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BLOG: Notification of uncertain tax treatment by large business Putting aside for now whether this new notification regime is necessary and apt to reduce what HMRC refer to as the tax gap attributable to legal interpretation and quantify at £4.9bn, it is encouraging to see that the model is much improved from the orig... Reinventing the 9 to 5: No 'Freedom Day' For Employers Now that 'Freedom Day' has come and gone, the challenge of returning to pre-COVID 19 working arrangements is far from over. In this briefing, Padraig Cronin, Philip Linnard, Lizzie Twigger and Clare Fletcher set out five key challenges facing empl... Real Estate Newsletter - August 2021 Topics include: Inflationary rent review clause - Woden Park v Monsolar IQ Contracting out of security of tenure - TFS Stores v Designer Retail Outlet Centres Pandemic clause - Poundland v Toplain Ltd Covid-19 and lease renewal - S Franses v The Cavendis... Date for the diary: UK Government announces launch date of the new national security screening regime On 20 July 2021, the UK Government published guidance on the National Security and Investment Act ahead of its commencement on 4 January 2022. On 20 July 2021, the UK Government announced that the long-expected National Security and Investment Act (the &... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (7 - 20 July 2021) European Commission imposes €875m fine on car manufacturers in novel emissions technology cartel European Commission imposes €875m fine on car manufacturers in novel emissions technology cartel On 8 July 2021 the European Commission announced ... Data Privacy Newsletter - Issue 16 Selected legal and regulatory developments in data privacy for July 2021 It was so very close… But, unlike the football, we got the result we wanted… On 28 June, the EU adopted its adequacy decisions for the UK under the EU GDPR and t... Tax and the City Review for July 2021 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider the FTT’s decision in West Burton; the High Court judgment in TP ICAP; the attractiveness of the UK for financial services and EU public country-by-country reporting rules. The FTT in West Burton decides that you ... FCA guidance on Part VII transfers - proposed changes On 8 July the FCA published a consultation on amending the guidance on their approach to the review of Part VII insurance business transfers.  GC 21/3: Proposed changes to guidance on the FCA’s approach to the review of Part VII insurance busi... The consequences of paying with data There is a growing concern that individuals are losing control over their data as a result of the shift from traditional payment mechanisms to ‘paying with their data’. In this briefing we explore the intended and unintended consequences of &l... BLOG: Delivering the European Green Deal The European Commission has adopted a package of measures intended to put the EU firmly on the road to climate neutrality by 2050 with the intermediate step of a minimum 55% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. An overhaul of the EU Emi...