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The Great Plastic Reckoning - How the Law and Geopolitics are Shaping the Future of Plastics The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee’s fifth session (‘INC-5’), held in Busan from 25 November to 1 December 2024, intended to inaugurate a new chapter in international environmental law. Convened by the UN, the session aimed to build upon the...
BLOG: The Great Plastic Reckoning: Plastics, Power, and the Path Ahead Microplastics infiltrating food chains, the proliferation of plastic bags, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch's expanding scope all underscore the imperative of mitigating plastic’s detrimental impacts. International efforts have traditionally focused on...
Insurance Outlook 2025
Podcast: Tax News: January 2025 In this podcast, tax associate Alex Sim joins Zoe Andrews and Tanja Velling to discuss the Upper Tribunal’s decision in Muller on the interaction of certain provisions in the intangible fixed assets regime with the rules on the taxation of partnerships...
Corporate Update Bulletin - 9 January 2025 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.
A Guide to Takeovers in the United Kingdom Memorandum providing a general guide to takeovers of listed companies in the UK
Ofwat publishes PR24 final determinations On December 19, 2024, Ofwat published its Final Determinations for Price Review 2024 (PR24), setting water sector prices for 2025-2030. These determinations, which follow the Draft Determinations from July, include significantly increased funding for base...
BLOG: UK Sustainability Reporting Likely to Align Materiality with International Standards Developed by the ISSB Sustainability reporting in the UK, in the form of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS), is still on track to align with the de facto global baseline reporting standards produced by the International Sustainability Standards Board...
BLOG: The Government’s Response to the House of Lords Modern Slavery Committee Report This week, the Government published its response to the House of Lords Select Committee’s (the Committee) report on the impact and effectiveness of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA). See here for our previous blog on the report. 
UK Supreme Court confirms the Sky is not the limit when it comes to trade mark applications and bad faith In this briefing, we take a closer look at the main issues in the long-running dispute between SkyKick and Sky, the UK Supreme Court’s analysis and ultimate findings, and the likely implications of the decision on UK trade mark filing and enforcement...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin: 18 December 2024
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin: 9 January 2025
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin: 16 January 2025
Financial Regulation group's banking and investment services column for Practical Law - December 2024 Nick Bonsall, Selmin Hakki and Emily Bradley, from the Financial Regulation group, publish their latest column for Practical Law.
BLOG: Balancing growth and taxes: the UK government's corporate tax roadmap The announcement of a Spring Statement (rather than another Budget) on 26 March 2025 chimes with the promise of “predictability, stability and certainty” in the UK government’s corporate tax roadmap (which had sat uneasily with the surprise announcement...