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BLOG: Fuelling the energy transition: North Sea Oil & Gas, and Alternative Fuels The new Labour government has committed to ensuring a “phased and responsible transition” in the North Sea, the stated aim of which is to balance job protection while recognising oil and gas’s ongoing role in the UK’s energy mix. However, it has yet to co... BLOG: UK Water sector: A deluge of developments Amidst intense scrutiny of its financial stability, 2025 is shaping up to be transformative for the UK water sector as it navigates both a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape and the need for "unprecedented levels of investment”. BLOG: Carbon Markets: Momentum builds towards integrity and expansion 2024 ended on an optimistic note for carbon markets, with COP29 delivering long-awaited breakthroughs in negotiations to operationalise Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Negotiators reached consensus on the core elements needed to operationalise: (i) Arti... BLOG: Renewables: Doubling down on development Renewable energy development is set to accelerate further in 2025 as the government takes steps towards its ambitious decarbonisation targets and begins to implement the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan (CP30).  BLOG: The Omnibus and the Compass: more details emerge of EU plans to simplify sustainability legislation On 29 January, the European Commission published an official communication on ‘ A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’ (‘the Compass’). While fairly high-level, it gives some early insights into what the EU’s much anticipated sustainability ‘omnibus' ... BLOG: Does antitrust law stand in the way of Net Zero Alliances? At the start of 2025, JP Morgan announced that it was exiting the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a UN- convened group of leading global banks - launched in April 2021 - to align their lending, investment and capital markets activities with net zero gre... BLOG: The EU’s Gender Balance Directive: Balance in the Boardroom The recently transposed EU Gender Balance on Corporate Boards Directive (the Directive) will require large EU-listed companies to ensure that members of the “underrepresented sex” hold at least 40% of their non-executive director positions, and 33% of the... BLOG: A question of interpretation: the UK Supreme Court’s decision in Royal Bank of Canada All has ended well for the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) following the Supreme Court’s majority decision (4:1) that the UK does not have taxing rights over the “royalty” payments RBC received. The value of these payments was dependant on the price and volume... BLOG: Ramsay reined in? Does the dissent in the UK Supreme Court case of Royal Bank of Canada signal changes to statutory construction principles? What do tax lawyers talk about at lunch? In my case, it’s been the UK Supreme Court's majority decision (4:1) in Royal Bank of Canada. My colleague, Zoe Andrews, has covered the facts and decision in outline here. BLOG: In House Perspectives on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence and Reporting In early February, the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association brought together lawyers and practitioners from all over the world for a two-day conference on navigating the changes around shifting legal expectations in respect of corporate human rig...