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Legal challenge over UK oil and gas tax breaks accepted for court hearing

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Energy weekly highlights—29 July 2021

Energy weekly highlights—29 July 2021

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Road to COP26—exploring the role of private finance

Road to COP26—exploring the role of private finance

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UK accession to Lugano Convention—is the door now closed?

UK accession to Lugano Convention—is the door now closed?

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Joint, several, and joint and several liability

Joint, several, and joint and several liability

Joint, several, and joint and several liabilityContractWhere a contract is made by two or more parties it may contain a promise or obligation made by...

Conditions precedent in commercial contracts

Conditions precedent in commercial contracts

Conditions precedent in commercial contractsThis Practice Note considers the meaning and use of conditions precedent in commercial arrangements. It...

The Split of National Grid’s Transmission Owner (TO) and System Operator (SO) Roles and Licences

The Split of National Grid’s Transmission Owner (TO) and System Operator (SO) Roles and Licences

The Split of National Grid’s Transmission Owner (TO) and System Operator (SO) Roles and LicencesBackgroundFor a full overview of the nature and roles...

Co-operative and community benefit societies

Co-operative and community benefit societies

Co-operative and community benefit societiesWhat is a co-operative or community benefit society?A co-operative society or community benefit society...

Practice notes

Rome II—application and interpretation

Rome II—application and interpretationThis Practice Note is for use when determining applicable law in respect of events giving rise to damage, where...
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19th May
Practice notes

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains...
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Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 19th May
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Q&As

Can the board of a co-operative and community benefit society (a registered society) delegate powers to any third party, and can the registered society grant a power of attorney to a third party to execute documents on its behalf?

Can the board of a co-operative and community benefit society (a registered society) delegate powers to any third party, and can the registered...
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19th May
Practice notes

Structure and functions of EU institutions and bodies

Structure and functions of EU institutions and bodiesThe EU’s unique institutional frameworkThe European Union is a supranational polity, and is...
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19th May
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Practice notes

Rome Convention—introduction and interpretation [Archived]

Rome Convention—introduction and interpretation [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.The UK is no longer...
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19th May
Practice notes

An introduction to take-or-pay clauses in energy contracts

This Practice Note introduces take-or-pay clauses in the energy sector and considers some of the regulatory and competition law issues regularly...
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Produced in partnership with Phillip Ashley, Judith Aldersey-Williams, David Rutherford, and Leontine Mathew of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP 19th May
Practice notes

The Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) regime

What are OFTOs?Offshore Transmission Owners (OFTOs) are the owners of offshore transmission assets which connect offshore wind farms to the onshore...
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Produced in partnership with Herbert Smith Freehills 19th May
Practice notes

Introduction to retained EU law

Introduction to retained EU lawThis Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law. It provides an overview of the key definitions and...
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Produced in partnership with Dr. Kieran Laird of Gowling WLG 19th May
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Precedents

Counterparts clause

1 Counterparts—agreement 1.1 This agreement may be signed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which when...
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19th May
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An introduction to the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) and other key industry codes in the Great Britain electricity market

Legal basisThe primary piece of legislation governing the electricity industry in mainland Great Britain (GB) is the Electricity Act 1989 (EA 1989)...
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Produced in partnership with Lis Blunsdon of Fieldfisher 19th May
Practice notes

Supplier of last resort—key features

What is the ‘supplier of last resort’?When the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) revokes a supply licence (usually because of insolvency),...
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Produced in partnership with Matthew Collinson of Igloo Energy 19th May
Practice notes

Operating under a nuclear site licence

Requirement for a nuclear site licenceA nuclear site licence (licence) is required under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (NuIA 1965) to use any...
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Produced in partnership with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP 19th May
Practice notes

Requirements of the company seal

Requirements of the company sealThis Practice Note provides practical guidance regarding the requirements of the company seal. Where a company has a...
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19th May
Practice notes

