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The Asia Pacific region’s major energy-importing economies – Japan, China and the Republic of Korea – share a common interest in reducing their present reliance on energy imports from the Middle East, through diversifying the range of energy resources they consume and by encouraging inward investment to finance the infrastructure projects that will be required to achieve such diversification.

In a surprising decision the Court of Session in Scotland in the case of <I>Melville Dundas Limited v George Wimpey UK Limited (and another) </I>[22 October 2004] has underlined the fundamental freedom of contract, which parties to a construction contract enjoy, to agree the final date when sums due under the contract become payable.

FCA's Sector Views 2017: The FCA has, for the first time, published its Sector Views 2017 [18.04.17] with its Business Plan. They contain an "overall FCA view" of the performance of seven sectors, including Investment Management.

There is little doubt that the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, which come into force on 1 October 2006, will have a significant impact on all aspects of the employment relationship. Employers will therefore welcome the recent publication by ACAS of ‘Age and the Workplace’ which aims to give practical guidance on the new rules.

Criticism of the statutory dismissal and grievance procedures, which were introduced in October 2004, has been growing from all sides over the last few months. One of the biggest problems for employers relates to the standard grievance procedure (SGP). This requires an employee to send a written grievance to the employer (known as a ‘Step 1 grievance’) before commencing most types of tribunal claim.

The DTI has finally published draft TUPE Regulations designed to update UK law in line with the European Acquired Rights Directive. It is hoped that the new Regulations will bring greater clarity to the legal framework governing business transfers and outsourcing. The final Regulations are expected to come into effect on 1 October 2005.

The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive banning pressure selling and misleading marketing came into force on 11 June 2005 and is to be transposed into law by Member States, including the UK by 12 June 2007, with such laws coming into force by 12 December 2007.

The FCA released a consultation paper (CP17/37) [03.11.17] on Industry Codes of Conduct and Discussion Paper on FCA Principle 5. The FCA are consulting because their "expectations of authorised firms"...

In 2024, the passing of Vannessa Ford, a former female equity partner at Pinsent Masons, sparked global concerns about mental health within the legal fraternity.

FCA publishes annual business plan 2017/18

One major aim of the Employment Act 2002 was to reduce the number of Employment Tribunal applications by obliging employers and employees to try to resolve disputes internally through domestic procedures before going to Tribunal. This may be laudable, but its implementation has proved extremely complicated. As well as new Dispute Resolution Regulations, major revisions have had to be made to unfair dismissal law, the ACAS Code and the Employment Tribunal rules of procedure.

There are some recent employment law developments that they should make sure they know about.

The Government has announced that Commonhold schemes can be set up from 27 September 2004. Developers will now be thinking about whether a Commonhold scheme will be suitable for their proposed developments. Commonhold schemes will be far simpler to set up than conventional methods of long leasehold or freehold sales of part.

This briefing updates a note produced in May 2005 in the light of the Court of Appeal's judgment in the JJB, Argos and Littlewoods appeals.

On 28 October 2004, the Court of Appeal, in its decision in AMEC Capital Projects Ltd v Whitefriars City Estates Ltd [2004] EWCA (Civ) 1418, overturned the decision of His Honour Judge Toulmin QC of 27 February [2004] EWHC 393 (TCC). The key message from the decision is that, if the purpose of adjudication under the HGCRA 1996 is to be fulfilled, it is only where a defendant has advanced a properly arguable objection based on apparent bias that he should be permitted to resist enforcement of an

The FCA has updated its page on the Fund Objectives Working Group [23.11.2017]. In the Asset Management Market Study (read more here) one area identified for further review was how useful fund objectives are for investors.

The international tax rules are being reformed to cope with the increasing digitalisation of business.