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[co-author: Mollie Deyong, Articled Student] The basic ground rules for the traditional bidding process, as set out in the seminal Supreme Court of Canada decision in Ron Engineering, as later modified in the MJB decision, are now well understood,...By: Dentons

As in implementing regulation of Law of the Republic Indonesia No.5 of 1999 on the Prohibition of Monopolistic Practices and Unfair Business Competition and Government Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia No.57 of 2010 on Mergers and...By: Dentons

In the UK, the definition of "worker" includes both employees and anyone else working under a contract under which they undertake to do or perform work or services for the other party personally. This definition is generally applied, including for...By: Dentons

In this article, we focus on investigation reports in disciplinary matters, and the lessons investigators can learn from the latest decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the case of Dr J Dronsfield v. The University of Reading. In...By: Dentons

Not vegetarianism according to a recent decision of the Employment Tribunal in Newcastle (Conisbee v. Crossley Farms Limited) and yet, in the case of Mr Casamitjana v. League Against Cruel Sports, there is a widely held view that the claimant's...By: Dentons

IR35 was introduced to crack down on perceived tax avoidance whereby individuals would seek to avoid paying employee income tax and National Insurance contributions by contracting through personal service companies (PSCs). The First-Tier Tribunal...By: Dentons

The amended Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Act and Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulation have raised the standard of conduct for developers and are ultimately targeted at providing purchasers with greater protection when they enter into off-the-plan...By: Dentons

In practice it is common to see contracts that contain clauses establishing certain restrictions on the contracting parties. Such restrictions may be in the form of obligations not to compete with the counterparty, known as “non-compete clauses”....By: Dentons

The 2019 California Legislative year has officially come to a close. Not surprisingly, there are dozens of new employment laws hitting the books on January 1, 2020. Below we highlight 10 new laws, and provide key takeaways for covered employers as we...By: Dentons

On October 18, 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Armed Services Board of Appeals’ (“ASBCA”) decision in Appeal No. 57743 that salary costs for employees participating in lobbying activities are expressly unallowable...By: Dentons