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BLOG: R&D Tax in the Autumn Statement 2023: A tale of two regimes For those, like me, who have been following the ever-changing research and development (R&D) tax relief landscape in the UK over the past few years, it will have come as no surprise that the Chancellor, in his Autumn Statement 2023, delivered the... 2023 HR Autumn Statement Briefing The 2% cut in the main rate of employee’s National Insurance Contributions is likely to be at the forefront of employees‘ minds following the Government’s Autumn Statement today, but there were also other important announcements that... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: Altice loses appeal against European Commission gun-jumping fine Altice loses appeal against European Commission gun-jumping fine On 9 November the European Court of Justice handed down its judgment confirming that the Commission was right to fine Altice for gun-jumping. The Court nevertheless reduced the amount of... BLOG: Autumn Statement 2023: ORIP out - UTPR in As trailed on X (previously Twitter), the Chancellor delivered the Autumn Statement on 22 November 2023 with “110 different measures to grow the British economy”. I admit that I have not counted the measures to verify this, but the list of tax measures... Price Fixing Proceedings Against Hong Kong Property Agency Hong Kong Competition Commission takes Midland to court whilst its rival Centaline benefits from leniency On 14 November 2023, the Hong Kong Competition Commission (the Commission) announced that it had commenced proceedings against real estate agencies... Tax and the City Review for November 2023 In their latest Tax and the City article, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider two Supreme Court decisions: Target Group on the application of the financial services exemption to loan administration services, and Vermilion on the deeming provision in... Funded Reinsurance - PRA Consultation On 16 November the PRA published a consultation (CP24/23) on a new supervisory statement setting out the PRA’s expectations in respect of life insurance firms entering into or holding funded reinsurance arrangements as cedants. On 16 November the... Employment Bulletin - November 2023 Topics covered in this bulletin: Slaughter and May Highly Commended at the International Employment Lawyer Awards Changes to TUPE and to the Working Time Regulations Bonus clawback provision was not a restraint of trade New employer duty to take... Online Safety Act becomes law, but with phased entry into force The Online Safety Act (OSA), which imposes a host of new duties on in-scope online services, will, according to the government, “make the UK the safest place in the world to be online”. But the Act has proven particularly divisive during its long passage.... Global Investigations Bulletin (November 2023) The latest version of the Global Investigations Bulletin has now been published. In this edition we consider the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, as well as recent investigations news and hot topics. Rankings and Awards We were pleased to...