Subcontracting

SubcontractingThis Practice Note examines the following legal and practical matters in relation to entering into a subcontract or when granting...
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19th May
Practice notes

Energy and Brexit—Euratom and the UK Nuclear Sector

Energy and Brexit—Euratom and the UK Nuclear SectorWhat is Euratom?The Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (‘the Euratom Treaty’)...
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Produced in partnership with Ian Truman of Burges Salmon 19th May
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Practice notes

Offshore Oil and Gas Directive 2013/30/EU—snapshot

Offshore Oil and Gas Directive 2013/30/EU—snapshotTitleDirective 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on safety of...
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Produced in partnership with Laura Bolado of Andes Legal Consulting Ltd 19th May

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The role of boilerplate

The role of boilerplateThis Practice Note discusses the role and importance of the boilerplate clauses in an agreement. It identifies the boilerplate...
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2nd Aug
Q&As

What are the key differences between the definitions of ‘group company’ in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) and in the Companies Act 2006? Would the definition of group company in LTA 1954 catch a company held by the same ultimate holding company but not the same immediate parent company?

What are the key differences between the definitions of ‘group company’ in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) and in the Companies Act 2006?...
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1st Aug
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When completing a statutory declaration, must the declarant state their home address or is a business address sufficient?

When completing a statutory declaration, must the declarant state their home address or is a business address sufficient?In English law, there are...
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Produced in partnership with Alexander Campbell of Field Court Chambers 1st Aug
Q&As

When can a mistake in an executed deed be rectified by a manuscript amendment rather than by a deed of rectification?

When can a mistake in an executed deed be rectified by a manuscript amendment rather than by a deed of rectification?This Q&A explains when it is...
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Produced in partnership with Emma Holland of Stewarts Law 1st Aug
Q&As

The prospective tenant of lease to be contracted out of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 needs to swear a statutory declaration. Can the declarant swear this via Skype or do they need to be in the physical presence of the independent solicitor?

The prospective tenant of lease to be contracted out of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 needs to swear a statutory declaration. Can the declarant...
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Produced in partnership with Jonathan Edwards of Radcliffe Chambers 1st Aug
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Q&As

Is there any guidance as to the appropriateness of defining ‘Control’ as either (a) in accordance with section 1124 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010, or as (b) the beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the issued share capital of a company or the legal power to direct or cause the direction of the general management of the company?

Is there any guidance as to the appropriateness of defining ‘Control’ as either (a) in accordance with section 1124 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010,...
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1st Aug
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Is it possible to take a statutory declaration by Skype video or similar technology?

Is it possible to take a statutory declaration by Skype video or similar technology?Statutory declarations are a necessary part of insolvency...
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Produced in partnership with Philip Patterson of Gatehouse Chambers 1st Aug
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Q&As

When drafting an Ordinary Power of Attorney specifically in relation to operation of a donor’s business, do the general powers under section 10 of the Powers of Attorney Act 1971 cover any type of decision to be made about the business (eg employment of staff or dealing with the lease of the business premises) or should these be included as separate clauses?

When drafting an Ordinary Power of Attorney specifically in relation to operation of a donor’s business, do the general powers under section 10 of the...
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Produced in partnership with Chris Bryden of 4 King’s Bench Walk 1st Aug
Q&As

Are mixed signings permissible? For example where one party to a deed signs a counterpart in wet ink and another signs a counterpart with an electronic signature; where one counterpart is wet ink signed and the other counterpart is signed by virtual means (a Mercury signature); or where one counterpart has a Mercury signature and the other counterpart has been signed with an electronic signature.

Are mixed signings permissible? For example where one party to a deed signs a counterpart in wet ink and another signs a counterpart with an...
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Produced in partnership with Chris Bryden of 4 King’s Bench Walk 1st Aug
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Can further education corporations established under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 validly execute deeds other than under common seal?

