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PCP 2017/2: Another round in policing intention statements This briefing considers some of the proposals set out in the Takeover Panel's consultation paper (PCP 2017/2) relating to statements of intention and other related matters. On 19 September 2017, the Takeover Panel published its public consultation paper (... Brexit Essentials: update on dispute resolution clauses Assesses practical implications for parties to dispute resolution clauses of latest developments in Brexit negotiations. Considers governing law clauses, jurisdiction clauses and enforcement of judgments. This briefing, an update to our November 2016 pap... ECtHR: Monitoring of employee's emails breached right to privacy A case confirmed that an employer’s monitoring of an employee’s work emails violates Article 8 ECHR. This briefing looks at the implications for UK employers. An employer’s monitoring of an employee’s work emails amounted to a violation of Article 8 of th... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter The CMA needs you: a review of current literature on the deterrent effect of competition enforcement to stimulate further research The CMA needs you: a review of current literature on the deterrent effect of competition enforcement to stimulate further re... Hong Kong's Listing Regulation Reforms - The Way Forward This client briefing highlights the outcomes of the consultation as well as the implications (including areas of uncertainties) on how the Exchange and the SFC will decide listing policy, IPO applications and post-IPO listing decisions. Just over a year o... P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin Holiday pay; Suspension and postponed investigation; discretion in share option agreement;  Addison Lee;  FTSE 100 executive pay; Brexit: Call for evidence;  Supreme Court fees; EHRC Topics covered in this bulletin: New Law Finance Bill (no.2) 2017: Empl... P&E Update: Pensions Bulletin Gender pay gap; PPF bridging pension; Corporate governance; Pension scams; IBM v Dalgleish; Upper Tribunal’s jurisdiction; LTA enhanced protection; Pensions liberation; Box Clever FSDs; BHS Topics covered in this bulletin: New Partner Pensions Update Semi... Tax and the City briefing for September 2017 Jeanette Zaman and Zoe Andrews look at the difficulties faced by taxpayers in bringing judicial review claims and examine the corporate residence test, by reference to recent cases. The difficulties faced by taxpayers in bringing judicial review claims i... Facilitating tax evasion - are you ready? Sara Luder and Richard Jeens consider the new corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion in the light of the publication of the final form Government guidance Sara Luder and Richard Jeens consider the new corporate cr... Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission’s Statement on Initial Coin Offerings: Regulating Virtual Tokens within the Existing Regulatory Regimes This client briefing highlights when Hong Kong’s securities and prospectus regimes may apply to an ICO and the implications of falling within these regimes for parties involved in an ICO. With the emerging trend of using initial coin offerings (ICOs) to r...