A recent Court of Appeal judgment demonstrates that professionals should seek payment of their fees promptly in order to avoid their claim becoming time-barred.

The Committee of Advertising Practice has announced the publication of the final forms of the new CAP and BCAP Codes, following the conclusion of a lengthy public consultation to which 30,000 responses were received.

Buildings completed before 31 March 2001 without the necessary permits may now be legitimised by a Certificate of Tolerable Construction.

The Supreme Court has recently confirmed existing case law with respect to those who are entitled to act on behalf of a company.

The Supreme Administrative Court ruled recently in a case brought before it by a tax payer regarding the taxation of unrealised foreign exchange gains.

The European Commission has sole competence to decide that there has been no breach of EU law prohibiting abuse of a dominant position, according to the ECJ.

From 1 January 2012, foreign entity performing business in Poland through a branch office will be required to complete a liquidation procedure, in accordance with the provisions of the Polish commercial companies code concerning the liquidation of a limited liability company, to close down its Polish branch.

Products which are not registered as medicines may not be advertised as having medicinal properties, according to a decision of the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector.

From 11 May 2011, contractors can be excluded from the tendering process in certain additional circumstances.

Insurers may be obliged in exceptional cases to pay above the limits stipulated in an insurance agreement, according to a Supreme Court ruling about civil liability pensions.

From January 2013, there will be new requirements for depositing financial statements published by companies operating in the Slovak Republic.

We refer to our law-now alert "Ukraine: sale of proceeds in foreign currency becomes mandatory" issued in connection with the Resolution of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine "On Amendment to certain Normative Acts of the National Bank of Ukraine", dated 8 October 2010 No. 457, registered with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 13 December 2010, No. 1249/18544.

On 27 May 2009, changes were made to the customs clearance procedure for goods entering Ukraine, including...

On 30 September 2009 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (the "CMU") issued Resolution No. 1071 "On Changes to Some Resolutions of the CMU" (the "Resolution").

New tax rules have been proposed which would provide tax incentives for carbon trading and clarify current tax laws.

On 18 January 2012, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) made a market investigation reference to the Competition Commission (CC) in respect of the aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete markets in Great Britain (i.e. not Northern Ireland).

Following the Queen’s speech to Parliament of 9 May 2012 which announced that the Groceries Adjudicator Bill will be taken forward in the 2012 – 2013 Parliamentary session, the Bill was today published in the House of Lords.

The recent High Court case of Spreadex Limited v Colin Cochrane [2012] is a stark reminder to online traders, and indeed to other businesses, to exercise caution when imposing liability on consumers in contracts.

From 31 July 2011 more companies will be able to raise funds from investors without having to publish a prospectus.

From 1 July 2012, prospectuses published in connection with pre-emptive offers and by SMEs and small cap Main Market companies, will be shorter and cheaper to produce.