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Tax weekly highlights—21 January 2021

Tax weekly highlights—21 January 2021

In this issue:VAT2020–21—Budget and Finance BillInternationalStamp taxesCompanies and corporation taxEmployment taxesReal estate taxCoronavirus

New topic on Cross Border Compliance

New topic on Cross Border Compliance

Our new Cross Border Compliance topic includes two new subtopics.•compliance by country; and•compliance by compliance areaCross border compliance by

GTDT guide on anti corruption regulation has been updated

GTDT guide on anti corruption regulation has been updated

We have updated our Getting the Deal Through guide (GTDT) on Anti-corruption regulation in 35 jurisdictions worldwide to include information on the

EU Competition law—daily round-up (21/01/2021)

EU Competition law—daily round-up (21/01/2021)

Coronavirus (COVID-19)•The Commission has issued four decisions under the State aid Temporary Framework approving:◦a German umbrella scheme (worth

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Dispute Resolution weekly highlights—21 January 2021

This week's edition of Dispute Resolution weekly highlights includes: analysis of a number of key DR developments and key judicial decisions including...
21st Jan
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Dispute settlement under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

Arbitration analysis: Laura Rees-Evans, counsel, and Rhys Carvosso, intern, of Fietta LLP, discuss dispute settlement under the EU-UK Trade and...
21st Jan
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Article 27 in personality rights claims—Lugano’s swansong? (Wright v Granath)

TMT analysis: The Court of Appeal has held that in determining whether concurrent proceedings constitute the same cause of action for the purposes of...
20th Jan
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Damages—causation of loss where specific discrete breaches of contract proved (YJB Port v M&A Pharmachem)

Dispute Resolution analysis: In a case in which there are distinct discrete actual breaches of contract together with anticipatory repudiatory...
20th Jan
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Privy Council emphasises limited role of appeal courts in unfair prejudice claim (Ming Siu Hung v J F Ming Inc)

Dispute Resolution analysis: Overturning the decision of the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal in the context of an unfair prejudice claim, the Privy...
19th Jan
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Regional costs judge rejects claim for interest on disbursement funding loan (Godfrey v Automotive Products)

Dispute Resolution analysis: This was a case in which a claimant had entered into a disbursement funding agreement. The court held that a costs judge...
19th Jan
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Additional parties joined to AA 1996, s 67 proceedings (Republic of Uganda v Rift Valley Railways (Uganda))

Arbitration analysis: Mrs Justice Cockerill in the Commercial Court granted an application, made pursuant to CPR 19.2, to join the defendant’s direct...
19th Jan
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‘Battle of the forms’ and jurisdiction clauses (TRW v Panasonic)

Commercial analysis: In the contractual ‘battle of the forms’ to determine which party’s standard terms govern the contract concluded, the ‘last shot’...
19th Jan
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Joint authorship in copyright—the importance of evidence (the retrial of Martin v Kogan)

Intellectual Property analysis: This analysis considers the IPEC decision in the retrial in this matter relating to the dispute of joint authorship of...
19th Jan
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Occupiers’ liability—hotel not liable for criminal injuries inflicted upon guests by intruder (Al-Najar v The Cumberland Hotel)

Personal Injury analysis: The claimants claimed damages for grievous injuries inflicted upon them by an intruder while they were guests at the...
19th Jan
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Restatement of the principles on abuse of process in circumstances not involving res judicata or issue estoppel (Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP v BTI 2014 LLC)

Dispute Resolution analysis: The Court of Appeal upheld a decision to refuse a strike out/reverse summary judgment application. The Court of Appeal...
18th Jan
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Civil Justice Council’s review of the pre-action protocols

Dispute Resolution analysis: The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has launched a review of the pre-action protocols (PAPs). The review is intended to look...
18th Jan
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Supreme Court gives landmark judgment in coronavirus (COVID-19) business interruption test case (Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance)

Insurance & Reinsurance analysis: The Supreme Court has given judgment in the coronavirus (COVID-19) business interruption test case concerned with...
18th Jan
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Costs of abandoning parts of civil claims—amendment or discontinuance? (RG Carter v CUA Property)

Dispute Resolution analysis: It has been held that where a discrete cause of action was abandoned by way of an amendment to a statement of case...
15th Jan
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Ambiguity defrosted? Court of Appeal clarifies ‘unambiguous impropriety’ exception to without prejudice privilege in freezing injunction context (Motorola v Hytera and Shortway)

Dispute Resolution analysis: Parties cannot abuse without prejudice privilege (WPP) to conceal their own ‘unambiguous impropriety’. Lord Justice Males...
15th Jan
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DBA regulations not intended to regulate fees following early termination (Zuberi v Lexlaw)

Dispute Resolution analysis: In its judgment handed down on 14 January 2021, the Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld the validity of a Damages...
15th Jan
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Dismissal of application to stay poaching claim in favour of arbitration proceedings upheld (Cantor v Jefferies)

Law360, London: In an oral ruling, conducted by video conference due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Mr Justice Saini in the Queen’s Bench...
14th Jan
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Dispute Resolution weekly highlights—14 January 2021

This week's edition of Dispute Resolution weekly highlights includes: analysis of a number of key DR developments and key judicial decisions including...
14th Jan
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Reforms must continue after pandemic, UK courts chief says

Law360, London: Courts must build on the lessons of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and make sure that efforts to modernise the justice system...
14th Jan
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Continued recognition of civil judgments between the UK and Norway

Dispute Resolution analysis: Angharad Parry of Twenty Essex considers the current position as to the recognition and enforcement of judgments for...
14th Jan

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