Nuclear Law Insights & Articles

The European Commission’s Study on Possible Reforms to Nuclear Third-Party Liability Insurance: Recommendations Made

This blog is the final of three on the EC’s study on nuclear third party liability and insurance; previously we have written about the need for the study [1] and, once the report was published late last year, we covered the current difficulties the insurance market is having with some of the revisions to the nuclear liability […]

06/10/2021

European Commission Asserts Jurisdiction to Review Merger of Two US Corporations – Illumina Inc. Files Annulment Suit in Response.

Prospect Law Life Sciences – Article 22, EU Merger Regulation 139/2204 Illumina Inc’s proposed acquisition of Grail Inc, which it had spun out in 2016, has raised potential competition issues on both sides of the Atlantic and will also be of interest to companies in the life sciences sector. Illumina, based in California, is a […]

UK-China Investment and Trade: What’s Next?

In the spring of 2011, I came to the UK to assist a Chinese client in negotiating and completing the acquisition of a European group of companies which was headquartered in the UK. At that time, the Chinese “Belt and Road” Initiative had not been initiated, and the momentum for Chinese companies to invest in […]

COP26 and the UK’s Net Zero Strategy

COP 26 is the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ‘UNFCCC’. It is due to take place in Glasgow, Scotland on 1st to 12th November 2021, and it is widely seen as a turning point in the heated debates about what can, and should, be done to address climate […]

05/10/2021

Wholesale Energy Prices: Oil, Natural Gas and Electricity Between July – September 2021

Oil   Crude prices continued their ascent to close the period at their highest level in four years when spot prices peaked at $85 /bbl in October 2018. Dated Brent prices have already increased 25% this year to date and the wind remains in the market’s sails amid surging petroleum products’ demand by South East Asian and […]

The UK’s Free Trade Agreement With Japan: Upcoming Trade Missions

Following the successful Free Trade Agreement with Japan the UK Government’s Department for International Trade is undertaking a series of business focused UK-Japan Trade Missions commencing with the launch event on 2nd March. Given Japan is the worlds third largest economy and relies heavily on nuclear power this is a market that UK companies should positively […]

The UK’s Free Trade Agreement With New Zealand

The UK has very recently agreed a free trade deal with New Zealand with a view to cutting export costs and opening up New Zealand’s job market to UK lawyers and other professionals. Whilst only a very small proportion of UK trade is done with New Zealand (less than 0.2%), the political significance of this […]

COP26 Language and Meaning

As I am travelling up to COP26 for the second week, I thought that it might be useful to provide a brief glossary of terms, with suitable meanings, which are being bandied about at the Conference. In particular there are a lot of acronyms which many involved in COP26 take for granted, but which for […]

COP26 Week 1: What Has Been Achieved So Far?

What importance can be placed on the outcomes from the discussions at COP26 Week 1? How confident can we be that they will affect climate change in a positive way? And how will we know the commitments will be adhered to and achieved by the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)? A […]

SMR Development and the Role of Nuclear in a Net Zero Future

At the time of writing, we are more than halfway through COP26 climate conference, so it seems quite apposite for there to have been an announcement by Rolls-Royce on securing the funding for its 470 MW(e) Small Modular Reactor SMR development. The Benefits of SMRs SMRs are, as the name suggests, smaller and cheaper than the conventional, […]

What Is Arbitration and How Does It Work?

In this article our agribusiness and disputes specialist Nina Winter explains the exactly what is Arbitration and how it can work for you. Nina has recently been accepted as a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) and is able to act for you in an arbitration or be appointed as an arbitrator. Her […]

The Role of Insurance in the Climate Debate

The Insurance Market and Climate Change On 29th October 2021 the Lloyd’s of London insurance market announced the launch of an action plan to ‘accelerate the transition to net zero’. The press release states that the plan will set out how ‘the insurance industry will partner with critical industries to support and accelerate the transition to a […]

Extreme Flooding: Using Insurance Data to Help Prevent Future Disasters

In his second commentary on the role of the insurance market in the climate debate, our insurance and risk management specialist Mark Tetley shares his view of what more could be done by governments, insurers and emergency services to prevent further damage and loss in the face of extreme flooding. The Environment Agency’s Flood Action […]

40 Years of Data Privacy in the UK. What’s Next?

Challenged and revised through developments in modern online communications, our data privacy rights are continually evolving. What events moulded our current policies, and what can we anticipate in the years ahead? How did we get to where we are now with what’s commonly perceived as the global “gold standard” of regulation with regard to the […]

Wholesale Energy Prices – December Bullet

Very sharp recent price increases have prompted this update from our economist, Dominic Whittome. Prices are up another 30% this month. The financial impact on commercial and industrial buyers will be serious if such price levels are sustained for much longer or as the April Year buying round draws closer. Gas Prices Day-ahead gas prices […]

Data Privacy Regulation: Looking to 2025 and Beyond

The second part in his overview of data privacy then and now, our Data Privacy and Intellectual Property specialist, David McIntosh looks at what is happening now in the UK, US and globally, and what we can see happening in the next few years that will influence our data rights in the future. Hold onto […]

04/10/2021