Tech Entrepreneurs take on the prime minister on immigration policy | Magrath Sheldrick LLP

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The government’s policy of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands continues to attract fierce debate among important stakeholders. In a recent development, a number of the UK’s most powerful technology leaders have issued a warning to the prime minister that businesses within the technology sector will suffer if the Home Office presses ahead …

Engine emissions from non-road mobile machinery: changes to regulatory regime on the horizon | Burges Salmon

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Non-road Mobile Machinery (NRMM), which covers a wide array of different types of machinery from construction machinery and locomotives to garden equipment, is currently subject to specific air quality legislation. This article outlines the current regime and then discusses new European Commission proposals for a revision of the EU-wide law applied to NRMM. The changes …

Is it time for a friendly discussion? | Edwards Wildman Palmer UK LLP

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Contracting parties have increasingly been agreeing to commit themselves to some form of inter partes discussion prior to the issuance of formal proceedings. This is despite the courts’ historic lack of inclination to find such dispute resolution clauses to be enforceable. However, this looks set to change: in Emirates Trading Agency LLC v Prime Mineral …

Scottish charity law | Brodies

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Charities and philanthropy continue to have important roles in commercial and public life. Charitable organisations are now used to undertaking a wide array of services and activities that historically would not have been immediately associated with the charities sector. In Scotland, we are nearing the end of the first decade of having in place a …

Brussels flexes its muscles in support of forum choice clauses | Pinsent Masons

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‘Jurisdiction’ is the power of a court to entertain an action or other proceeding. When parties enter into a transaction they usually include a ‘jurisdiction clause’ alongside a ‘governing law clause’ to determine where and subject to which country’s laws, any future issues should be determined.

Buying businesses from administrators: now is the time to prepare | Druces LLP

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As daily news heralds the emergence of the British economy from the worst recession since the 1930s it may seem a strange time to suggest that companies should consider acquiring businesses from companies which go into an insolvency process. However, looking back at past recessions shows that, apart from a spike of insolvencies when the …