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What is diversity and inclusion (D&I)—law firms

What is diversity and inclusion (D&I)—law firms

This Practice Note provides a high-level introduction to diversity and inclusion (D&I) and key reasons why it is important to law firms. Specific...

Repudiation

Repudiation

This Practice Note concerns repudiation and sets out what a repudiatory breach of contract means. It explains how a repudiatory breach goes to the...

Contract variation

Contract variation

This Practice Note summarises the law, guidance and practice relating to the variation of contracts and deeds. It explains how a contract or deed can...

Equitable remedies in contractual disputes

Equitable remedies in contractual disputes

While the primary remedy for contractual breach is that of damages (see Practice Note: Contractual damages—general principles and related content),...

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Termination and expiry of contracts

This Practice Note provides an overview of contract expiry and of the different causes of termination and ways to discharge a contract, including...
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9th Nov
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Draft outline script for disciplinary hearing (misconduct)

1Introductions of those present if necessary. Confirm who is taking notes and that copies of the meeting notes will be made available to the...
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9th Nov
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Introduction to retained EU law

This Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law, which is an entirely new legal concept introduced to UK domestic law in preparation...
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9th Nov
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Letter—long-term sickness absence (6): to employee confirming dismissal on notice (following final written warning)

[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of employee],Re: [insert name of employer] (the Company)Following our most recent...
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9th Nov
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Letter of variation

[ON HEADED NOTEPAPER OF PARTY A][Insert address of Party B][[Insert address of Guarantor]][Insert date]Dear [name of Party B][ and [name of...
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9th Nov
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Formulating a learning and development—L&D—policy

This Practice Note provides information on formulating a learning and development (L&D) policy. It reviews key issues to consider including:•what is...
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Produced in partnership with Beth Pipe 9th Nov
Precedents

Letter—employer acknowledgement of notification of maternity leave

Date: [insert date]Dear [insert name of employee]Congratulations and thank you for telling me about your pregnancy and the date that your baby is due....
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9th Nov
Precedents

The employment contract—sample pensions clauses

The following pension clauses set out the pensions information to be included in an employment contract, depending on the type of...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 9th Nov

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Doing business in: Cyprus

Updated in July 2020IntroductionCyprus is strategically located in the Eastern Mediterranean at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa. It is an...
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Produced in partnership with Elena Christodoulou, Andrea Kallis Parparinou and Elias Neocleous of Elias Neocleous & Co LLC 30th Nov
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Doing business in: the US

Updated in November 2020IntroductionThe business environmentForming a companyFinancing a companyOpening a bank accountUtilising office...
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Produced in partnership with Mark Rowbotham of Portcullis ISC 16th Nov
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Doing business in key global jurisdictions

Updated in October 2020IntroductionPolitical stabilityInfrastructureCrime and healthcareFreedom of courts from political interferenceApproach to...
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Produced in partnership with Jonathan Edgelow of Vedder Price 11th Nov
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Doing business in: Luxembourg

Updated in October 2017IntroductionThough one of the smallest countries in Europe, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) is one of the world’s...
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Produced in partnership with AMMC Law of Luxembourg 16th Oct
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Doing business in: Germany

Updated in December 2019IntroductionGermany is the strongest economy in Europe and one of the largest worldwide. Its central location in the middle of...
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Produced in partnership with Regina Glaser, Torsten Groß, Dominik Eickemeier, Dr Vinzenz Bödeker, Fabian Gaffron, Dr André Szesny, Rainer Dr Velte and Dr Bodo Dehne 16th Oct
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Doing business in: Poland

Updated August 2020IntroductionThe Polish economy not been left unscathed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis. Like in most EU countries...
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Produced in partnership with Wardynski & Partners 12th Oct
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Doing business in: Ireland

Updated in September 2020IntroductionIreland is consistently ranked as one of the most attractive locations globally in which to establish...
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Produced in partnership with David O'Donnell and Cara Cooke of Mason Hayes & Curran 12th Oct
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Doing business in: Brazil

Updated in February 2019IntroductionBrazil is the fifth largest country in the world by both geographical area (3,287,956 sq mi), and population of...
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25th Sep
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Doing business in: Taiwan

Updated in August 2020IntroductionThe business environmentForming a companyFinancing a companyOpening a branch officeOpening a bank accountUtilising...
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25th Sep
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Doing business in: China

Updated in April 2019IntroductionThe business environmentForming a companyFinancing a companyOpening a bank accountUtilising office spaceImmigration...
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25th Sep
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Doing business in: Argentina

Updated August 2020IntroductionThe Argentine Republic is sub-divided in 23 provinces and one federal district, the City of Buenos Aires, the nation’s...
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25th Sep
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Doing business in: Hong Kong

July 2020IntroductionThe business environmentForming a companyFinancing a companyOpening a bank accountUtilising office spaceImmigration controlsKey...
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25th Sep
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Doing business in the UAE

Updated September 2020IntroductionThe Business EnvironmentForming a CompanyFinancing a companyOpening a Branch officeOpening a bank accountUtilising...
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Produced in partnership with Amir Ahmad and Edward Ewart of Reed Smith LLP 25th Sep
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Doing business in: New Zealand

Updated in August 2020IntroductionThe business environmentForming a companyFinancing a companyOpening a branch officeOpening a bank accountUtilising...
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Produced in partnership with Silvia Curin Brown of Minter Ellison Rudd Watts and Rodney Craig of Minter Ellison Rudd Watts 25th Sep
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Doing business in: Chile

Updated in September 2019IntroductionChile, although distant from most countries in the world is one of South America’s most stable and prosperous...
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25th Sep
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Doing business in: Italy

Updated in July 2020IntroductionItaly is a founding member of the EU. It extends for 301,230 sq km and it has a strategic position at the heart of the...
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25th Sep
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Doing business in: South Africa

Updated in July 2020IntroductionThe business environmentForming a companyFinancing a companyOpening a branch officeOpening a bank accountUtilising...
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25th Sep
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Doing business in: Russia

Updated in April 2015IntroductionThe business environmentForming a companyFinancing a companyOpening a branch or a representative officeOpening a bank...
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25th Sep
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Doing business in: France

Updated in November 2019IntroductionFrance is an open market economy and provides a business-friendly environment with strong public facilities and a...
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25th Sep
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Doing business in: Korea

Updated in August 2020IntroductionThe business environmentForming a companyOpening a branch officeFinancing a companyOpening a bank accountUtilising...
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25th Sep

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LEXISNEXIS

Scrip dividends

Dividends involve a distribution of cash or a distribution of non-cash assets (known as a distribution in kind or a distribution in specie).A scrip dividend (in a tax context, sometimes referred to as a stock dividend) allows a shareholder to receive new shares in a company as an alternative to a

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Insurance conduct regulation—COBS and ICOBS

The Financial Conduct Authority Handbook (FCA Handbook) includes sourcebooks to regulate the conduct of business by a regulated firm relevant to insurers: the Conduct of Business Sourcebook (COBS) and the Insurance Conduct of Business Sourcebook (ICOBS). This Practice Note considers how these

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Constructive trusts

Millett LJ subdivided types of constructive trust into two categories, distinguishing between:•the constructive trust proper, where equity intervenes to prevent the legal owner from unconscionably denying the beneficial interest of another (known as the institutional constructive trust)•the

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Recklessness in criminal cases

What is recklessness?In respect of some statutory offences and common law crimes the prosecution are required to prove a mental element of recklessness on the part of the defendant.Recklessness means unjustified risk taking on the part of the accused.Prior to the House of Lords decision in Re G