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  10/09/2024

  International

  CMS Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments: An International Perspective

  We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 edition of our internationally focused Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments. The Annual Review summarises key developments in English construction law over the previous calendar year including developments in related common law jurisdictions. The publication has been prepared with our international clients in mind and aims to provide a greater degree of background and analysis than our regular Law-Now alert service.This year’s edition has a strong focus on exclusion and limitation clauses, with more than half of the...

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  09/09/2024

  United Kingdom

  UK Tax Disputes Digest (Summer 2024)

  Welcome to the Summer 2024 edition of our UK Tax Disputes Digest: a high-level summary of key developments in contentious tax over the last few months for heads of tax, finance directors, general counsel and other in-house professionals.As with previous editions, we have seen a continued increase in HMRC activity across various areas. Both individual and corporate taxpayers would be well-advised to check their tax position as soon as possible to prepare for any potential HMRC investigation into their tax affairs.In this edition, we look at just a few of these developments, including the latest...

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  06/09/2024

  United Kingdom

  Grenfell Tower Inquiry Final Report: key findings and recommendations

  On Wednesday this week, the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster (the “Inquiry”) released its final report (the “Report”). The Inquiry finds a huge number of the entities involved in the Grenfell Tower refurbishment, including the construction parties, product manufacturers, accreditation bodies, and Government departments, failed adequately to ensure fire safety standards were upheld. The Report is particularly critical of the ACM manufacturer and the project architect.The Inquiry recommends wholescale updates to the regulation of the construction industry, including...

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  06/09/2024

  Scotland

  One case to bind them all - Class actions and res judicata

  Summary In McCluskey v Scott Wilson[1] the Inner House has provided useful guidance on application of the doctrine of res judicata in the context of group actions.From 2012 actions were raised by the residents of a housing estate in Motherwell (“Watling Street”), claiming personal injury as a result of the development allegedly being built on contaminated land. It was claimed that engineers, Scott Wilson, who were involved in the remediation of the site, both owed duties to the residents and breached those duties.The earlier decision in McManus v Scott Wilson[2] had already...

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  06/09/2024

  United Kingdom

  UK Government publishes results to the Contract for Difference Allocation Round Six

  Key pointsOn 3 September 2024, the results of the 6th CfD allocation round (“AR6”) were announced by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (“DESNZ”). Of the 131 CfDs awarded, offshore wind secured the highest capacity at nearly 5.3GW – while not reaching the record set in AR3, this is a turnaround compared to allocation round 5 (“AR5”) where no bids were received for offshore wind projects. This round was also significant for solar project, with over 3 GW of capacity awarded CfDs.The first of the new CfD projects are expected to come online by...

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  06/09/2024

  United Kingdom

  NSTA considers early identification of companies under investigation

  IntroductionThe North Sea Transition Authority (“NSTA”) has, to date, taken a relatively cautious approach to publishing information regarding regulatory compliance by individual companies – for example, by not identifying companies subject to sanctions investigations prior to conclusion of that process.  However, it has also indicated on several occasions that it can see the benefit in providing detailed and specific real life examples to help the industry understand precisely what it expects by way of regulatory compliance.  The NSTA is now considering a different...

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