The EU's Council of Ministers voted to adopt the Consumer Rights Directive on Monday 10th October 2011 following previous approval given by the European Parliament.

Further to our bulletin on 28 June 2011 outlining the proposed changes to REC prices, the CERC has indeed confirmed that it is to reduce REC prices by 15.38% to 17.88%. The reduction will certainly knock investor confidence to some extent but the floor price has been reduced to the extent originally announced.

On 17 November 2020, the CBI issued a "Dear CEO" letter, in which it set out key findings from a thematic inspection it carried out on compliance by a number of banks and insurance companies...

The Regulati.on, which was adopted by the EU during 2019, creates a system to cooperate and exchange information on investments from non-EU countries that may affect security or public order

On 6 April 2021, a seven-judge panel of the Supreme Court gave judgment in Zalewski v An Adjudication Officer, The Workplace Relations Commission and Others .

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Biomass in the UK has seen a huge surge in the past 12 months. This has been largely due to the doubling of ROC's (Renewable Obligation Certificates) for qualifying biomass projects. It is also driven by the appetite of the utilities and independent developers for a more diversified portfolio of renewable generating assets and the need for waste generators e.g. local authorities in respect of waste wood, and retailers in respect of food waste, to deal with their waste more effectively.

In the Chancellor's 2010 Budget published on 24 March 2010, it was stated that the Government sees support for the low carbon economy as central to providing a platform for strong, long term sustainable growth.

The High Court has confirmed that a landlord complying with its repairing covenant was entitled to choose between available methods for repair, provided that choice is reasonable. The tenant’s right to quiet enjoyment doesn’t give it a veto over the method.

Environmental issues have been thrust to the fore in local government.

Around one hundred and thirty seven employers have been prosecuted to date; ten times the number caught last year. The UK Border Agency has handed out fines of approximately £500,000!

The Home Office has released updated Coronavirus: right to work checks guidance confirming the temporary adjustments to RTW checks ended on 30 September 2022.

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The UK government has published its response to the 2025 Call for Evidence on equality law and launched a new consultation on equal pay and pay discrimination, closing on 27 October 2026.

On 22 January 2010, the State Energy Administration (the "SEA") and the State Oceanic Administration (the "SOA") jointly issued the Interim Measures on the Administration of Development and Construction of Offshore Wind Energy (the "Measures"). The Measures came into effect on the date of issuance

The Court of Cassation has for the second time confirmed that under the double taxation treaty between France and Belgium ("Treaty"), Belgium must relieve the double taxation...

This judgment confirms the view long held by the European Commission and set out in the new vertical restraints guidelines that "every distributor must be allowed to use the internet to sell products".

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Climate change has had unprecedented levels of publicity recently with the intergovernmental summit in Copenhagen.