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Building strategic partnerships with your business

17 Oct 2018
Last week (10 October), Womble Bond Dickinson hosted its annual GC Dinner in London, bringing together leading UK General Counsels (GCs) to discuss how legal teams can build strategic partnerships to help support growth and underpin corporate goals.
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LGPS: Consultation on amendments to survivors' pensions

17 Oct 2018
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) is consulting on proposals to amend the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). The draft amendments are in response to two legal judgments - Walker v Innospec and R (on the application of Nicola Elmes) v Essex County Council - relating to survivors' benefits on the death of a member.
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Brexit and… patents

15 Oct 2018
Following publication of the 'agreed' text of the draft Withdrawal Agreement (the "Draft Text") between the United Kingdom ("UK") and the remainder of the European Union ("EU") on 19 March 2018, our intellectual property ("IP") team has produced a suite of briefings on key aspects of the likely implications of Brexit for IP rights and systems across the EU, to inform our clients what changes they will need to consider making to their existing IP strategies and protocols to continue dealing in post-Brexit UK and Europe. The topic of this note is how Brexit is likely to impact upon patents and related rights.
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RICS Professional Statement: service charges in commercial property

15 Oct 2018
Last month, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ("RICS") published its latest Professional Statement, entitled "Service Charges in Commercial Property" (the "Statement"). The Statement re-states updates and replaces the existing Service Charge Code (the "Code"), and has the regulatory effect of formalising the Code within the RICS best practice framework. The Statement is effective from 1 April 2019 and will apply to all Service Charges across the UK.
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NPPF2 & Viability

15 Oct 2018
New changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF2) introduced in July 2018 represent a significant shift in planning policy and have the effect of restricting developers' ability to challenge planning permissions on viability grounds at later stages of the planning process.
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Brexit and… IP transactions

08 Oct 2018
Following publication of the 'agreed' text of the draft Withdrawal Agreement (the "Draft Text") between the United Kingdom ("UK") and the remainder of the European Union ("EU") on 19 March 2018, our intellectual property ("IP") team has produced a suite of briefings on key aspects of the likely implications of Brexit for IP rights and systems across the EU, to inform our clients what changes they will need to consider making to their existing IP strategies and protocols to continue dealing in post-Brexit UK and Europe. The topic of this note is how Brexit will impact transactions involving IP.
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The West of England: looking to the future for infrastructure

08 Oct 2018
WBD is committed to infrastructure consenting and delivery in the West of England, and delighted to be at the heart of it. We are proud to support the West of England Economic Growth Conference for the second year running. Here we reflect on the region's strengths and take a look at the exciting future.
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Are you ready for the next increase in auto-enrolment contributions?

08 Oct 2018
On 6 April 2019, minimum contribution rates will increase for defined contribution (DC) qualifying schemes used for auto-enrolment purposes. Employers should now be considering whether contribution rates for their DC qualifying schemes need to change from 6 April 2019 and whether they need to consult and/or agree contractual changes with affected members before the changes take effect.
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