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Ministry of Justice consults on implementation of Singapore Convention on international mediated settlements
United Kingdom - September 17 2025 The UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (better known as the Singapore Convention) requires member states…
FinTech Global FS Regulatory Round-up - w/e 5 September 2025
Australia, European Union, Global, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, USA - September 10 2025 As the basis for Open Finance in the EU moves along the legislative pathway, we assess what implementation may require. Our FiDA Checklist provides a…
South Africa's move towards mandatory mediation
South Africa - June 12 2025 South Africa's Gauteng High Court has recently introduced a groundbreaking (revised) directive mandating mediation for civil matters in Johannesburg…
Litigation developments: England and Wales - Quarterly update
European Union, United Kingdom - March 25 2025 The Court of Appeal agreed with the High Court that a claim for misuse of private information should not be allowed to proceed as an opt-out…
Transparency International publishes the CPI 2024
United Kingdom - February 28 2025 On 11 February 2025, Transparency International ("TI") published the Corruption Perceptions Index 2024 ("CPI"). The CPI is the most widely used…
Lady Chief Justice floats possible new London Dispute Resolution Committee and Mediation Council
United Kingdom - February 12 2025 In a recent lecture for the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Mediation after the Singapore Convention, Lady Carr, the Lady…
Corporate reporting - thresholds for company classification and disclosures in the Directors’ Report amended
United Kingdom - December 13 2024 He government has made regulations to raise the monetary thresholds used to classify companies as large, medium, small or as a micro-entity and to…
Texas District Court Ruling Implements Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Suspending Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act
USA - December 10 2024 Following a ruling in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, a nationwide preliminary…
Driving Change: Government Launches Call for Evidence on the RTFO
United Kingdom - December 9 2024 The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) is the government's key scheme for incentivising the use of low carbon fuels (such as biofuels…
Pre-action protocols: Civil Justice Council proposes bespoke protocol for commercial cases, including mandatory pre-action "dispute resolution process"
United Kingdom - December 4 2024 The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has published the second and final part of a report recommending substantial changes to the regime of pre-action…
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