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UK Net Zero Strategy: 10 key talking points On 19 October 2021, the UK government announced its Net Zero Strategy, required under the Climate Change Act 2008, in which it set out the policies needed to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The Strategy was accompanied by HM Treasury’s Net Zero ... BLOG: Bridging the gap between DSTs and the new global tax system A big driver for international tax reform (and certainly the motivation for the renewed interest in it by the US under the Biden administration) is the desire to have one set of rules ensuring the largest and most profitable multinationals pay their “fair... The Real Estate M&A and Private Equity Review - 6th edition - United Kingdom chapter This law review chapter considers legal, regulatory and market developments in UK real estate M&A and private equity. In addition to providing an overview of the real estate M&A and private equity markets, it offers a summary of the legal framewo... BLOG: Net Zero Review: what can it tell us about the Budget? The Treasury's Net Zero Review Final Report, published alongside the Government's Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener and Heat and buildings strategy on 19 October 2021 just over one week before the Autumn Budget on 27 October 2... Competition Law in the Digital Age 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 European Commission's preliminary findings in its IoT ... Tax and the City Review for October 2021 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews discuss the postponement of the change to basis periods for income tax, the High Court decision in Almacantar (on contractual notice provisions and estoppel), the proposed economic crime levy and recent State aid developments. T... Employment Bulletin - October 2021 Right to request flexible working; Dismissal for criticising colleague about protected disclosure not automatically unfair; Correct approach to mutuality of obligation for employment status Topics covered in this bulletin: Government consultation on t... Regulating Digital Hub Welcome to the Slaughter and May Regulating Digital Hub. We bring you insight covering the changing landscape and competing interests around data, big data, competition and regulation. Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (29 September - 12 October 2021) Court of Justice rules that subsidiaries can be liable for harm caused by cartels Court of Justice rules that subsidiaries can be liable for harm caused by cartels On 6 October 2021 the European Court of Justice (CJ) confirmed that damages cla... BLOG: Graphite or Diamonds? The complications of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism(s) Graphite and diamonds: take just one element - carbon - and assemble it differently, and you get a strikingly different result. The same could be said of carbon pricing. While the concept is widely accepted as a key part of the net zero push, how these ca...