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A summary of major developments in key areas

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, European Union, Indonesia, Myanmar, United Kingdom
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  • March 7 2013

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and institutional bodies have published the following guidance in relation to corporate governance and

No apportionment of liability for mesothelioma claim under employers' liability policy

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 27 2013

In International Energy Group Limited v Zurich Insurance PLC UK 2013 EWCA Civ 39, the Court of Appeal found that an insurer under an employers'

Preview 2013 (UK law)

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 15 2013

2013 will herald some significant changes to the UK legal arena, notably in the corporate area in relation to executive remuneration and narrative

FSA remuneration code

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • August 3 2012

The FSA have recently published two consultations in relation to its Remuneration Code

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

General counsel update: 28 February 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Hong Kong, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • February 28 2012

This is the twenty-eighth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Preview of 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 12 2012

2012 will herald some significant changes to the legal arena, notably in the corporate area in relation to the Prospectus Directive, board diversity and corporate governance and reporting; in dispute resolution in relation to the Government's reforms to the civil litigation costs and funding regime; and in energy, real estate and construction areas where there are major changes to the carbon reduction commitment energy efficiency scheme, changes to the energy performance certificates regime; and also the establishment of the Green Investment Bank

General Counsel Update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • December 7 2011

This is the twenty-seventh in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Supreme Court confirms that pleural plaques are actionable in Scotland

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 27 2011

In a decision which has important ramifications for the UK insurance industry, the Supreme Court in Axa General Insurance Ltd & Ors v Lord Advocate & Ors 2011 UKSC 46 upheld the Scottish Parliament's right to legislate to reverse, in relation to Scotland, the decision of the House of Lords in Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd 2007 UKHL 39 that asymptomatic asbestos-related pleural plaques do not constitute actionable harm

Timeline - a guide to the legal milestones ahead

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 10 2011

This is a guide to key legal developments in the coming months and years ahead