In a recent meeting, the UKBA agreed a concession to the Resident Labour Market Test confirming that a job advert may refer to the available salary as 'competitive' rather than having to show an exact salary or even a salary range.

The Belgian Presidency of the EU Council has issued a further compromise draft of the AIFM Directive, dated 30 September 2010 (with some amendments published on 4 October 2010).

On 17 February 2011, HM Treasury published their second major consultation paper on the new regulatory regime for financial institutions - ‘a new approach to financial regulation: building a stronger system.’

The government has announced that the second of two frameworks recently set aside by the courts will not be retendered (for our Law-Now on the judgment).

The UK Border Agency has recently issued new guidance for employers on the Prevention of Illegal Working.

The FSA released its second consultation paper on Solvency II transposition (click here to view) on 11 July 2012.

It seems the stuff of science fiction and Hollywood – satellites crashing to Earth – but rather this is the result of years of scientific and commercial ventures in outer space, and the subsequent creation of space junk.

Our article of 16 August 2005 "Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 – applying to court and agreements to extend time" referred to a case in which we successfully acted for the landlord.

The word "house" is one of the 200 most frequently used words in the English language and one of the 20 most frequently used nouns.

A Court of Appeal decision from last Thursday confirms that to be effective "pay-when-paid" clauses in construction contracts need to be drafted to identify the specific types of insolvency situation where the clause will operate.

The Gloucestershire Local Enterprise Partnership was this week announced as a retail pathfinder by Business Minister Mark Prisk.

For several years until 2005, some companies used an arrangement for paying bonuses which involved employees receiving a particular type of share in a UK tax resident company (often specially created for this purpose).

We recently reported that changes were being introduced from 6 April 2011 to the way in which PAYE would be applied to cash payments and share vestings which occur after someone has left employment and their P45 has been issued.

In Constructive's final blog from the 2014 Construction Law Conference, we provide an overview of Andrew Aglionby's speech about on arbitration.

There is a large consensus that the current Belgian Competition Act, which dates from 2006, needs some revision, at the very least on a number of procedural issues.

As the huge scale of Brazil's pre-salt oil reserves becomes clear, the country is attracting more and more interest from international operating companies.

All renewable energy projects in Bulgaria have been hit by a retroactive change in the fee they must pay for accessing the electricity transmission and distribution grids.

The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision by the High Court in 2010 that a surveyor owed a duty of care to a buy-to-let investor on a rental valuation.

Companies can now increase their share capital without having to obtain an expert valuation of non-monetary contributions.

As a consequence of several recent discussions about whistleblowing and its insufficient regulation in the Czech Republic, the Czech Government approved the proposed adoption of a new act to protect whistleblowers on 13 June 2012.