Bird & Bird

This Practice Note considers the law relating to the operation of small civilian drones (also referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs, unmanned aircraft, small unmanned aircraft or SUAs) for commercial and recreational purposes. It looks at the International, European and domestic regulatory framework with particular emphasis on the Air Navigation Order, the Retained Implementing and Delegated Regulations and the open, specific, and certified categories. It also considers issues of criminal and civil liability that may arise when using a drone including trespass, negligence and nuisance.

This Practice Note analyses common methods of incentivising suppliers in outsourcing arrangements. It covers services credits, earn back, service bonuses, gain sharing and results-based contracting. It also addresses some general oversight arrangements including step-in, benchmarking and audit rights.

This Market Tracker Trend Report provides in-depth analysis of the 66 firm offers and 45 possible offers made for quoted companies subject to the Takeover Code in 2019. It includes insight into public M&A trends and what we might expect to see in 2020 and beyond.

This Practice Note deals with the purpose of and procedure in the Copyright Tribunal, covering jurisdiction, composition, references by representatives of licensees for existing and proposed licensing schemes, a step-by-step coverage of Copyright Tribunal procedure for references to it, general principles applied by the Copyright Tribunal, costs and appeals.