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The evolution of charity law – The Charities Bill
11 May 2021
The Queen has confirmed today that long-awaited changes to charity law aimed at reducing unnecessary red tape will be brought forward in this parliament in the form of the Charities Bill. The Charities Bill will address the recommendations from the Law Commission which have been accepted by the government. Here are the reforms that we anticipate will have the most impact on the sector.
Offshore intent: how can we achieve 40GW by 2030?
11 May 2021
Offshore intent: how can we achieve 40GW by 2030? Chris Towner, Energy Partner at Womble Bond Dickinson, explores some of the key themes.
Property owners post-COVID: all you need to know on residential development
11 May 2021
On Thursday 29 April our webinar series property owners post-COVID focused on residential development. Our panel comprised Alexander Dickinson, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson as chair, Robert Drewett, Senior Counsel, Womble Bond Dickinson, Charlotte Pink, Principal, John Alison Land & Research, Nicholas Smail, Partner, Hazlewoods and Lucy Lockhart, Land and Planning Director for the Bristol Region, Taylor Wimpey UK Limited.
WBD advises South Gloucestershire Council on duo of acquisitions to safeguard 370 jobs
11 May 2021
WBD has advised South Gloucestershire Council on a duo of site acquisitions including the Whirlpool tumble dryer factory and local catering business Yate Supplies.
FAQs - extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
11 May 2021
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Scheme) has now been extended to 30 April 2021. This FAQ deals with the changes to the Scheme.
New product compliance rules for businesses exporting to the EU and NI
06 May 2021
New rules will prohibit certain goods from being sold in the European Union (EU) and Northern Ireland (NI) unless an economic operator established in either the EU or NI is identified as being responsible for certain product compliance matters. The new rules apply from 16 July 2021 and will impact exports to the EU and NI, including those from Great Britain, as explained below.
Financial Services Act: key changes before Royal Assent
06 May 2021
Both core elements of the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit framework as well as some more political areas of concern are addressed in this wide-ranging piece of legislation. Emma Radmore and Lucy Hadrill discuss debates, changes and additions from the Bill as originally published.
Navigating the new – deploying, procuring and embedding in-house legal technology
06 May 2021
The challenges of procuring, deploying and embedding innovation will be familiar across all in-house teams. During our recent Informed Counsel Navigating the New webinar our panel of experts brought insight from three different viewpoints.
Brexit and .eu domain names
05 May 2021
From 1 January 2021, certain undertakings, organisations and individuals based in the UK became ineligible to hold or register a .eu domain name.
