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Court of final appeal rules on jurisdiction of court in a common law action to enforce an arbitral award In the final chapter of a long running dispute spanning 15 years concerning an agreement for the delivery and development of a piece of land and subsequent share sale, the Court of Final Appeal clarified the position on common law action to enforce an arb... European commission seeks views on competition law and sustainability The European Commission has published a call for contributions seeking ideas from stakeholders on how to adapt the European competition rules to support environmental goals. “When we look around us, at the state of our environment and our climate i... International tax reform – winners and losers The OECD's Impact Assessment presents its international tax reform proposal as the least worse-case scenario rather than a significant improvement on what we already have. The proposal is based around two pillars: Pillar One seeks to re-allocate taxin... Incentives Bulletin - October 2020 UT reverses FTT decision; right to acquire securities option;  SAYE guidance; HMRC publishes research into tax-advantaged share schemes; GAAR Advisory Panel opinion; Spotlight 56; UT reverses FTT decision and determines when a right to acquire secur... International Tax Competitiveness Index 2020: the results are in The Tax Foundation has published the International Tax Competitiveness Index 2020 which assesses the relative competitiveness and neutrality of OECD nations’ tax system by looking at 40 tax policy variables across five categories. In the overall ran... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter General Court partially annuls inspection decisions in French supermarkets investigations On 5 October 2020 the General Court partially annulled 2017 European Commission inspection decisions in relation to an investigation into potential anti-competitive... Brexit preparedness check: customs and trade in goods The briefing, produced jointly by the Best Friends group of BonelliErede, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Hengeler Mueller, Slaughter and May and Uría Menéndez, provides an overview of the anticipated arrangements for the movement of goods be... New credit checks needed? Changes to the UK Government’s CCFF scheme to support large businesses On Friday HM Treasury and the Bank of England announced some important changes to the Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) that apply with immediate effect. The details of the changes are set out in the Bank of England’s updated ‘question... OECD pushes back deadline for international tax reform The OECD has published blueprints for a solution to the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy and acknowledged that a multilateral, consensus-based solution will not be agreed by the end of 2020. The blueprints will be presented to... Individuals not off the hook - sponsor principal banned for five years for failing to discharge supervisory duties Client briefing on the Securities and Futures Appeal Tribunal’s decision to prohibit a sponsor principal from re-entering the industry due to breach of supervisory duties. A few years after CCB International Capital Limited (CCBIC) and BOCOM Intern...