Following the Government's announcement on 7 February 2011 of its intention to review the feed in tariff (FIT) and to fast track the review for anaerobic digestion and large scale solar PV projects (over 50kW), Eversheds has sought clarity from the Department of Energy and Climate Control (DECC) as to whether roof-top solar PV projects are included in the fast track review.

The Customs Import and Export Tariff of the People’s Republic of China for 2007 (‘the Customs’) has set out the import tariff rate, value-added tax rate and export drawback rate on turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines.

The election of Liz Truss as Prime Minister paves the way for new policy announcements in the coming weeks, reflecting a full in-tray.

However, in response to pressure from parliament and international developments in the area of foreign direct investment, the Federal Council published a preliminary draft of an investment protection law...

With effect from 1 January 2017 the law was changed to unify and extend the time allowed for appealing against a termination of employment.

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The property case of Howard-Jones v Tate [2011] is a useful reminder of the difference between rescission of a contract and discharge of a contract by breach.

On November 22 2011, the Consumer Rights Directive was published by the Official Journal of the European Union and includes an express provision that EU member states "adopt and publish by 13 December 2013, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive".

Climate change has become an increasing focus, especially with the recent announcement of the creation of the new Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

Over 50 countries worldwide now have some form of visa or immigration arrangement supporting digital nomad models.

The new low-cost forum for IP disputes chalks up its first anniversary.

Broadband Delivery UK ("BDUK") has released a report on lessons learnt from the Superfast rural broadband pilots in Cumbria, Herefordshire / Gloucestershire borders, North Yorkshire and the Highlands and Islands in Scotland.

Ofcom has decided to not pursue any further enforcement action against Talk Talk Group Limited ("TTGL") for breaches of General Condition 24 (i.e. the mis-selling rules).

What? "Intellectual Property crime has arguably gained more headlines in the past year than ever before".

What? Ofcom has imposed a £3m fine on TalkTalk and Tiscali UK for incorrectly billing tens of thousands of customers for services that they did not receive.

In the first year of the 11th Five-Year Plan China failed to meet the target of cutting its unit gross domestic product (GDP) energy consumption by 4 per cent. China plans to cut its unit GDP energy consumption by 20 per cent by the end of 2010 to improve energy efficiency. Clearly, this target is a challenge for the Chinese government.

This recent case concerned a demolition with no connection to renewable energy.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announced on Wednesday that they intend to change the proposed banding review process and intend to consult on new banding proposals under the Renewables Obligation (RO) in Summer 2011 with a view to confirming the new bands by Autumn 2011.

The Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020 has completed the first stage in Seanad Éireann. The new proposed legislation will be for an "interim period", ending on 31 December 2020

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