Milieudefensie v Shell In 2021, the Hague District Court ruled that, by 2030, Shell had to reduce its emissions by 45% relative to 2019 levels. The decision attracted significant commentary in both the legal and mainstream international media. Last month, Shell won its appeal and its reduction obligation was set aside. But how relevant is
In light of the SFO Director Nick Ephgrave’s vocal support for implementing whistleblower incentives in the UK, this begs the question, what other US policies might the SFO look to replicate in the UK? One which we explore in this article is the Mergers & Acquisitions Safe Harbor Policy (“M&A Policy”) introduced by the US
Recent judgments indicate the English courts’ increasing impatience with non-compliant trial witness statements in the Business and Property Courts Factual trial evidence in the English Business and Property Courts was overhauled nearly four years ago with the introduction of Practice Direction 57AC. Subject to certain exceptions, the new regime sought to do away with verbose,
