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UK Budget 2013: the UK Government announces tax and other initiatives to support shale gas development

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 2 2013

In March the UK Government delivered its Budget for 2013, announcing a number of tax and other initiatives designed to encourage investment in the

Application of competition law to the energy sector: changes to UK concurrency regime

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 1 2013

The UK government has tabled reforms to UK competition law which could allow the removal of the "concurrent" powers of sector regulators to apply

The UK’s response to Macondo: government response to independent review of UK offshore regulatory regime is published

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 1 2013

On 20 April 2010, Transocean's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig working on BP's Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. The human tragedies

Competition law and the energy sector EU, UK, and beyond; looking ahead to 2013

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • European Union, India, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 1 2013

Since it is early in 2013 (according to the Gregorian calendar), this competition law update considers possible competition law developments in the

UK government announces proposals to reform TUPE

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 23 2013

The UK Government has published its proposals to amend the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), which

UK Competition Commission publishes energy licence modification appeals rules

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 2 2012

The UK Competition Commission has published new rules of procedure for the conduct and disposal of energy licence modification appeals

Investment in the UK North Sea: a tax cut designed to increase revenue

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 2 2012

Since the first oil produced in 1967, the UK North Sea has been a cash cow for the UK Government and petroleum companies alike

Owner-employee contracts a new kind of employment relationship?

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 14 2012

The new owner-employee contracts announced on 8 October 2012 by George Osborne at the Conservative Party conference are likely to be of interest to small or fast-growing businesses with a need to incentivise key employees and who prefer to be able to dismiss employees quickly, if needed, without having to following lengthy dismissal procedures

Why status matters

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 9 2012

The UK Court of Appeal recently decided that a law firm partner was not a “worker” of the firm

UK launches motor insurance market investigation

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 2 2012

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the UK’s private motor insurance market to the Competition Commission (CC) for an-depth investigation because it suspects that the market may not be working well for motorists