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26 October 2020

UK REACH, the UK’s new independent chemicals regulatory framework takes effect from 1 January 2021 following the expiry of the Brexit Implementation Period. This means that anybody that makes, sells, or distributes chemicals in the UK and the EU needs to abide by both the UK REACH and EU REACH rules. Companies need to review their operations and supply chains […]

On 23rd October Ofcom, the UK Communications regulator and concurrent competition regulator, issued a Statement of Objections (“SO”) to Motorola Solutions UK Limited (“Motorola”), its ultimate parent company Motorola Solutions Inc., and Sepura Limited (“Sepura”) alleging that they had breached UK and EU competition law. The SO sets out the regulator’s provisional view that the parties infringed Chapter 1 of the […]

22 October 2020

Fraud and financial crime have risen over the years, and this is likely to continue. In this second session of our Financial Crime Resilience virtual event series, we discussed the interaction between investigations and private prosecutions following an emerging trend in this sector, which has increased during the pandemic. Watch the full second session below:    

In this first interactive session of Rosenblatt’s and Grant Thornton’s Financial Crime Resilience virtual event series, our speakers spoke about some of the current ‘hot topics’ in the financial crime world. They shared their recent experience dealing with individuals and companies during the pandemic and some of the issues that have arisen with financial crime and regulatory obligations. Watch the […]

21 October 2020

Introduction On 14th October, the Government laid before Parliament further draft legislation to ensure the UK public procurement regime is ready for Brexit after the end of the Implementation Period on 31st December 2020 at 11pm. This comprised the draft Public Procurement (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (“the New Regulations “) which is to revoke the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU […]

20 October 2020

On 7th October 2020 the National Crime Agency (NCA) announced it had seized £10m worth of assets owned by a businessman with links to serious organised crime through an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO). National Crime Agency Investigation | Rosenblatt’s Financial Crime Team The National Crime Agency said Mahmood Hussain, a 40-year-old businessman from Leeds, agreed to hand over 45 properties […]

19 October 2020

With October being Black History Month, Rosenblatt’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee was delighted to host Vice President of the Law Society I. Stephanie Boyce for a Q&A session with our employment partner Michelle Chance, in which she discussed a variety of diversity issues facing the legal profession. Stephanie will become the first Black, the first ethnic minority President of the […]

Introduction On 12 October 2020, the European Commission announced a public consultation in relation to the review of competition legislation which governs the distribution of the sale and repair of motor vehicles and the distribution of spare parts in the European Union. The review will look into whether the terms of Commission Regulation 461/2010 (“the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption” or” […]

15 October 2020

On 12th October the government set out a three-tiered system of local COVID-19 Alert Levels in order to standardise rules around social distancing. The new system, in force from 14th October will consist of medium, high and very high tiers depending on factors such as infection rates, growth rates and hospital admissions in local areas. What are the tiers? | […]

13 October 2020

Following criticism that the Job Support Scheme does not go far enough and with the new tier system of more severe local restrictions being introduced, the government has responded more flexibly and announced that the Job Support Scheme (JSS), due to come into force from November, is to be expanded to cover firms forced to shut by law because of […]