Pinsent Masons

A recent settlement reached over bribes paid by McKinsey and Company Africa (Pty) Ltd (McKinsey Africa) in South Africa shows the willingnes...

A creditor has been prohibited from obtaining a mandatory injunction that would have required a debtor to draw down a lump sum from his occu...

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are a continuously increasing challenge for management, executive boards and supervisory b...

Recently enacted EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Amending Regulations have provided some clarity on concerns that have been raised by...

The new Irish Companies Act will enhance the supervisory and enforcement powers of the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) following a lon...

The growth of data centres and the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) rely on the availability of electric power, with many data centr...

In the ever-evolving landscape of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria, the environmental – E – considerations often take ce...

Commercially important questions concerning the degree to which software, including artificial intelligence (AI) systems, can be patented, a...

Businesses operating in the UK construction sector must prepare for the new failure to prevent fraud offence by ensuring robust compliance p...

Draft local legislation designed to enable centuries-old land and property in London to be used for purposes beyond the meat and fish market...

The trustee in a Russian bankruptcy has failed to gain the assistance of the English courts to realise land situated in England so that the...

Emma Johnston tells HRNews about plans announced in the Budget which would make end clients and agencies responsible for umbrella company ta...

The Civil Justice Council’s (CJC) report on proposed reform to pre-action protocols (PAPs) marks a significant step in the ongoing reform of...

Online service providers have been given a “valuable reminder” that content generated by AI will fall in scope of the UK’s Online Safety Act...

Businesses selling to UK consumers must consider – and try to influence – measures proposed in recently published government consultation on...

Many more companies can be criminally liable for corporate fraud than before, and the scope of the law is expanding still further says Tom S...

The political desire of the new UK government to foster closer trading relations with the EU post-Brexit can be served via a major project f...

The UK government has picked out some specific areas of non-compliance to focus on, while putting wider reform to tax administration propose...

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is likely to take a tougher approach to policing non-financial misconduct and ensure that firms red...

Legal advice given by in-house lawyers will, under English law, attract privilege in the same way as legal advice given by any other lawyers...

Businesses that make taxable and exempt supplies are referred to as partly exempt, which means that they’re unable to recover all the input...

New regulations aimed at encouraging businesses to invest in new networks that could enhance wireless connectivity, and in innovative new te...

Guidance on the legal requirements that investors in UK-listed companies must meet to succeed with claims that the company has given them mi...

New Irish legislation introduces two profound changes to employment law – allowing an employee suffering from a serious illness to postpone...

Major technology providers could face broad new disclosure duties, including obligations to notify regulators of planned technology change p...