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Slaughter and May - UK Diversity stats November 2023 Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 24 October 2024 BLOG: A capital mess? The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Centrica Overseas Holdings In what is thankfully an unusual occurrence in legal practice, I was about to press send on an email advising a client on an issue (in this case, the deductibility of expenses incurred in respect of the sale of a subsidiary), very much relying on the Uppe... Tax and the City Review for November 2022 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews discuss the VAT decisions of the CJEU in O Fundusz (sub-participation agreements) and of the Supreme Court in NHS Lothian (VAT recovery), HMRC’s Guidelines for Compliance, the OECD’s report on tax incentives and the U... Solvency UK - Results of the Solvency II Review In this briefing note we discuss the results of HM Treasury's review of UK Solvency II, including key changes to the risk margin and the matching adjustment to release capital held by insurers and facilitate investment in long-term productive assets. ... BLOG: Further changes to the UK's R&D tax regime Against a background of some “difficult decisions” being taken by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in his 2022 Autumn Statement on 17 November 2022, the Treasury unveiled some further changes to the UK’s Research and Development (R&D) tax regime, signalling a m... The Legal 500: Blockchain Country Comparative Guide 2022 - Hong Kong chapter The Blockchain Country Comparative Guide aims to provide an overview of the law and practice of blockchain law across a variety of jurisdictions. This chapter relates to Hong Kong law.   Please provide a high-level overview of the blockchain mark... BLOG: Taxing decisions in the Autumn Statement Undoubtedly, the UK’s Autumn Statement delivered by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on 17 November 2022 reflected some difficult decisions (see the Treasury’s news story and the text of his speech). But at least the one relating to the GloBE rules under Pillar 2 m... Lessons for controllers from DSG v Information Commissioner: The scope of discretion when implementing data security priorities In a world of headline-grabbing mega-fines against tech giants, it might seem that a £500,000 pre-GDPR fine would be of limited interest. However, a recent decision from the UK’s First Tier Tribunal provides important and valuable lessons for ... EFIG : European Banking Newsletter - November 2022 Development's in this month's edition include:  Margin for redemptions of eligible liabilities - SRB and ECB reach agreement TLTRO III - Governing Council of the ECB recalibrates targeted longer-term refinancing operations TLAC and MREL ...