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A wake-up call for UK offshore wind The absence of offshore wind from the results of the UK’s latest auction for renewable generation under the contracts for difference (CfD) support scheme is a wake-up call for policy-makers. A combination of UK-specific challenges and macro-economic facto... Overhauling the rules on the law of the arbitration agreement? A departure from Enka v Chubb is amongst the Law Commission’s proposals to finetune the Arbitration Act 1996 After more than a year of consultation and stakeholder engagement, the Law Commission has published its final proposals on the Arbitra... Tax and the City Review for September 2023 In their latest Tax and the City article, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider two Upper Tribunal decisions: JTI Acquisitions, on the application of the unallowable purpose rule, and Hotel La Tour on the recoverability of input VAT on advisers’ fees i... BLOG: Has the UK just abolished its 1.5% stamp duty charge? "I see the 1.5% is being removed!” was the subject line of a client e-mail received early last Thursday afternoon in light of HMRC’s latest announcement. To which the answer is “not quite!” Financial Regulatory Divergence between the UK and EU Financial services has been lauded by the UK government as an area where regulatory divergence between the UK and EU will yield a Brexit dividend. But the current extent of divergence, and its direction of travel, is context-specific and it is easy to los... Employment Bulletin - September 2023 Topics covered in this bulletin: HR spotlight conference Right to participate in share incentive plan transferred under TUPE EAT guidance on assessing the date of a TUPE transfer Unilateral imposition of new contract could be a dismissal Scope of d... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: Competition Appeal Tribunal upholds CMA’s decision to block Cérélia/Jus-Rol merger On 1 September 2023, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal delivered its judgment in Cérélia’s appeal against the Competition and Markets Authority’s decision to block Cérélia’s completed acquisition of Jus-Rol. ... Summer 2023 UK energy law digest: A busman's holiday for the UK energy sector Following the Powering Up Britain policy pledges earlier this year, the UK government is implementing changes to the regulatory and market frameworks necessary to deliver its stated ambitions. With expectations that energy security and cost of living pres... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter – September 2023 Developments in this month's edition include: Exchange of statistical information on bank resolution - ECB and Single Resolution Board sign MoU CRD V - EBA consults on systemic importance indicators Implementation of European Resolution Examinati... The Real Estate M&A and Private Equity Review - 8th edition - United Kingdom chapter This law review chapter considers legal, regulatory and market developments in UK real estate M&A and private equity. In addition to providing an overview of the real estate M&A and private equity markets, it offers a summary of the legal framewo...