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  14/04/2025

  United Kingdom

  Power projects: the autonomous nature and commercial importance of on-demand bonds

  In Power Projects Sanayi Insaat Ticaret Limited Sirketi v Star Assurance Company Ltd [2024] EWHC 2798 (Comm), the English Commercial Court has reinforced the pivotal role of on-demand performance bonds in international commerce, particularly within the power industry. The Commercial Court’s ruling underscores the autonomous nature of on-demand bonds, which require payment upon demand without further proof or investigation, barring clear evidence of fraud. In turn, this underscores the benefits of a carefully drafted performance bond that emphasises the stringent obligations on, and limited...

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  14/04/2025

  England and Wales

  Opportunities and Challenges in the UK's Hydrogen Market: Key Takeaways from the OEUK Hydrogen Insight 2025

  Introduction Offshore Energies UK (“OEUK”) has published its first Hydrogen Insight 2025 Report (the “Report”) on the opportunities and challenges in the UK’s emerging hydrogen market.  We summarise the key takeaways from the Report below to assist key stakeholders within the hydrogen sector in the UK (or those looking to invest in the UK) in navigating this evolving landscape.The Role of Hydrogen in Achieving Net ZeroHydrogen is poised to play a crucial role in the UK's (and many other countries’) journeys towards net zero emissions by 2050 (see the...

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  07/04/2025

  United Kingdom

  The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme will go live from 1st July 2025

  The government has announced that the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme will go live from 1st July this year.The Scheme requires the registration of:Arrangements to undertake political influence activities in the UK that are directed by a foreign power (the “Political Influence Tier”); andArrangements with foreign entities for such activities as may be specified (the “Enhanced Tier”).Arrangements registered under the Political Influence Tier will, subject to some exceptions, be published on a publicly available register.A key intent behind the Scheme is to increase transparency...

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  14/03/2025

  United Kingdom

  Long Duration Energy Storage - the cap and floor regime starts to take shape

  Following October 2024's long-anticipated response (the “Response” – on which our commentary is available here) to its consultation on long duration energy storage in Great Britain (“LDES”), the Government continues development of the framework for providing LDES projects with a cap and floor support mechanism. On Wednesday 11 March 2025, DESNZ and Ofgem jointly published their Technical Decision Document (the “TDD”), which provides developers, investors and funders with much-needed additional detail on the cap and floor scheme (the “Cap and Floor...

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  19/02/2025

  France

  Internal in­vest­ig­a­tions in France: why HR should consider using a lawyer?

  According to a French recent survey, when an alert is reported, it leads to an internal investigation in 61.11% of cases, but also to disciplinary measures (28.89%) and a review of the company's processes (23.33%) (source: Ethicorp and the French Association of the in-house Jurists (AFJE)) Internal investigations have been common practice in the US for a while but are now developing in France, particularly in financial, economic and governance matters, but the employment field is not left behind, thanks to the increasing use of whistleblowing policies. The above-mentioned figures demonstrate...

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  18/02/2025

  CEE

  The EU AI Act’s ten key points of AI literacy

  Under the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, by 2 February 2025 all organisations must ensure that their staff are AI literate, whether they participate in the AI value chain as providers or as users (or deployers).Beyond the general provisions in Article 4 on AI literacy, the AI Act does not specify the measures organisations must take to develop AI literacy with their staff and among others involved in operating or using AI systems on their behalf.Practical compliance may be facilitated by using the guidelines issued by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) in early...

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