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Government Issues New Statutory Modern Slavery Guidance For Companies

On 27 March 2025, following the Modern Slavery Act consultation in October 2024 and the Government's response in December 2024, the Home Office published statutory guidance...

United Kingdom Government

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Peters & Peters

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

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A&O Shearman

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

The UK government is currently consulting on draft primary legislation establishing a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism ("CBAM"), which is set to come into force from 1 January 2027.

United Kingdom Government

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Mayer Brown

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

HL

Hunters

Terrorism (Protection Of Premises) Act 2025

United Kingdom Government

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Travers Smith LLP

Mornington 2000 LLP (t/a Sterilab Services) v The Secretary Of State For Health And Social Care

United Kingdom Government

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

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

United Kingdom Government

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Mayer Brown

2023: Doing Business In The United Kingdom

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

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

10th Anniversary Of The UK Modern Slavery Act: Withers Contributes To Parliament's Enquiry Into Forced Labour In UK Supply Chains

United Kingdom Government

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Withers LLP

Al-Haq Files Its Reply For Challenge To The Sale Of F-35 Fighter Jet Components To Israel

United Kingdom Government

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Bindmans LLP

UK Issues New Guidance On Modern Slavery And Human Trafficking In Supply Chains

United Kingdom Government

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Steptoe LLP

Boardroom To Breach: 5 Cyber Threats That Will Define Your Leadership In Times Of Disruption

United Kingdom Technology

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AlixPartners

Building Safety Remedies: Getting To The Money (Video)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

Corporate Finance Soundbite: Mergerspresso (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

Financial Services And Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) Order Greater Clarity On The Legal Position Of Staking

United Kingdom Technology

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Giambrone & Partners

Sponsor Licence Application Eligibility And Overview (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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WestBridge Business Immigration

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Inward/ Foreign Investment

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

WL

World Law Group

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

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

The Year In Review: UK Foreign Direct Investments Regime In The Spotlight

United Kingdom Government

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Mayer Brown

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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

HL

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

SJ

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

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

The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 3 April 2025. As explained here, its goal is to improve protective security and organisational preparedness across the UK...

United Kingdom Government

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Travers Smith LLP

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

The bombing of the Manchester Arena in 2017 exposed the lack of readiness of many public venues to deal with terrorist threats.

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

SJ

Steptoe LLP

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

United Kingdom Government

GW

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

UK Weekly Sanctions Update - Week Of March 10, 2025

Worldwide International

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Mayer Brown

Terrorism (Protection Of Premises) Bill: Impact On Property Owners

United Kingdom Real Estate

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

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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

BD

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

BD

Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

Government Launches Light Touch Review Of Planning Act Regime

United Kingdom Government

BD

Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

Government Embraces Portas Recommendations

United Kingdom Government

CC

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

The NPPF And Major Infrastructure

United Kingdom Government

BD

Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

NPPF Published Today

United Kingdom Government

CC

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Budget 2012 – Osborne Signals Death Knell for CRC?

United Kingdom Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

Thames Tunnel - What's In The Pipeline

United Kingdom Government

BD

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

ThinkHouse Procurement Masterclass - Regulation 72 (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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