Those rebellious Scots again: the Supreme Court and the Scottish Government | Brodies
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Whether it’s voting rights for prisoners or so-called ‘super-injunctions’, the Scottish media has over the past few months been full of commentary about the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the application of Strasbourg jurisprudence in the Scottish and UK courts. Why, it is argued by some, should the distinct British …

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Simplification and reduction of burdens for Dutch companies with share capital

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In the near future some significant changes will be made to Dutch corporate law, with the chief aim of achieving greater simplicity and reducing the burden for businesses. This article will discuss several expected changes that will specifically affect private companies with limited liability (BVs) and public companies with limited liability (NVs). Some of these …

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Mosley v United Kingdom [2011]: super-injunctions and Article 8 | Schillings
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The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), drafted in the immediate wake of the Second World War as a bulwark against the resurgence of fascism and the spread of Stalinism, guarantees certain fundamental human rights. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) which adjudicates on ECHR, offered first signatory states, then, in the mid-1970s, individual …

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Moderate revolution in Romanian employment legislation | Wolf Theiss
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On 1 May 2011, long-debated amendments to law no 53/2003 (the labour code) finally entered into force in Romania. At the same time, a significant number of laws and secondary legislation were repealed and replaced by the new law no 62/2011 when social dialogue was effected mid-May 2011 (the social dialogue law).

Throttling net neutrality? | Kemp Little
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Streaming video recently overtook peer-to-peer networks to become the largest single category of internet traffic, according to Cisco’s Visual Networking Index.1 This is a key reason why global internet traffic has increased eightfold over the past five years.2 With expected further dramatic increases in data traffic (Cisco estimates that internet traffic will increase fourfold over …

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Fishing from a jetty? Relevance and disclosure in property disputes | Berwin Leighton Paisner
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A hypothetical transaction lies at the heart of most valuation exercises, whether a capital valuation or a rental valuation. The parties must address a negotiation on assumed facts, based on ground rules set out in the lease or other contract and in case law. An issue that presents itself is whether documents and information held …

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