Can further education corporations established under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 validly execute deeds other than under common seal?A...
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31st Jul
Q&As

Where a contract prevents one party (A) from soliciting the employees of the other party (B) for a period of 12 months following the termination of the contract between the parties, is this effective to prevent the solicitation of an ex-employee of (B) who left (B) five months ago and is working independently and an ex-employee who has left B and set up as a consultant through a service company?

Where a contract prevents one party (A) from soliciting the employees of the other party (B) for a period of 12 months following the termination of...
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Produced in partnership with Lynne Counsell of 9 Stone Buildings 31st Jul
Q&As

Does a guarantee have to be executed as a deed?

Does a guarantee have to be executed as a deed?No, a guarantee does not have to be executed as a deed. A guarantee can be executed as a deed or as an...
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31st Jul
Q&As

Do you have any Precedent wording whereby the customer contracting entity is part of a wider group and is contracting to allow the group entities to use the services, and be allowed to claim for losses sustained by the group entities?

Do you have any Precedent wording whereby the customer contracting entity is part of a wider group and is contracting to allow the group entities to...
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31st Jul
Q&As

One of the documents in my transaction has not been witnessed. What should I do?

One of the documents in my transaction has not been witnessed. What should I do?If a document has not been witnessed, check first whether it was...
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31st Jul
Q&As

Is a contract between a company and a third party which is entered into in breach of the company’s articles of association enforceable?

Is a contract between a company and a third party which is entered into in breach of the company’s articles of association enforceable?This Q&A deals...
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Produced in partnership with Lynne Counsell of 9 Stone Buildings 31st Jul
Q&As

Can an employer rely on a general IPR indemnity not to infringe third party IPR against the contractor, when they directed the contractor to breach the patent?

Can an employer rely on a general IPR indemnity not to infringe third party IPR against the contractor, when they directed the contractor to breach...
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Produced in partnership with Shobana Iyer of Swan Chambers 31st Jul
Q&As

When administering an oath, do I have to verify the deponent’s identity?

When administering an oath, do I have to verify the deponent’s identity?Rules and guidance from the regulators on this point are thin on the ground,...
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31st Jul
Q&As

Where an attorney is purporting to execute on behalf of a number of principals, is it essential (as opposed to merely good practice) for there to be multiple execution blocks or is it sufficient for the attorney to execute once only but make it clear in the execution block that he/she is doing so as attorney for multiple principals?

Where an attorney is purporting to execute on behalf of a number of principals, is it essential (as opposed to merely good practice) for there to be...
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31st Jul
Q&As

I've just noticed that an executed document has the wrong date on it. What should I do?

I've just noticed that an executed document has the wrong date on it. What should I do?The first thing you need to do is insert the correct date in...
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31st Jul
Q&As

Can a manager who is not a director sign a simple contract on behalf of a company? If so, what is required to show authority to sign?

Can a manager who is not a director sign a simple contract on behalf of a company? If so, what is required to show authority to sign?As noted in...
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31st Jul

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Defects liability period and rectification of defects

Defects liability period and rectification of defects

Defects liability period and rectification of defectsIt is common in construction projects for defects to manifest or appear in the works. Most construction contracts require the contractor to return to site to rectify (also known as ‘make good’) defects which arise or are discovered during a

Report on title—long form

Report on title—long form

Property: [insert name and/or address of the Property] (‘Property’)Purchaser: [insert name, address and (if applicable) company registration number of buyer]Transaction: [insert brief details]1Executive summary1.1Scope of reportThis report is addressed to you [insert buyer’s name] and has been

Parliamentary committees

Parliamentary committees

Parliamentary committeesIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. At this point in time (referred to in UK law as ‘IP completion day’), key transitional arrangements come to

Pre-trial and case management hearings in the Crown Court

Pre-trial and case management hearings in the Crown Court

Pre-trial and case management hearings in the Crown CourtCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020). CA 2020, among other measures, makes provision for the extended use of live links and audio links in criminal proceedings.