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The Ultimate Legal Guide to Investing in Greece
1) minority shareholders rights and shareholders agreements,
2) S.A. taxation,
3) antitrust regulations, cartels and abuse of dominance,
4) state aid,
5) environment & industry,
6) spatial & urban planning, land uses,
7) personal data protection.
No substitute for experience
If there is one part of the Localism Act 2011 about which local government lawyers have considerable concerns, it is the new standards regime.
CONSULTATION AND LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS
Clive Sheldon QC
Consultation: What needs to be done?
1. Whether or not there is in law an obligation to consult, where consultation is embarked upon it must be carried out fairly. What is ‘fair’ will obviously depend on the circumstances of the case and the nature of the proposals under consideration: see R (Edwards) v Environment Agency [2006] EWCA Civ 877 per Auld LJ at [90].
The Russian Federal Tax Service on how to conclude advance pricing agreements for tax purposes
Legal Update No. 322
Goltsblat BLP advises that the Federal Tax Service has circulated Letter of No. OA-4-12/85@ dated 12 January 2012 on how to conclude advance pricing agreements for tax purposes.
New documents and filling rules for VAT settlements
Legal Update No. 324
Goltsblat BLP advises that Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1137 “On the Formats and Rules for Completing (Maintaining) Documents Used in Value Added Tax Settlements” was adopted on 26 December 2011 (the Resolution).
Japan IP Enforcement & Transactions Newsletter February 2012/Vol. 1
• The IP High Court recognized the inventive step of a medical-use claim based on its remarkable effect
over the prior-arts (p.2)
• 顕著な効果を有することを理由に医薬用途発明の進歩性を肯定した知財高裁判決（平成23
年11 月30 日：平成23 年（行ケ）第10018 号）[Japanese] (p.2)
• 以具有显著效果为理由肯定医疗用途发明的进步性的知识产权高裁判决（平成23 年11 月30
日：平成23 年（行ヶ）第10018 号[Chinese] (p.3)
• "Use" of Computer System (p.3)
Legal Express Issue 1
We are pleased to bring you our Legal Express, which covers the most significant legislative changes in Russia in December 2011 and January 2012.
The New Security Interests (Jersey) Law 201- (the "New SIL") (yet to come into force)
An executive summary - January 2012
The new Security Interests (Jersey) Law 201- (yet to come into force) (the“ ”) was approved by the States Assembly on 19 July 2011 and has been sent to the Privy Council for approval.
Russian sac recovers actual damage and lost profit from Russian FCS
Legal Update No. 323
Goltsblat BLP advises that, on 17 January 2012, the Presidium of the Russian SAC issued a Ruling under Case No. А40-89211/10-30-762 recovering real damage and lost profit from the Federal Customs Service in favour of an exporter owing to an unlawful order.
Russian sac on article 333 of the Russian civil code
Legal Update No. 320
Goltsblat BLP advises of publication of Resolution No. 81 of the Plenum of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation “On Certain Aspects of Applying Article 33 of the Russian Civil Code” dated 22 December 2011 (the “Resolution”) regarding penalty reduction.