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COVID-related changes to the employment ordinance come into operation On 17 June 2022, the Employment Ordinance (Cap. 57) has been amended to address common issues in an employment context which have arisen as a result of the anti-epidemic measures implemented to control the spread of COVID-19.  
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: Qualcomm wins appeal to General Court over exclusivity payments On 15 June 2022 the European General Court annulled the European Commission's decision to fine Qualcomm €997.4m for abuse of dominance under Article 102 TFEU. The General Court held that the Commission had breached Qualcomm's rights of...
Competition Law in the Digital Age - June 2022 Our Competition Law in the Digital Age newsletter is a quarterly publication intended to provide insights on modern-day competition law developments in a bite-sized format. This edition covers the EU's Digital Markets Act, the German digital...
Sub-contractor discount for cartel fines overturned in Hong Kong While sub-contracting is part of everyday business in many industries, few are aware that sub-contracting is not a defence in competition law. This was reinforced in a recent appeal holding that sub-contracting is not even a mitigating factor in reducing...
Distinction between a challenge to the admissibility of a claim in arbitration and a challenge to jurisdiction confirmed in C v D The Client Briefing discusses the Court of Appeal’s decision in C v D and the implications of the decision for arbitration users.
BLOG: The 'super-deduction': unobtainable by design? The draft Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill published on 21 June 2022 (the Bill) shows the difficulty, and danger, of using purpose tests in legislation when the Government is seeking to use tax to influence behaviour. It can have the...
BLOG: Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill Pressure on the Government to take action on the cost of living crisis led to the announcement of a new “temporary” and “targeted” tax on certain oil and gas profits arising from 26 May 2022. A draft Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy...
Corporate Update Bulletin - 23 June 2022 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.
The operation of the NSIA so far: the regime's first Annual Report On 16 June 2022, the UK government published the National Security and Investment Annual Report 2022, providing information about the functioning of the regime in its first three months of operation.  The government also published a Memorandum of...
The potential of hydrogen: a guide to key European markets This guide is intended to assist investors to navigate the changing regulatory framework for hydrogen across the value-chain and the emerging standards for low carbon hydrogen.
Tax and the City Review for June 2022 The OECD’s consultation on the proposed regulated financial services exclusion from the new taxing right for market jurisdictions known as Amount A of pillar one provides an insight into how the exclusion will apply. The OECD’s report for the...
SFC proposes to expand its enforcement powers SFC’s consultation on proposed amendments to the Securities and Futures Ordinance
Employment Bulletin - June 2022 Topics covered in this bulletin: Future of Work Review No injunction to enforce 12 month non-compete clause Dismissal for refusing to return to work for health and safety reasons was not automatically unfair Horizon scanning
BLOG: (Greater) goods and (community) services: is it time we rethought charity VAT? Registered charities in the UK benefit from a broad exemption from most tax, so they might be forgiven for assuming that they are also exempt from VAT - but that is not the case. To make it more confusing, the law as HMRC applies it can mean that the same...
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: CMA requires CHC to unwind helicopter services deal The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ordered CHC Group LLC to unwind its £10 million completed acquisition of Babcock’s oil and gas offshore transportation services business. The CMA announced the decision on 1 June 2022 in its...