On the morning of 10 April 2008 the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's Parliament, ratified the Protocol on Accession to the WTO.

The 'Ukrainian M&A Roundtable Report' produced by CMS Cameron McKenna in conjunction with Concord Capital and our partners Mergermarket, the London-based M&A intelligence service was published recently.

Legislation aimed at reducing the tax burden on producers and traders of alternative energy has been published in draft form.

Changes to corporate transformations are expected to come into force on 1 January 2012.

The UK government recently issued its response to the Parliamentary Committees' pre-legislative scrutiny report on the Corporate Manslaughter Bill.

On 25 July, the Joint Regulators Group (the "JRG") adopted a common approach to discounting in cost-benefit analyses which involve private investment for a public benefit.

As we reported in our Law-Now "Bribery Bill heralds strict liability for corporates", the Bribery Bill 2009 has received its first reading in the House of Lords and contains several important changes to the earlier draft legislation published in March this year, including the removal of the negligence element from the new corporate offence of bribery.

HM Revenue & Customs ("HMRC") has published FAQs which provide reassurance that intended legislation on "disguised remuneration" should not affect normal employee share plans.

The employment team at CMS Cameron McKenna is proud to announce that it has been awarded Employment Law Firm of the Year 2011 by Lawyer Monthly.

The Government has put an order before Parliament to increase rates in cases and rights within the Employment Tribunals jurisdiction.

The health and safety calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation, and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major health and safety issues in the UK and EU.

The health and safety calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation, and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major health and safety issues in the UK and EU.

The health and safety calendar highlights key dates in relation to new and existing legislation, current regulatory initiatives and consultation papers dealing with health and safety issues in the UK and EU.

In July 2010, the Government announced that it intended to use the consumer prices index (CPI) as the basis for the statutory minimum revaluation and indexation of occupational pension schemes instead of the retail prices index (RPI).

Trustees of occupational pension schemes now have a statutory duty to ensure that they have an adequate knowledge and understanding of the legal issues relevant to their scheme.

The Association of British Insurers ("ABI") has published updated guidelines on the structure of executive pay. The new "ABI Principles of Remuneration" are the first substantial update of the ABI guidelines since 2007.

This month sees the launch of a new toolkit of guidance designed to improve workforce safety in the offshore oil and gas industry.

The Pensions Commission has now published its second report setting out its conclusions on the likely evolution of the UK pension system if policy is unchanged, and recommendations for change.

The DTI and DWP have announced that the pensions’ provisions of the Age Discrimination Regulations will be deferred until 1 December 2006. The rest of the Regulations will come into force on 1 October 2006 as planned.

December 2005 saw a flurry of pensions regulations. The final version of the new scheme funding regulations emerged at last as did new investment regulations setting out a variety of issues for trustees to consider when investing scheme assets. December also saw regulations published on cross-border activities, internal controls and regulatory own funds.