04/24/2023
Ashurst advises Eku Energy on Big Canberra Battery
Construction will start in late 2024, with completion expected in 2025.
Government Regulation
04/24/2023
Jersey Blockchain Chapter (Mondaq)
The most common application of blockchain technology in Jersey is to cryptocurrencies and any other digital assets.
04/21/2023
Deal reached on EU Chips Act
The EU’s current share of the market is around 10%.
04/21/2023
EU Crypto Regulation - MiCA and TFR adopted
The remainder of the provisions under MiCA together with the TFR will apply from January 2025.
04/20/2023
Doing business in the UAE: an introduction
The UAE is a federation of seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al-Khaimah, Shajah and Umm Al Quwain.
04/20/2023
The Guernsey Regulators FAQS on Part II Licenses Under the LCF Law
Even where a book of loans is in run off, the provider will not automatically be entitled to an exemption from the requirement for a licence.
04/19/2023
Guidance for UK employers on voluntary ethnicity pay gap reporting
The government published the guidance earlier this week. It largely reflects the methodology used for gender pay gap reporting, while recognising the additional complexity of comparing pay across more than two groups of employees.
04/18/2023
EU – The CJEU considers the application of the GDPR to civil litigation
The CJEU decided that any processing of personal data, including processing carried out by public authorities such as courts, must be based on a legal ground under Article 6 GDPR.
04/18/2023
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards from Asia in Offshore Jurisdictions
As this article demonstrates, there are a number of strategies that can be adopted to enforce judgments and arbitral awards in the BVI, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands and to challenge their enforcement.
04/18/2023
Hogan Lovells appointed Monitor to oversee compliance with policing agreement between DOJ and City of Cleveland
Hogan Lovells Partner Karl A. Racine will lead the monitoring team.
04/17/2023
FCO one step closer to obtaining unprecedented intervention powers following governmental approval of draft German competition law reform
The draft will now enter the legislative procedure.
04/17/2023
How to apply for a British Virgin Islands virtual asset service provider licence
The Act contains a prohibition that no person should carry on, in or from within the British Virgin Islands, the business of providing a virtual asset service without being registered by the regulator in that regard.
04/17/2023
The New Commercial Planning and Environmental division of Ireland's High Court that becomes effective from today
This new list will hopefully alleviate delays and will enable more efficient management by the Courts of the broad range of planning and environmental cases
04/17/2023
Western Australia closes consultation on draft decarbonisation bill
CCS involves the capture of greenhouse gases from carbon intensive industries, such as mining and oil and gas, and injecting those greenhouse gases back into the ground, with the intent of offsetting the total emissions from those industries.
04/17/2023
Recent changes to Jersey's AML/CFT regime – a user-friendly summary and FAQs
Existing entities which were previously out of scope have until 30 June 2023 to comply with the new regime.
04/17/2023
Online tool to determine if the recent changes to Jersey's AML/CFT regime applies to an entity
This tool has been developed in connection with the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999
04/17/2023
Public Holidays - Can You Require an Employee to Work
With ANZAC Day fast approaching, employers should take careful note of this decision and consider whether any requests for employees to work on that day are, in fact, reasonable.
04/17/2023
UK government confirms new corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent fraud Significant development for corporate criminal liability
This new offence would be a game changer for law enforcement – bringing the law on fraud in line with bribery.
04/14/2023
‘Failure to prevent’ fraud offence to apply in UK to large organisations
The move comes at a time when fraud has been calculated to account for 41% of all recorded crimes in the UK.
04/14/2023
Cayman Islands: recovery of foreign attorneys' fees for successful litigants
The Cayman Islands does permit foreign attorneys to be admitted on a temporary basis