ArticleStrategic Litigation: Driving Change And Positive ImpactWelcome to our first roundup relating to our focus on strategic litigation and what it might mean for your organisation.United KingdomEnvironmentBates Wells
ArticleThe Road To Net Zero: New Ambitious Climate Change Target Ahead Of COP26In September 2019, the UK won the bid to host the 26th Conference of the Parties to bring together heads of state, climate experts and negotiators as part of an international response to the climate emergency.United KingdomEnvironmentTrowers & Hamlins
ArticleUK Government To Publish Guidance On Public Sector Emissions Monitoring And ReportingIn August 2023, the UK government announced that it would publish guidance on emissions monitoring and reporting for public sector organizations in order to help achieve its aim to reduce...United KingdomEnvironmentHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleShould Fmcg Producers Pass On The Benefit Of Softening Commodity Prices?In 2022, food prices reached their highest level since the 1990s. With some commodity prices now starting to fall, should fmcg suppliers be passing on the cost benefit to their customers?United KingdomFinance and BankingVendigital
ArticleHow Changes To The CfD Scheme Can Further Sustainability The UK Government announced an increase in the maximum price offshore wind projects can receive in the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction.United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorMarks & Clerk
ArticleInfrastructure Planning Blog 69: Application Stocktake As Changes To The Planning Act 2008 Regime Start To Take EffectThe Labour government's ambitious target of 150 Development Consent Order decisions faces a critical test as progress reaches the halfway mark of Parliament. With new Planning and Infrastructure Act provisions now in force and the first post-reform applications emerging, the infrastructure planning landscape is undergoing significant transformation that will shape the future of major development projects. United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorTLT
ArticleBatteries In Full CircleBattery technology advances are driving unprecedented growth in recycling innovation, with patent filings for end-of-life battery processing increasing seven-fold in the last decade. The European Patent Office's latest analysis reveals how the race to create a circular battery economy is accelerating, particularly in chemical transformation processes that could address critical material shortages and mounting waste concerns.United KingdomIntellectual PropertyMarks & Clerk
ArticleEarth Day 2021: Why It's Everyone's Responsibility To Restore Our EarthFor many of us, today marks the second Earth Day we have spent in lockdown. United KingdomIntellectual PropertyMarks & Clerk
ArticleHydrogen Gets The Go-Ahead!As reported by Intelligent Transport, the Go-Ahead Group has introduced a fleet of 54 hydrogen fuelled buses in the Gatwick area south of London. This is great news...United KingdomIntellectual PropertyMarks & Clerk
ArticleGovernment Abandons New EPC TargetsHigher Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) targets for private rented property were going to come into force in 2025 for new tenancies and 2028 for existing tenancies.United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionWrigleys Solicitors LLP
ArticleFlirting With Recession – Is the Eurozone Going to Grow at all This Year?In the markets, 2004 will be remembered for oil prices shooting through $50 a barrel and the extraordinary weakness in the U.S dollar. We have seen the pound euro rate go through some wild fluctuations - anywhere from 1.41 to 1.52 - and the year has been filled with economic uncertainties which is the one thing markets dislike.United KingdomStrategyCaxton FX Ltd
ArticleAcquiring A USD 313 Million ProblemIn Heritage Oil and Gas & Anor v Tullow Uganda Ltd the Court of Appeal upheld Tullow's right to be indemnified for a USD 313,447,500 payment it made to the Government of Uganda.United KingdomTaxClyde & Co
ArticleHydrogen Power: Technical BarriersAccording to the World Energy Transition Outlook 2023 – prepared by the International Renewable Energy Agency – hydrogen and its related compounds (ammonia, methanol and kerosene)...European UnionEnergy and Natural ResourcesMarks & Clerk
VideoScottish Independence: What Next For The North Sea? (Video Content)In this video Senior Associates Sam Webster and Rebecca Bothamley discuss the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence.GlobalEnergy and Natural ResourcesMayer Brown
ArticleUK Local Government Pensions Schemes Will Vote Against Chairs Of Oil Companies Failing To Meet Climate PledgesBorder to Coast Pension Partnership (the "Partnership"), a pension pool consisting of 11 UK local government pension schemes, announced that "[o]il majors and banks must makeUnited KingdomEmployment and HRHogan Lovells Cadwalader
Article1/3LY Oil & Gas Disputes: Gas Price Reopeners – Is There A Better Way?Most long-term gas supply agreements contain a mechanism for determining the contract price for the supply of gas, usually by reference to external factors such as the oil price...United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesClyde & Co
ArticleFracking - What Does It Mean For UK Property?Hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks and release natural gas.United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesBircham Dyson Bell LLP
ArticleImplications Of The UK National Security And Investment Bill For The Oil & Gas SectorIn November we wrote about the UK's National Security and Investment Bill, which promises to give rise to the most significant changes to the treatment of mergers and acquisitions in the UK...United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesMayer Brown
ArticleInternational Arbitration 1/3LY, Issue 7 - Oil & Gas DisputesIt gives me great pleasure to present the seventh issue of the International Arbitration 1/3LY.United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesClyde & Co