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Burden of trust - will moves to cut red tape let bad employers off the hook?
Will the Government's drive to reduce the regulatory burden allow less-principled businesses to slip through the net? Bond Pearce's Nicky Loadsman discusses the implications of earned recognition
04 May 2012 | 00:00 | 
NHS Litigation Authority brings in new legal chief ahead of panel review
The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) has hired the NSPCC’s former general counsel Catherine Dixon as its new chief executive as the body gears up to review its legal panels. Dixon joined the NHSLA earlier this month after two years as GC at the chil...
20 Apr 2012 | 00:00
TfL to review advisers in wake of combination with Greater London Authority legal team
Transport for London (TfL) has launched its first panel review in five years, with the new roster to include work for the Greater London Authority (GLA), which now sits within TfL’s remit. The review, which is expected to conclude later this year...
20 Apr 2012 | 00:00
Freshfields and Slaughters advise as Royal Mail gets set for privatisation
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May are playing key advisory roles in the ambitious restructuring of Royal Mail as the UK Government prepares to take on the company’s multibillion-pound pension deficit ahead of a potential float. ...
30 Mar 2012 | 00:00
When diplomacy fails - the complex legal fallout from imposing sanctions
20 Essex Street’s Sara Masters and Penelope Nevill describe the complex use of global sanctions and how they affect business
09 Mar 2012 | 00:00 |
Commercial and Chancery Bar
Leading advocates on riding the wave of recent financial disputes and the complex legal fallout from imposing sanctions
09 Mar 2012 | 00:00
Legal aid reforms under scrutiny as peers criticise proposed cutbacks
The Government’s proposed legal aid reforms are facing further criticism in the House of Lords this month as discussions continue over the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. The Bill – which sets out the Ministry of Justice...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Banking on change - the impact of the Vickers banking reforms
Simmons’ James Bresslaw outlines the UK Government’s response to the ICB’s recommendations for a banking system reform
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
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Government legal spend drops 36% amid austerity cutbacks
Government legal spend through its central panel of external advisers fell by more than a third last year, with the findings coming as a long-awaited review of the roster kicked off in earnest earlier this month. Figures released by the Government ...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Bankers’ bonuses on the racks again as Government set to clamp down on cronyism
Freshfields’ Simon Evans and Alice Greenwell examine whether the Government’s pay proposals will drive change
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Finance partners cheer bid to make London a renminbi trading hub
Finance partners have welcomed plans by the UK Government to help strengthen London’s position as a leading financial centre by turning it into an offshore trading hub for China’s renminbi (RMB) currency. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osbo...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Freshfields faces £68m claim over Department for Transport advice
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is facing a potential negligence claim worth more than £68m from the Department for Transport (DfT) for advice it gave the organisation in 2006 in relation to a rail franchise agreement with Stagecoach South Western Tra...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
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Bluechip employment lawyers welcome reforms to work disputes but few expect claims to fall
Wide-ranging employment shake up may cut red tape but advisers doubt core reform claims. Sofia Lind reports
01 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
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Check, and check again - why the Bribery Act and competition law could be a lethal combination
Sullivan & Cromwell's Juan Rodriguez and Louise Delahunty warn the Bribery Act and competition law could prove a lethal combination for companies with poor compliance
27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Watch and wait - White & Case on deferred prosecution agreements
White & Case's Alistair Graham says that while deferred prosecution agreements may add to the armoury of UK prosecutors, companies may need greater certainty as to their use before they will self-report
27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
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