April 2015

Employment law in Scotland: a different path? | Brodies

The Scottish independence referendum and the general election campaign have both thrown a spotlight on employment law, with change looking inevitable. Following the Smith Commission which published its report in November 2014 there is a real possibility that the administration of the Employment Tribunal system will be different in England and Scotland. A new government …

Continue reading “Employment law in Scotland: a different path?”

Should GCs be appointing more off-panel specialists? | Cogence Search

The panel appointment process is a necessary method of locking in expertise, rates and service level agreements to provide for the predicted needs of a business over the life of the appointment, creating a more or less predictable level of budgeted legal spend over any given financial year. Litigation, of course, is very difficult to …

Continue reading “Should GCs be appointing more off-panel specialists?”

The changing role of the GC | Thomson Reuters

Economic and regulatory changes, developments in the legal market, the increasing volume and complexity of workload for legal teams and the advent of technology are changing how general counsel work, how they see themselves and their position in the organisation. How has being a GC changed and how are GCs managing the evolving requirements of …

Continue reading “The changing role of the GC”

When is a notice of breach of warranty good enough? | RPC

The increase in M&A transactions which many firms have seen in recent times will inevitably spawn a rise in the disputes which follow when a buyer has not bought quite what it had bargained for. The extent of the warranty given by a seller is an important element of the transaction and the value to …

Continue reading “When is a notice of breach of warranty good enough?”

The Court of Appeal lifts stay on liquidators’ claim to recover shares in Saad Group insolvency | Druces LLP

A recent Court of Appeal decision has examined the complex issues relating to the law applicable to the cross-border trusts in the context of the winding up of a substantial Middle Eastern investment vehicle. The case is of general application to cross-border trusts but is of particular interest in the context of insolvency where the …

Continue reading “The Court of Appeal lifts stay on liquidators’ claim to recover shares in Saad Group insolvency”

Fair Consideration Framework: 
one year on | Magrath Sheldrick LLP

In late 2013, the Singapore Government announced that the introduction of the 
Fair Consideration Framework (FCF) would 
be made mandatory on all employers of foreign nationals in Singapore with effect from 1 August 2014. Since this date, all employers doing business in Singapore have been expected to consider Singaporeans fairly for job vacancies and to …

Continue reading “Fair Consideration Framework: 
one year on”

Developments in waste crime enforcement: what next for offenders, waste operators and landlords?
 | Burges Salmon

The consequences of small and 
large-scale waste crime reach far beyond the unpopular effects on local amenity. Indeed, rogue operators undercut legitimate waste businesses and expose landlords of industrial or commercial premises to regulatory action and financial risk. The environmental, commercial and financial threats posed by waste crime have been recognised by Defra. On 26 …

Continue reading “Developments in waste crime enforcement: what next for offenders, waste operators and landlords?
”

Mitigation: cynical defendants beware | Cooley

An innocent party seeking to claim damages for breach of contract must take reasonable steps to mitigate its losses. This is a well-established principle of English law that has proved many a defendant’s ally.