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Fire Risks For UK Insurers: Solar Panels, Lithium-ion Batteries And Hash Oil Explosions
Three fire risks are quietly reshaping the UK property insurance market, and each is moving faster than the industry’s response to it. Ageing solar installations, lithium-ion battery fires and butane hash oil explosions linked to organised crime are generating losses of a size and complexity that current policy wordings and underwriting assumptions were not designed to address.
United Kingdom Insurance
BJ
Browne Jacobson
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How Technology And Innovation Are Shaping Consolidation In The UK Energy Sector
The UK energy sector is undergoing a profound transformation as major operators consolidate assets and shift from traditional exploration to technology-driven efficiency. As global majors adjust their footprints, new consolidated entities like Adura and NEO NEXT+ are emerging, leveraging proprietary innovation, digital twins, and late-life optimization to extract value from mature North Sea fields while navigating complex tax regimes and regulatory constraints.
United Kingdom Energy
MC
Marks & Clerk
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Zenōbe Energy Limited v Gas And Electricity Markets Authority
The Competition Appeal Tribunal recently dismissed Zenōbe Energy's challenge to GEMA's proposed cap and floor scheme for long duration electricity storage installations under the Subsidy Control Act 2022. While the case did not resolve whether the scheme constitutes a subsidy, it provides crucial guidance on when subsidy decisions are made and the circumstances under which they fall outside the Tribunal's review powers.
United Kingdom Energy
Sa
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
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Beyond The Hormuz Headlines: Managing Strain In Refining Portfolios
The Hormuz crisis has exposed critical vulnerabilities in Asia's refining and petrochemical sectors, where dependence on Middle Eastern crude flows through the Strait creates immediate margin compression and covenant pressure. As disruptions translate into plant-level losses across the region, lenders face the urgent task of distinguishing assets that can weather the storm from those approaching insolvency.
Worldwide Finance
A
AlixPartners
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When Does A Trade Begin? Lessons From Putney Power
The Upper Tribunal's decision in Putney Power Limited clarifies a critical question in UK tax law: when does a company actually begin trading versus merely preparing to trade? This distinction carries significant consequences for Enterprise Investment Scheme relief and other tax benefits, as the court rejected rigid legal tests in favor of a nuanced, fact-specific analysis of each company's activities and circumstances.
United Kingdom Tax
TS
Travers Smith LLP
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Project Nutcracker: Why The UK Government Should Be Safeguarding Land For The Great Grid Upgrade
The UK's ambitious Clean Power 2030 strategy and Great Grid Upgrade face a critical planning challenge that threatens to derail progress. As National Grid races to build new transmission lines for renewable energy, local authorities continue granting planning permissions for developments directly on proposed cable routes, forcing costly redesigns and delays.
United Kingdom Energy
KL
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
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