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Labour's plans to reshape employment: a new era for the workplace In October 2024, the UK government introduced The Employment Rights Bill 2024 (the Bill) into Parliament, the most significant piece of employment legislation in decades. In doing so, it met its deadline to introduce legislation within the first 100 days ... Beyond linear: moving towards a circular economy The concept of a “circular economy” is being increasingly adopted in legislation, including in mandatory reporting and disclosure frameworks. This highlights the circular economy’s role in ensuring a sustainable future. A circular economy is a system that... Clarity across borders Towards the end of 2023, we reflected on the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) and the due diligence-related implications for companies and financial institutions. With the CS3D having come into fo... Tax and the City Review - February 2025 In their latest Tax and the City article, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider: the UK Court of Appeal’s decision in ScottishPower that payments in lieu of penalties are tax deductible; HMRC’s supplementary draft guidance on the UK’s implementation of the ... 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. Competition Law in the Digital Age - February 2025 Our Competition Law in the Digital Age newsletter is intended to provide insights on modern-day competition law developments in a bite-sized format. This edition covers the future of EU competition policy, enforcement of the P2B Regulation, the UK’s Digit... BLOG: Time to rethink the UK’s approach to modern slavery? Parliamentary inquiry into forced labour in international supply chains On 21 January, the UK Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (“the Joint Committee”) launched an inquiry into the UK’s legal and voluntary frameworks that address forced labour in international supply chains. The Joint Committee's findings and conc... BLOG: Atomic Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty: Incremental Change or Fundamental Reform? - Part I The Energy Charter Treaty (‘ECT’) has long served as a cornerstone of cross-border energy investments. However, it has also faced increasing scrutiny, particularly for shielding fossil fuel investments at a time when many states are accelerating their ene... 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... In conversation with Faculty AI - Key takeaways from the Paris AI Action Summit In this Horizon Scanning podcast episode, Rob Sumroy and Natalie Donovan speak to Dr Angie Ma, Co-Founder of Faculty AI. They discuss the outcomes of the recent AI Action Summit in Paris, why the US and UK decided not to sign the international AI declarat...