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  • TUPE consultation paper finally published

    Royaume-Uni 17.09.2001
    On Monday 10th September the Government finally published its long awaited consultation paper on the new TUPE regulations. The changes implement the 1998 revised Acquired Rights Directive and are intended...
  • EU Takeover Directive - The EU Commission tries again

    Royaume-Uni 10.09.2001
    On 4 July this year the European Parliament rejected the European Union's proposed Thirteenth Directive on company law concerning takeover bids. The Directive sought to provide adequate protection of shareholders...
  • Does the partition of a company amount to a "reconstruction"?

    Royaume-Uni 21.08.2001
    Inland Revenue Statement of Practice 5/85 makes it clear that a taxpayer may treat a partition of a company as a reconstruction so that advantage can be taken of s136 Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992...
  • Rome II: Threat to business in Europe?

    Royaume-Uni 24.07.2001
    On Wednesday 18th July 2001, the DTI held a seminar to consider the impact on business of a proposed EU regulation on the choice of law rules for non-contractual obligations. Companies are concerned that...
  • Takeover Directive - Conciliation Committee reaches agreement

    Royaume-Uni 07.06.2001
    In the early hours of 6 June the Council and European Parliament delegations to the Conciliation Committee finally reached agreement on the Takeover Directive. The two outstanding key issues, namely the...
  • Privy Council Decision in Re Brumark

    Royaume-Uni 05.06.2001
    The Privy Council delivered their judgment today in the case of Re Brumark, which was heard on appeal from New Zealand and was delivered by Lord Millet. The issue in the appeal centred on whether a charge...
  • Brumark anticipated - awaiting the decision of the Privy Council

    Royaume-Uni 04.06.2001
    A recent appeal from the New Zealand Court of Appeal to the Privy Council in the case of Re Brumark(1) could have a series of legal consequences that will reverberate through the banking and leasing industries....
  • EU Takeover Directive - final announcement is days away

    Royaume-Uni 31.05.2001
    Takeover Takeoff? The path of the European Union's Takeover Directive to its current status has been tortuous to say the least. It is over 15 years since the European Commission announced its intention...
  • Takeovers: compulsory purchase challenge rejected

    Royaume-Uni 15.05.2001
    The Court of Appeal has rejected a challenge to current takeover practice in relation to overseas shareholders, and has endorsed (although not without reservations) the tried and trusted methods by which...
  • Real Estate Finance

    Royaume-Uni 14.05.2001
    Introduction Historically, the financing of investment property in the UK has been concerned with one key factor, the open market value of the underlying property asset. However, investors and lenders...