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Key Insights From Addleshaw Goddard's Infrastructure Advisory Forum On The Future Of UK Infrastructure

Addleshaw Goddard's inaugural Infrastructure Advisory Forum on 15 May convened 50 public and private sector leaders to address the future of UK infrastructure amidst political and economic challenges.

United Kingdom Government

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Addleshaw Goddard

Tackling Challenges On The Ramp

Aerospace demand has never been stronger, with record backlogs of jetliners and defense spending on the rise to adapt to new military doctrines and geopolitical threats.

United Kingdom Government

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AlixPartners

Strategic Defence Review 2025: Three Fundamental Questions That Must Be Answered To Turn Rhetoric Into Reality

Strategic Defence Reviews (SDRs) have had a mixed track record over the last three decades. In some cases, they have rapidly been overtaken by geopolitical events, as with the reviews published in 1998...

United Kingdom Government

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AlixPartners

Unlocking Procurement Potential With AI: Use Cases To Manage Uncertainty

AI is everywhere—or so a casual perusal of business headlines would make you think. But why is it still underrepresented in the procurement function?

United Kingdom Government

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AlixPartners

The NPCC 2025 Practice Advice On Child Death Investigation: A Human Rights Breach? (28 May 2025)

United Kingdom Government

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Beyond Compliance: Navigating The UK Modern Slavery Act's Updated Guidance

United Kingdom Government

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Withers LLP

How The CHIPS Act Impacts Arizona Manufacturers In 2025: Opportunities And Obligations You Should Know

United Kingdom Government

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IR Global

What Defence Contractors Need To Know About The New UK Procurement Act

United Kingdom Government

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Crowell & Moring LLP

EU Energy Transition: Europe's Critical Materials Value Chain Boosted By Strategic Projects Announcement

European Union Government

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A&O Shearman

Government Issues New Statutory Modern Slavery Guidance For Companies

United Kingdom Government

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Peters & Peters

What The UK Procurement Act 2023 Means For Investigations

United Kingdom Government

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A&O Shearman

What Are The Top 10 Things You Need To Know About UK CBAM?

United Kingdom Government

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Mayer Brown

Yet Again, A Terrible Safeguarding Failing

United Kingdom Government

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Hunters

Terrorism (Protection Of Premises) Act 2025

United Kingdom Government

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Travers Smith LLP

Payment Issues In Commercial Contracts From A Customer Perspective: A Short Primer (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Closing The Books: Managing Final Accounts In JCT And NEC Contracts (Video)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

GLP-1: Implications For Retail (Video)

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

Tech 10 – Episode 3: Dunnhumby – Data-driven Decision-making In Retail (Video)

United Kingdom Technology

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AlixPartners

Electronic Travel Authorisation: How We Can Help

United Kingdom Immigration

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Ius Laboris

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Anti-Money Laundering

Inward/ Foreign Investment

EU Energy Transition: Europe's Critical Materials Value Chain Boosted By Strategic Projects Announcement

A recent announcement by the European Commission of 47 Strategic Projects is set to boost the bloc's domestic supply of raw materials, strengthening its battery and defense value chains...

European Union Government

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A&O Shearman

FCA To Establish Itself In The United States And Asia-Pacific

Niall Hearty of Rahman Ravelli outlines the Financial Conduct Authority's plans and the reasoning behind them

Worldwide Finance

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

2023: Doing Business In The United Kingdom

What is the current business climate in your jurisdiction including major political, economic and/or legal activities on the horizon in your country that could have a big impact on businesses?

United Kingdom Government

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World Law Group

UK Sets Go Live Date For Foreign Influence Registration Scheme And Urges Business To Prepare

United Kingdom Government

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Steptoe LLP

National Security & Investment Act: UK Government Wins First Challenge To Divestment Order

United Kingdom Government

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Travers Smith LLP

Legal Alert – The Business Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024

United Kingdom Commercial

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Spencer West

Bridging Borders: Laurel Zhang Elevates Sherrards At Leading Law Conferences In China

United Kingdom International

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Sherrards Solicitors

Love In A Cold Climate – International Expansion And The Impact Of Foreign Government

United Kingdom Government

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Withers LLP

UK Government Taking Longer With FDI Reviews, But Clearance Rates Higher

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Jones Day

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Constitutional & Administrative Law

Yet Again, A Terrible Safeguarding Failing

Now it's the turn of the Ambulance Service to be under the microscope. This article is terribly troubling and details worrying incidents and a worrying culture within a very busy southern ambulance service.

