The G7 finance ministers’ tax deal is a step on the road to a better global tax system. If we have got this far, it is because of pressure from citizens who have realised how broken the current system is. That is why this week’s move by the EU to force big corporations publicly to …
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UK: Cost Budgeting In Civil Litigation – Where Are We Now? 01 June 2021 Trowers & Hamlins To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. A “cost budget” sets out the costs a party has incurred and anticipates it will …
The Prime Minister married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a private ceremony at cathedral on Saturday. On Sunday church-goers expressed concern and called for clarification about how the ceremony was allowed to go ahead as Catholic canon law does not allow re-marriage of a divorcee whose former spouse is still alive. Mr Johnson is twice …
UK: The Risks Of Engaging In Civil Litigation As A Litigant In Person To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Court procedures can be daunting to the uninitiated and that is one good reason why you should never engage in civil …
At King & Wood Mallesons, we’re telling our clients and their boards to keep in mind two key considerations: first, work out what you are going to disclose in relation to climate targets and transition plans; and, second, understand the risks of disclosure. Who says what? Climate change disclosure is a particularly complex and rapidly …
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UK: Witness Statements – Sticking To The Facts 21 May 2021 RadcliffesLeBrasseur To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Changes have been made to the rules governing witness statements over the past 12 months. These changes aim to make the …
‘Since the beginning of climate negotiations, it has been hard to compel governments to make large promises and deliver on them’ Despite intense climate worries, electorates have been unwilling to spend the trillions needed to cut emissions dramatically. That is why climate campaigners have increasingly pursued a new strategy: forcing climate policy through courts. Across …
Crypto Goes Corporate: Litigation Sure To Follow Until recently, cryptocurrencies appeared to be far from the kind of institutionally sound investments that would be attractive to CFOs looking to diversify a corporate portfolio. Once seen as gimmicks for unsophisticated retail investors, many of whom purchased cryptocurrencies based on obscure internet nomenclature, nonsensical children’s songs, or even …
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If Matt Levine has a mantra in his “Money Stuff” column on Bloomberg, it’s this: everything is securities fraud. “You know the basic idea,” he often says in his most acerbic voice, “A company does something bad, or something bad happens to it. Its stock price goes down, because of the bad thing. Shareholders sue: …
“Copyers are no better than the Lowest of Robbers” William Hogarth & Ors 1735 “Copyright is for losers” Banksy, 2006 In the first part of our reflections on IP for world IP day, Michael Edenborough QC asked “are IPR good for the world”? Another question, less frequently addressed head-on, is whether if the subsistence of …
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