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25 November 2019
Executive Summary: The rise of workforce activism
The paradox of the robotic age is that automation will only make human skills more valuable. The World Economic Forum estimates that 75 million jobs will be lost to automation by 2022 but 133 million new jobs will be created – jobs requiring uniquely human qualities such as emotional intelligence...
25 November 2019
The new world of work: report warns of an unprecedented rise in workplace activism
Across all sectors and geographies workers are becoming more vocal in articulating their views – about the workplace, their employer and about wider social issues – and increasingly holding organisations to account, enabled and amplified by social media. This trend is set to grow and gives rise to...
22 November 2019
CDR: Challenges and Opportunities in the Superannuation Sector
The Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology (the Committee ) is considering the current and future government approach to FinTech and RegTech in Australia, and is inviting submissions until 31 December 2019.
21 November 2019
Liquidator's firm ordered to pay costs of insolvent company's unsuccessful litigation
The High Court has ordered a liquidator's firm to pay a proportion of the costs incurred by successful defendants following judgment in proceedings commenced by a claimant company in liquidation. The court held that the liquidator's firm should not be made liable for all of the defendants' costs,...
21 November 2019
M&A STANDPOINT: Lloyds/HBOS – lessons for boards and their advisers
The judgment published last Friday in the case of Sharp v Blank (also known as the Lloyds-HBOS litigation ) is of utmost importance – and significant comfort – to listed company directors and their advisers in the context of M&A transactions. Our detailed briefing on the judgment can be found...
20 November 2019
Who's Who Legal highlight Partner David Nitek in their latest thought leaders Guide
London-based Construction & Infrastructure Disputes Partner David Nitek has been profiled as a thought leader in Who's Who Legal's latest Thought Leaders: Construction guide. The guide brings together the world's foremost practitioners in the sector, giving access to their insight and expertise.
19 November 2019
The ALRC’s discussion paper on Corporate Criminal Responsibility: What you need to know
The Australian Law Reform Commission ( ALRC ) has published a very significant paper on the future of prosecuting corporations and their officers in the post-Financial Services Royal Commission environment. The ALRC’s Discussion Paper has a broad scope, the key themes of which are the rationale...
19 November 2019
How far can you act in your own self-interest? The role of good faith in commercial contracts
The traditional starting point in English contract law is that parties are free to do what they like so long as they do not breach the agreed terms. But it is becoming increasingly common for parties to agree terms requiring them to act in “good faith”, or similar. Even where no such term is...
15 November 2019
The Lloyds/HBOS litigation: The first shareholder class action judgment in England & Wales
The first judgment in a shareholder class action in England & Wales has been handed down by the High Court today in Sharp v Blank [2019] EWHC 3078 (Ch) (also known as The Lloyds/HBOS litigation ).
14 November 2019
Employees’ consent to data processing soon to be made electronic under German data protection law
When it comes to employment-related data processing, employers in Germany are regularly required to obtain consent from their employees by seeking their wet ink signature to be on the safe side. This additional administrative burden may soon be a thing of the past according to the recently approved...
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25 November 2019
Executive Summary: The rise of workforce activism
The paradox of the robotic age is that automation will only make human skills more valuable. The World Economic Forum estimates that 75 million jobs will be lost to automation by 2022 but 133 million new jobs will be created – jobs requiring uniquely human qualities such as emotional intelligence...
25 November 2019
The new world of work: report warns of an unprecedented rise in workplace activism
Across all sectors and geographies workers are becoming more vocal in articulating their views – about the workplace, their employer and about wider social issues – and increasingly holding organisations to account, enabled and amplified by social media. This trend is set to grow and gives rise to...
22 November 2019
CDR: Challenges and Opportunities in the Superannuation Sector
The Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology (the Committee ) is considering the current and future government approach to FinTech and RegTech in Australia, and is inviting submissions until 31 December 2019.
21 November 2019
M&A STANDPOINT: Lloyds/HBOS – lessons for boards and their advisers
The judgment published last Friday in the case of Sharp v Blank (also known as the Lloyds-HBOS litigation ) is of utmost importance – and significant comfort – to listed company directors and their advisers in the context of M&A transactions. Our detailed briefing on the judgment can be found...
21 November 2019
Liquidator's firm ordered to pay costs of insolvent company's unsuccessful litigation
The High Court has ordered a liquidator's firm to pay a proportion of the costs incurred by successful defendants following judgment in proceedings commenced by a claimant company in liquidation. The court held that the liquidator's firm should not be made liable for all of the defendants' costs,...
20 November 2019
Who's Who Legal highlight Partner David Nitek in their latest thought leaders Guide
London-based Construction & Infrastructure Disputes Partner David Nitek has been profiled as a thought leader in Who's Who Legal's latest Thought Leaders: Construction guide. The guide brings together the world's foremost practitioners in the sector, giving access to their insight and expertise.
19 November 2019
The ALRC’s discussion paper on Corporate Criminal Responsibility: What you need to know
The Australian Law Reform Commission ( ALRC ) has published a very significant paper on the future of prosecuting corporations and their officers in the post-Financial Services Royal Commission environment. The ALRC’s Discussion Paper has a broad scope, the key themes of which are the rationale...
19 November 2019
How far can you act in your own self-interest? The role of good faith in commercial contracts
The traditional starting point in English contract law is that parties are free to do what they like so long as they do not breach the agreed terms. But it is becoming increasingly common for parties to agree terms requiring them to act in “good faith”, or similar. Even where no such term is...
15 November 2019
The Lloyds/HBOS litigation: The first shareholder class action judgment in England & Wales
The first judgment in a shareholder class action in England & Wales has been handed down by the High Court today in Sharp v Blank [2019] EWHC 3078 (Ch) (also known as The Lloyds/HBOS litigation ).
14 November 2019
Employees’ consent to data processing soon to be made electronic under German data protection law
When it comes to employment-related data processing, employers in Germany are regularly required to obtain consent from their employees by seeking their wet ink signature to be on the safe side. This additional administrative burden may soon be a thing of the past according to the recently approved...
13 November 2019
One year of Model Declaratory Action in Germany – taking stock and outlook
Fuelled by revelations consequent of the Volkswagen diesel emissions technology cases, the German legislator hastily introduced a new law on Model Declaratory Action ( Musterfeststellungsklage ). This denotes an important step by the German legislator into the direction of collective redress in B2C...
