Alerts
Alerts archive 2011

Banking update: report and review on recent cases and issues

A review of badly drafted guarantees, unilateral notices, Part 36 offers, and the Insolvency Services policy on bankrupt's principal residence.

Employment Law 2010 review/2011 preview: Part 2

We look ahead to the anticipated judicial and legislative trends for employment law in 2011, which HR professionals need to know.

A revolution for the better? Gaining momentum

On Wednesday 19 January 2011 the Coalition Government published its long-awaited Health & Social Care Bill.

All change... drastic overhaul to the electricity market ahead

Major changes are afoot. The Government's Electricity Market Reform paves the way for the most fundamental reforms to the UK electricity market since liberalisation in the 1990s.

Property update - January 2011

Wragge & Co's real estate experts bring you the latest property law issues. Read their comment on these issues and take note of any action points that will help you and your organisation.

Calling time on the default retirement age

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has confirmed its plans to phase out the default retirement age from 6 April 2011. Full abolition will come in from 1 October 2011.

CPI and RPI: best of both?

The Government's new Pensions Bill was published last week. As well as dealing with various other issues, the Bill contains provisions on the forthcoming shift towards increases measured in line with the consumer prices index for revaluation and for the indexation of pensions in payment.

Environmental protestors - what are the Ratcliffe consequences?

The circumstances surrounding the collapse of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) case against six people accused of conspiring to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in 2010 bring new challenges to all parties concerned.

Reduced allowances - refinements

On 9 December 2010 the Government published a consultation on its draft Finance Bill 2011.

Bank loans on real estate to be affected by the thin capitalisation rules?

France has had special tax provisions regarding thin capitalisation (Article 212 of the General Tax Code) since 2007.