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WEBIreland’s budget for 2025 sets out a range of tax relief measures as part of the government’s effort to improve its business environment, drive innovation, attract foreign investment, and support economic growth. Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed Edinburgh-based partner Walter ...
Basic guide to TUPE - Pinsent Masons
WEBJan 6, 2023 · TUPE stands for the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations and its purpose is to protect employees if the business in which they are employed changes hands. Its effect is to move employees and any liabilities associated with them from the old employer to the new employer by operation of law.
Standard form contracts: JCT - Pinsent Masons
WEBJun 13, 2023 · The JCT suite also provides specific sub-contracts tailored for use with its “Design & Build”, “Intermediate” and “Standard” forms – as well as a short form sub-contract and sub-sub-contracts that can be used across the JCT main contract family. In addition, JCT publishes guidance notes, practice notes and supporting documents to ...
Public procurement law: the basics - Pinsent Masons
WEBJan 20, 2022 · The relevant UK public procurement legislation is: the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (DSPCRs), which apply to the procurement of certain defence and security contracts. With the exception of the DSPCRs, which apply on a UK-wide basis, this legislation applies only to England, Wales and …
Assignment and novation - Pinsent Masons
WEBAug 19, 2011 · If you want to transfer the burden of a contract as well as the benefits under it, you have to novate. Like assignment, novation transfers the benefits under a contract but unlike assignment, novation transfers the burden under a contract as well. In a novation the original contract is extinguished and is replaced by a new one in which a third ...
Protecting confidential information and trade secrets - Pinsent …
WEBApr 2, 2020 · Protecting confidential information and trade secrets. Confidential information and trade secrets can be amongst the most valuable assets a business owns. A competitive edge in the marketplace may rely on a business having certain information which its competitors do not. In the UK there are two overlapping regimes which seek to protect ...
UK copyright law: the basics
WEBJun 21, 2024 · In the UK, provided the work is 'original', copyright will arise automatically as soon as the work is created and fixed in material form without any need for registration. It is important to note that ideas are not protected by copyright; only the expression of those ideas as fixed in a material form are protected.
Limitation periods under English law - Pinsent Masons
WEBAug 2, 2011 · Limitation periods under English law. A limitation period is the period of time within which a party to a contract must bring a claim. In construction contracts, limitation periods are often relevant in relation to defects claims brought against contractors. Most construction contracts provide for a 'defects liability period', which may run ...
Appointment and re-election of directors under the UK Corporate ...
WEBFeb 1, 2010 · This guide is based on UK law, unless otherwise stated. It is part of a series on corporate governance.. Appointment of directors. According to main principle B.2 of the UK Corporate Governance Code, there should be ‘a formal, rigorous and transparent procedure’ for the appointment of new directors.In other words, the days of putting your friends from the golf club on the board are long over.
An overview of civil proceedings in England and Wales - Pinsent …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · There is no civil code in England. English civil law is made up of legislation made by parliament and 'common law' decisions made by the courts. English courts interpret legislation and are usually required to follow decisions on the same issue by a court of equivalent or higher status. 'English' law …