Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 26
Read the twenty sixth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
Article Archive
Directors’ liability and sustainability objectives
As sustainable development is now an imperative for governments, it is clear that sustainability objectives are impacting businesses and their managing bodies under Italian law.
Tax authorities provide clarification of US-UK tax treaty after Brexit and USMCA
On July 26, 2021, the competent authorities of the United States and the United Kingdom entered into an arrangement (Brexit Arrangement) interpreting the US-UK income tax treaty.
When three become one: Claiming multiple debts in one adjudication
An important new decision from the English Technology and Construction Court shows how the courts are willing to adopt a common sense approach to assist parties owed money under construction contracts.
Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 25
Read the twenty fifth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
Lawful act economic duress: the Supreme Court emphasises narrow application of doctrine
Can a claimant escape a contract that a defendant coerced them to enter into on the basis of threats to do something legal but potentially economically devastating to the claimant? That was the question addressed recently by the UK Supreme Court in Pakistan International Airline Corporation v Times Travel (UK) Ltd.
Global Aviation Restructuring Index
Following the launch of WFW’s Global Aviation Restructuring Index (GARI), this article shares our insights on the data analysis beyond the headline debtor-friendliness and creditor-friendliness scores.
The UAE bankruptcy law and the aviation industry
Following the launch of WFW’s Global Aviation Restructuring Index (GARI), this article provides an overview of the current UAE bankruptcy/restructuring regime and why its applicability to the aviation industry remains unclear and untested.
Breaking the menopause taboo in the workplace
Most women will go through the menopause during their working lives. Yet it is estimated that almost a million women in the UK have left their jobs as a result of menopausal symptoms. What can employers do to break the menopause taboo, support their staff and retain talent?
A surprising conclusion? The impact of the Notice of Completion of Making Good in the due date of final accounts when no defects have been notified under JCT contracts
The decision in CC Construction Ltd v Mincione is also a warning for adjudicators on the importance of considering carefully all defences raised by the parties.
