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03 Apr, 2024 Procurement Act 2023: New draft Procurement Regulations and Guidance published By Kris Kelliher Following its consultation process the Government has now published the draft Procurement Regulations 2024 implementing certain aspects...
18 Mar, 2024 Unravelling the UK’s Energy Charter Treaty Withdrawal By Samay Shah Aaron Wu Demosthenes Caldis A formerly-stalwart champion of the Energy Charter Treaty (‘ECT’), the UK confirmed its intention on 22 February 2024 to withdraw from...
01 Mar, 2024 Chief Accessibility Officer of Canada Releases First Annual Report By Tim Dixon The Accessible Canada Act received royal assent on June 21, 2019, and came into force on July 11, 2019. It was developed following...
16 Feb, 2024 Political advertising: Ballot of old nonsense, or transparently getting better? By Jessica Todd Geraint Lloyd-Taylor 2024 is the world’s largest ever election year, with over two billion voters going to the polls across 50 countries this year, including...
24 Jan, 2024 Government “Advocates Fiscal Responsibility And Fairness” With Amendment To The Income Tax Act - HMGOG press release By Hassans International Law Firm Ltd The Government says it continues to “underscore its commitment to fostering fiscal responsibility and fairness in taxation” in unveiling...
18 Jan, 2024 International Tax Bites: Rita De La Feria - what is tax for? By Grahame Jackson For those in the international tax world there are few people better known or more well respected that Rita De Le Feria. Professor De La...
16 Jan, 2024 French cabinet reshuffle will change key decision makers in energy and climate sector By Nicolas Walker The nomination of France’s youngest ever Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, has prompted a major cabinet reshuffle. By decree of 11 January...
16 Jan, 2024 Argentine president to allow provinces to circulate own currencies By Parker Jay-Pachirat Argentine President Javier Milei promised not to oppose provinces’ attempts to launch their own currencies after a public exchange...
09 Jan, 2024 Could 2024 be the year nature rights enter the political mainstream? By Daniel Rodriguez Two new coalitions, More Than Human Rights (Moth) and Animals in the Room (Air), are advocating for legal rights and political...
03 Dec, 2023 Our reflections from the 12th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights By Moira Thompson Oliver Rosie Duthie This week, Moira Thompson Oliver (Senior Counsel) and Rosie Duthie (Associate) from our Sustainability team attended the 12th UN Forum on...
01 Dec, 2023 Argentina's new president could 'supercharge' nation's use of crypto By Parker Jay-Pachirat President-elect Javier Milei has ambitious plans to reform monetary policy and potentially close the Argentine Central Bank.
24 Nov, 2023 Germany announces close of €1b fund of funds to invest in German and European VC By Samantha Wulfson A key part of the federal government’s Future Fund, set up in 2021, the new fund of funds will make more growth capital available to...