Nov 2019
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This week marks ‘Anti-bullying Week' across the UK. At some point, most employers will have received employee grievances citing allegations of ‘bullying’, ‘harassment’ or ‘victimisation’. Some of these phrases have...
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A review of the main features in relation to merger control in Ireland.
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Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has been considering for some time as to whether to introduce a simplified merger notification procedure.
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Three days before the UK was due to leave the EU on 31 October 2019, the European Council agreed to give the UK a further extension on its notice period to leave...
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recently issued 3 firms with fines totalling more than £36m for breaking competition law in supplying certain concrete drainage products for building projects
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In a shrewd move by the EU, Michel Barnier (the European Commission's Chief Brexit Negotiator) has been appointed to lead the new European Commission "taskforce". He will handle, among other...
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Some approaching compliance deadlines and Central Bank speeches
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ESA consultation on KIDs for PRIIPs; ESMA Update on Brexit; Use of derivatives by equity UCITS; ESMA TRV; Benchmarks; ESMA work programme; Joint Committee of ESAs work programme; AML/ CTF.
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What is the Senior Executive Accountability Regime or SEAR?
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On 19 October 2019, after a day in the House of Commons which the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson must have found frustrating (because the Meaningful Vote on his Revised Withdrawal Agreement...
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