Pinsent Masons

Recent events in Australia’s decommissioning space demonstrate the complexity of offshore decommissioning campaigns from the environmental a...

Technology companies face a new challenge over how they manage older software after campaigners stepped up their efforts to stop them shutti...

Over the last 10 years, many leading arbitral institutions have amended their rules to make arbitration more responsive to users’ needs, res...

Financial institutions could have to update contracts with third-party suppliers in the coming months to adhere to guidelines the European B...

Age assurance to protect children from harmful online content has come sharply into focus this year in Australia and globally.

FIDIC is one of the most common forms of construction contract used in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

A new ruling should spur employers in Australia to consider whether employees they intend to make redundant could be redeployed into roles b...

New proposals to further regulate and licence non-surgical cosmetic procedures (NSCPs) in England and Scotland are welcome, but the governme...

Millions of people involved in running UK businesses will be required to verify their identity with Companies House, the UK registry for com...

Athletes and sports clubs have been given the power to challenge decisions by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) within the legal syst...

Recent decisions have broadened the scope of what constitutes harassment under French law, reinforcing the accountability of employers and c...

The enactment of new planning and development legislation in Ireland is “very significant” and could prove pivotal in tackling long-standing...

A recent ruling by the UK Supreme Court has clarified that a cumulative or holistic approach should be applied to the public interest test r...

The Competition Commission of South Africa recently announced an exemption for members of the South African Society of Physiotherapy (SASP)...

Higher education institutions in the UK must ensure they are alert to suspicious financial activity and have processes in place in order to...

A further package of privacy reforms could still be released this year after attorney general Michelle Rowland confirmed that a second set o...

The UK’s national security investment screening regime is set for “pragmatic evolution” under plans outlined by the UK government, experts h...

Foreign nationals employed to work overseas for Australian businesses can be entitled to the benefits and protection of Australian employmen...

The significant growth in oil and gas energy services projects across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continues to present a...

Draft legislation to implement new rules aiming to combat tax avoidance by umbrella companies has been published by the UK Treasury.

Public sector bodies and operators of ‘critical national infrastructure’ in the UK are set to be banned from making ransomware payments.

E-commerce platforms and other businesses that import products containing melamine into the EU could face environmental- or health-based cla...

Football clubs across England must familiarise themselves with the Football Governance Act and its implications now that the transformative...

The UK government has published a wide-ranging package of financial regulation reforms, including draft regulations for ‘targeted support’,...

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)’s draft guidance on pricing transparency marks an important juncture in the UK’s expanded c...