The battle to build a million new homes
By Linda Convery The UK’s housing crisis is again taking centre stage in the pre-general election debate. The figures from the two main political parties are similar, but the focus is different. The Conservatives aim to increase the supply of new housing for all tenures to 300,000 a year by 2025, with a total target […]
Will Scotland introduce licensing to deal with short-term lets?
By Stephen McGowan Airbnb and other short term let providers have been under special scrutiny across Scotland, particularly in Edinburgh. Here the debate over their use has focused not just on antisocial behaviour, but also the wider issues of overtourism, the tourism tax and hospitality provision. Recently, the CEO of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, announced that […]
Clarity on CCTV monitoring of employees
By Stuart McBride A recent decision by the Grand Chamber (GC) of the European Court of Human Rights ruled that a Spanish supermarket was justified in its decision to install hidden cameras, which caught five employees in the act of theft. It has been received as the right decision by commentators and will be reassuring […]
New details on Irish renewables subsidies announced
By Andrew Ryan The Irish government’s Climate Action Plan published in mid-2019 outlined an ambition to move Ireland to 70% electricity generated from renewable sources by 2030. To help deliver this, more details around the Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS), and in particular the first auction, were announced this week. Under the scheme, which is […]
Crossroads of clean energy: What do the experts think?
By Maria Connolly As the first winter election since 1923 looms over the country, and politicians put forward ambitious policies in the hope of winning favour, we’ve taken the time to sit down with fellow experts from the clean energy sector and consider the impact the wave of government announcements released throughout the year will […]
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Finance lawyers dominate in FTSE350 in-house teams
Almost half of all the lawyers at the companies in the current FTSE350 that have a UK-based in-house legal team work in the banking and finance sector, The Lawyer can reveal. According to data compiled for the new FTSE350 report, 40 per cent of the lawyers tracked at in-house teams in the UK work for […]
The speed read: Clifford Chance’s canny graduate strategy; bye-bye Ballheimer; and 2020 predictions
Firms serious about bagging the best graduate talent should take a look at Clifford Chance A few years back, a bunch of firms set up events for first-year law undergraduates – a group long ignored on the milkround in favour of second and third-years. We predicted what seemed like the obvious conclusion: the war for […]
Shearman and King & Spalding lead on takeover of Eddie Stobart
A pair of US firms have advised on the takeover bid of haulage company Eddie Stobart as its shareholders have approved its rescue by asset manager DBAY Advisors. King & Spalding’s London corporate partners William Charnley and Marcus Young advised Eddie Stobart, which had to secure £55m bailout funding from Douglas Bay Advisors, on the […]
A&O and ENSafrica lead on South African Airways rescue
South African firm ENSafrica and Allen & Overy are leading on the business recovery of one of Africa’s largest airlines, South African Airways, saving it from collapse. ENSafrica’s chairman Michael Katz is leading for the airline on behalf of the National Treasury of South Africa, which manages its national economic policy. South African Airways is […]
Jones Day set to bid farewell to Russia with office closure
Jones Day is to shut its doors in Moscow, The Lawyer understands, after setting up in Russia 16 years ago. The decision means the US firm will no longer have a fixed presence in the country, with the closure expected later this year. Jones Day initially entered the Russian legal market back in 2003, with a total […]
Mayer Brown jumps on innovation bandwagon with new ’embrio’ programme
Mayer Brown’s managing partner Jeremy Clay is backing a new global innovation plan to trial new technologies.