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In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales International arbitration Investment treaty arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Other ADR and arbitration-related news LexTalk®Arbitration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Arbitration in England & Wales Commercial Court—AA 1996, s 67—BIT award—addition of new ground of challenge—rejected In Czech Republic v Diag [2024] EWHC 708 (Comm), the principal judgment of 8 March 2024 was delivered by Mr Justice Foxton in the English Commercial Court. Foxton J determined that the Czech Republic sought, belatedly, to introduce a fresh challenge under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 concerning the second claimant’s true nationality—a point that was, in principle, capable of grounding a jurisdictional objection. However, the state, exercising reasonable diligence, could and should have identified this contention during the BIT arbitration itself. Consequently, the proposed new challenge was barred by section 73(1) of the AA 1996, and the court declined to grant permission to amend. Written...

In this issue: Commercial Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences TMT LexTalk®EU Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Commercial Council of the EU adopts Directive on right to repair The Council of the EU has approved a Right to Repair Directive aimed at encouraging the fixing of broken or faulty goods. It seeks to make repair services easier to access, more transparent and appealing, and brings in measures that include a European online portal for consumers to find repair providers, plus a 12-month extension to the legal guarantee when a customer chooses repair instead of replacement. Following signature by the President of the European Parliament and the President of the Council, the Directive will be published in the Official Journal of the EU and will take effect 20 days after publication. See: LNB News 30/05/2024 58...

What is the impact of Brexit on the UK nuclear sector? As of 31 January 2020 (exit day), the UK ceased to be an EU Member State. From that date, a transition/implementation phase applied, during which the EU continued, for many purposes, to treat the UK as if it remained a Member State. Leaving the EU also entailed withdrawal from the Euratom Community. The transition ended at 11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020—known in UK law as ‘IP completion day’. At that point, key transitional measures expired and notable shifts started to apply across the UK’s legal framework. The UK’s exit from the EU likewise meant departure from Euratom. Any changes pertinent to this content are outlined below. Following IP completion day, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EU(W)A 2018) introduced a new category of domestic law—‘retained EU law’ (REUL)—comprising EU-derived rights and legislation preserved in the UK after Brexit. On 29 June 2023, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (REUL(RR)A 2023) received Royal Assent...

Nuclear energy in the EU As at September 2023, 12 of the 27 EU Member States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Finland, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden) operate nuclear power stations on their soil, while Germany shut its last reactors in April 2023. Nuclear power usage fell by 16.7% between 2021 and 2022, yet it still supplied over a fifth (21.8%) of the EU’s total electricity generation in 2022. Nuclear safety is treated as a priority at EU level, due to the potential for cross-border consequences should a nuclear accident occur. This Practice Note introduces the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (the Euratom Treaty), which provides the foundation for EU-wide nuclear rules and standards, and sets out principal EU legislation pertinent to the nuclear industry. It addresses rules on nuclear safeguards, installation safety and licensing, protection of human health and the environment from radiation, impact assessments for proposed nuclear installations, the management of radioactive waste, and the decommissioning of sites. Euratom Treaty The...

What is Euratom? The Euratom Treaty, concluded in 1957 by six founding members—Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands—created the Euratom Community. Since that date, every country acceding to what is now the European Union has automatically joined Euratom, whether or not it possesses nuclear facilities on its territory. Its primary purpose is to support the establishment and advancement of Europe’s nuclear industry and to protect the security of supply of ores, source materials and special fissile materials within the Community. What are the Euratom Treaty’s key provisions? To realise this overarching aim, the Treaty imposes obligations on the Community in relation to: promoting research and spreading technical information creating and applying uniform safety standards to safeguard the health of workers and the general public facilitating investment and ensuring the basic installations required for the development of nuclear energy in the Community ensuring that all users in the Community receive a regular and equitable supply of ores, source materials and...