Welcome to the May 2019 edition of our biannual Public Company Update, for directors and in-house counsel of quoted companies, nomads/brokers and sponsors

A discussion on the judicial findings in Prime Sight Limited v Lavarello (Official Trustee) [2013] UK PC 22.

Where a person signed above the trading name of his company, he was held to have signed personally because there was nothing to indicate that the trading name was that of a company.

Arbitration clauses have a special status in relation to third party rights.

HMRC has amended its guidance on salary sacrifice arrangements to confirm that they are not incompatible with the requirements of auto enrolment.

Pensions minister Steve Webb released a ministerial statement on 10 May which confirmed the government's intention to ban consultancy charging "as soon as possible".

The Government has reviewed the "Fair Deal" policy and, while agreeing to maintain the overall principle, it has decided to change the way it is delivered.

From 30 June, the right to make a flexible working request is being extended to all employees with at least 26 weeks' service.

Earlier this week, the High Court dismissed two women's appeal against a ruling that the Governments introduction of the same state pension age for men

The ECJ has held in Lock v British Gas Trading Ltd that commission should be included in holiday pay as under the Working Time Directive ("WTD") a worker is entitled to receive their "normal remuneration" and should not suffer any financial disadvantage which would discourage him/her from taking holiday

This week is Pensions Awareness Week. It is often not understood that the majority of domestic pensions (excluding the basic state pension and new state pension) are capable of being shared...

The Pension Protection Fund (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012 come into force on 23 July 2012.

One of the long-standing frustrations regarding TUPE is the difficulty in/lack of certainty regarding, harmonising terms and conditions post-transfer.

The Pensions Regulator published two new resources on record-keeping in September.

TUPE transfers give rise to very complex pension issues, as illustrated in the case of Proctor & Gamble Company v Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA & Other [2012] EWHC 1257 (Ch), which we reported on in August.

Diesel powered generators have long provided support to data centres if there are power outages or other disruptions to service – they are expensive and rarely used.

The Government is considering extending this protection to IT supplies on the basis that they are equally critical to the continued operation of an insolvent business.

After six years, and the first legal battle over the ownership of street art, Banksy's Art Buff reappeared in Folkestone, England. The mural depicts a woman gazing at an empty plinth.

Landlords of any assured shorthold tenancy ("AST") have been dealt another blow by the courts, following the decision in Gardner v McCusker.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer's Autumn Statement on 3 December 2014 announced radical changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime.