U.K. investors in cannabis-related entities, where the activity is legal in its jurisdiction but not legal in the U.K., risk committing money laundering offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA). However:
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On 15 January 2019, the U.K. Parliament overwhelmingly rejected, by a margin of 230 votes, the proposed withdrawal agreement with the EU put forward by Prime Minister Theresa May. Rejection of the withdrawal agreement does...more
When Is Notice of Termination Effective?
In Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust v Haywood [2018] UKSC 22, the U.K. Supreme Court upheld last year’s Court of Appeal decision, reported by us here, that where an...more
In July 2018, the U.K. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published its initial assessment of the post-implementation review (PIR) of Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), which is currently...more
All Things Brexit -
Earlier this month, as the latest formal development concerning Brexit, the U.K. government published a White Paper entitled ‘The Future Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union’...more
U.K. Supreme Court: The Latest on Employment Status in the “Gig” Economy -
In the latest high profile “gig” economy decision, the U.K. Supreme Court has held in Pimlico Plumbers Ltd & another v Smith [2018] UKSC 29 that Mr...more
Court of Appeal: Disability Discrimination & Reasonable Adjustments -
In United First Partners Research v Nicolas Carreras [2018] EWCA Civ 323 the Court of Appeal considered whether an expectation (rather than a...more
Questions on conflict of laws can be fiendishly difficult to decipher. When the U.K. Supreme Court rules on this topic, it is important to take note....more
On 8 December 2017, the U.K. Government and EU negotiators published a joint report outlining commitments made in the first phase of negotiations with regard to the U.K.’s exit from the European Union. Although the...more