United Kingdom Government

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Hunters

UK Sets Go Live Date For Foreign Influence Registration Scheme And Urges Business To Prepare

On April 1, 2025, the Minister of State for Security, Dan Jarvis, announced that the UK's long-anticipated Foreign Influence Registration Scheme ("FIRS")...

United Kingdom Government

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Steptoe LLP

Insights For In-house Counsel - Spring 2025

Our regular round-up of recent and forthcoming developments in law and practice for in-house counsel.

United Kingdom Strategy

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Travers Smith LLP

Court Analyses Validity Of Share Transfer Without Valid Deed Of Adherence To Shareholders' Agreement

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Experienced Unjustified Arrest Or Excessive Police Force At A Protest? Your Rights Explained (30 January 2025)

United Kingdom Government

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Decoding The UK's AI Ambitions: Unpacking The Government Response To The AI Opportunities Action Plan

United Kingdom Government

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Kier Starmer's New Years Comments On The Voluntary Sector

United Kingdom Government

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Withers LLP

Social Care Reform – Once More Into The Breach?

United Kingdom Government

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Wrigleys Solicitors

Public Law Case Update Q4 2024

United Kingdom Government

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Gowling WLG

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Terrorism, Homeland Security & Defence

Strategic Defence Review 2025: Three Fundamental Questions That Must Be Answered To Turn Rhetoric Into Reality

Strategic Defence Reviews (SDRs) have had a mixed track record over the last three decades. In some cases, they have rapidly been overtaken by geopolitical events, as with the reviews published in 1998...

United Kingdom Government

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AlixPartners

What Defence Contractors Need To Know About The New UK Procurement Act

The UK's new Procurement Act 2023 (the "Act") took effect on 24 February 2025. More information on this can be found in our alerts: Understanding the UK's New Procurement Regime in 2025 and Changes...

United Kingdom Government

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Crowell & Moring LLP

What The UK Procurement Act 2023 Means For Investigations

The Procurement Act 2023 launches a new, post-Brexit procurement regime, with many significant changes to the predecessor regime.

United Kingdom Government

AO

A&O Shearman

Terrorism (Protection Of Premises) Act 2025

United Kingdom Government

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Travers Smith LLP

Martyn's Law - The Terrorism (Protection Of Premises) Act 2025 Receives Royal Assent

United Kingdom Government

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Mayer Brown

UK Venues Face New Security Requirements Under 'Martyn's Law'

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

UK Sets Go Live Date For Foreign Influence Registration Scheme And Urges Business To Prepare

United Kingdom Government

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Steptoe LLP

What Are The Legal Requirements Of The Terrorism (Protection Of Premises) Act 2025?

United Kingdom Government

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Gowling WLG

Competition Law And/or National Security Concerns Could Lead To Exclusion From And Termination Of Public Contracts

United Kingdom Government

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Macfarlanes LLP

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Government/ Statutory Law

Certification, Belgians And Other Developing Planning Act Practice

Today's entry reports on some developing practice under the Planning Act regime that will be of interest to those involved in live and forthcoming projects (I hope).

United Kingdom Government

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Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

Rookery South To Continue In Parliament As Procedure Criticised

Today's entry reports on the latest stage of special parliamentary procedure being undergone by the Development Consent Order (DCO) for the proposed Rookery South energy from waste project in Bedfordshire being promoted by Covanta Energy.

United Kingdom Government

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Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

Could Road Privatisation Be A Step Towards More Widespread Road Pricing In The Future?

Tom Henderson, Senior Associate in the Government & Infrastructure department of Bircham Dyson Bell LLP believes that recent Government moves to explore road privatisation might be a first step towards the introduction of more widespread road charging.

United Kingdom Government

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Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

Government Launches Light Touch Review Of Planning Act Regime

United Kingdom Government

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Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

Government Embraces Portas Recommendations

United Kingdom Government

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

The NPPF And Major Infrastructure

United Kingdom Government

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Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

NPPF Published Today

United Kingdom Government

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Budget 2012 – Osborne Signals Death Knell for CRC?

United Kingdom Environment

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Mayer Brown

Thames Tunnel - What's In The Pipeline

United Kingdom Government

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Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

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Latest Videos

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Energy & Infrastructure Video Series (Video)

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Travers Smith LLP

How Do I Know If I'm Subject To A RED NOTICE? (Video)

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Gherson

Procurement In Practice - ThinkHouse (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Umar Azmeh Speaks On Sentencing In House Of Lords Webinar (Video)

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Selling Into The USA , EU & The Post-Brexit UK (Video)

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Travlaw

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