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    26.05.2023
    United Kingdom

    Hy­dro­gen pro­duc­tion – draft con­tract pu­bli­shed

    On 19 May 2023, the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (“DESNZ”) published the draft full-form front end agreement (the “Front End Agreement”) and standard terms and conditions (the “Standard Terms and Conditions”) for the Low Carbon Hydrogen Agreement (together the “LCHA”), which serves as the primary contract between the hydrogen producers and LCCC, the government-owned counterparty.The contract structure will mirror that of the AR4 CfD and the CCUS programme contracts (i.e. the DPA), with the Front-End Agreement containing project-specific...
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    25.05.2023
    International

    North Sea Strikes and Force Ma­jeure

    The latest in a series of strikes by oil & gas workers in the North Sea continues to test the operation and efficacy of force majeure (“FM”) provisions in oil and gas industry contracts.There is no single “industry standard” FM clause, and so each contractual FM clause must be carefully considered in its contractual context to determine how it operates.With many North Sea oil and gas industry contracts based on industry model forms, such as LOGIC and OEUK (formerly OGUK), we consider below the impact of the recent (and proposed) North Sea strike actions.  A review...
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    23.05.2023
    Hongrie

    Hun­gary launches new re­gis­try and re­gis­tra­tion pro­ce­dures for com­pa­nies as of 1 July 2023

    A new bill has been recently proposed to the Hungarian parliament, which aims to amend various acts that, among others, include a proposal to postpone the entry into force of Act XCII of 2021 on the Registry and Registration Procedure of Legal Persons from the originally planned date of 1 July 2023 to 1 January 2026. According to the bill's explanatory memorandum, entry into force of the Act is to be postponed to provide more time for legal practitioners to prepare for the systematic reforms the Act intends to introduce. The proposal has not yet been adopted by the Hungarian parliament.Hungary...
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    19.05.2023
    England and Wales

    High Court grants fi­nal in­junc­tion res­tric­ting dis­rup­tive en­vi­ron­men­tal pro­test ac­tions for five years

    On 3 May 2023 the High Court handed down the judgment of Mr Justice Morris in the case of Transport for London v Persons Unknown. This judgment demonstrates that injunctions of this nature, if properly formulated and supported by evidence, can be granted both on an interim and final basis and against both named and unnamed defendants subject to complying with strict requirements for alternative service.The Claim The judgment concerned an application by Transport for London (“TfL”) for a final injunction in claims initially raised by TfL in October and November 2021 for trespass, public...
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    12.05.2023
    Europe

    Con­sul­ta­tion on the EU’s in­te­rim emis­sions re­duc­tion tar­get for 2040

    Until 24 June 2023 the European Commission is consulting to gather views on the EU’s climate target for 2040.Since the Communication of the European Green Deal in late 2019, there have been a raft of significant new legal and policy measures and the re-evaluation of all existing law through the lens of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. At the heart of the European Green Deal is the European Climate Law, which establishes the framework for achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and a binding intermediate emissions reductions target of at least 55% (compared to 1990 levels) by 2030. However,...
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    11.05.2023
    Europe

    At last: in­va­li­dity and re­vo­ca­tion ac­tions now avai­lable be­fore TM of­fices in Italy, Ro­ma­nia and Spain

    One of the most significant innovations introduced by the EU Trade Mark Directive 2015/2436 (the so-called trade mark reform package) was the requirement for all EU countries to implement – where not already in place - administrative procedures for both revocation and declaration of invalidity of trade mark registrations. These administrative procedures would either replace or supplement the court proceedings required to revoke or invalidate a trade mark registration. As trade mark owners will be aware, judicial actions before national courts (typically) last longer and are more expensive...
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