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Incentives Bulletin Labour’s proposals for Inclusive Ownership Funds; appeals against HMRC PAYE assessments of growth share ownership plans; Football referees were not employees for tax purposes Topics covered in this bulletin: Labour’s proposals for Inclusive Ownership Fun... Pensions Bulletin BA trustees to appeal; rectification of 2002 rules rewrite error; Pensions Regulator new approach; PPF levy 2019/20; guidance on non-financial injustice; Dispute resolution signposting Topics covered in this bulletin: Cases BA trustees to appeal to Supre... Tax and the City briefing for October 2018 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews look at the decision in Union Castle (transfer pricing on an issue of shares); the new DPT statistics; and the AG’s opinion in C and D Foods (input tax on costs where a share sale is aborted). The Upper Tribunal in Union C... Data breach claims: a rebalancing by the English Courts? This briefing considers two recent data protection cases: Lloyd v Google and Various Claimants v Morrisons. Personal data breaches and the risks of follow on litigation are very topical: British Airways, Facebook and Uber are just a handful of the organis... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter CMA and FCA publish joint report on lessons learned about consumer-facing remedies CMA and FCA publish joint report on lessons learned about consumer-facing remedies On 1 October 2018 the CMA and the FCA published a joint report titled ‘Helping people get... The Mergers & Acquisitions Review - Hong Kong chapter The Mergers & Acquisitions Review provides a richer understanding of the shape of the global markets, together with the challenges and opportunities facing market participants.  This Hong Kong chapter in the 12th edition of The Mergers & Acquisiti... Employment Bulletin Bad faith for the purposes of victimisation claim; Ending of outdated allowance payments; Letter giving “one month’s notice” not resignation; injunction lifting exclusion from work Topics covered in this bulletin: Bad faith for the purposes of a victimis... All set for the new year: Revamped merger review regime approved in China In January 2024, China adopted the long-awaited amendments to its merger notification thresholds with immediate effect. These changes, along with last year’s revisions to the merger review rules, wrap up a complete overhaul of China’s merger review regime... Part 2: ESG in the year of the election Harry Hecht and Moira Thompson Oliver are joined by Michael Arnold, Partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, to reflect on the impact of global elections on ESG policy and what lies ahead. Harry Hecht and Moira Thompson Oliver, joined by Michael Arnold... COP29: Did the 'finance COP' find its feet, and what progress was made on carbon markets? The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change (“COP29”) drew to a late close in Baku at the end of November, following protracted negotiations. The main areas of interest to companies and financial institutions will...