principles? What do tax lawyers talk about at lunch? In my case, it’s been the UK Supreme Court's majority decision (4:1) in Royal Bank of Canada. My colleague, Zoe Andrews, has covered the facts and decision in outline here.
BLOG: Time to rethink the UK’s approach to modern slavery? Parliamentary inquiry into forced labour in international supply chains On 21 January, the UK Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (“the Joint Committee”) launched an inquiry into the UK’s legal and voluntary frameworks that address forced labour in international supply chains. The Joint Committee's findings and...
BLOG: In House Perspectives on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence and Reporting In early February, the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association brought together lawyers and practitioners from all over the world for a two-day conference on navigating the changes around shifting legal expectations in respect of corporate human...
The Lens Newsletter - February 2025 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May.
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 13 February 2025