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In this issue: Key developments and materials Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Oil and gas Nuclear energy Planning issues in energy projects International energy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Key developments and materials Autumn Budget 2024—key environment and energy announcements On 30 October 2024, the Autumn Budget was delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, unveiling a suite of proposals affecting the energy and environmental spheres. Headline pledges encompassed major backing for both Track-1 carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) clusters, alongside the 11 winning HAR1 electrolytic hydrogen schemes earlier trailed by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). In addition, nuclear received a boost, with £2.7bn allocated to progress Sizewell C through 2025–2026 and to bolster UK fusion research. The nascent Great British Energy secured...

Air France-KLM SA did not reveal what it will pay for the holdings, stating the price will be set on completion. The Franco-Dutch airline said it expects to close the transaction in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory approval. No additional particulars were shared. Details of counsel for the companies were not immediately available. Benjamin Smith, chief executive of Air France, said in a statement that stronger financial performance at SAS had prompted the company’s interest in securing a controlling stake in the carrier. ‘Following [its]’...

In this issue: Key developments and materials Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Capacity Market, balancing services and energy system flexibility Oil and gas Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Key developments and materials DESNZ publishes 2023–24 annual report and accounts The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has released its 2023–24 annual report and accounts, detailing its work, financial outcomes, and milestones across 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. The publication sets out resource utilisation, departmental priorities, and the financial statements for DESNZ together with its partner bodies. Headline developments include the enactment of the Energy Act 2023 in October 2023, alongside momentum on the review of electricity market arrangements, marked by a second consultation launched in March 2024. The document further confirms continued backing for research...

This Practice Note examines methods for valuing law firms and sets out the elements most prone to shape that assessment. Although several conventional approaches exist, it offers a worked illustration of an earnings-led valuation (discounted economic income). Investors commonly adopt this approach when pricing a company and, therefore, it is a vital computation to undertake before starting any talks. The outcome might be below your expectations, yet it provides a window into the sum an investor or acquirer could be prepared to offer. The discounted economic value model In brief, this model projects a firm’s future net cash profits and discounts them to today’s value. By applying an appropriate discount rate, it seeks to reflect the spectrum of risks the business encounters in generating that earnings flow over time. The exercise, therefore, converts anticipated cash returns across multiple years into a single current figure that recognises uncertainty, timing, and sustainability in the delivery of the net income stream...

This Resource Note assembles pertinent commentary, analysis and resources to support interpretation and offer practical guidance on applying UKLR 7 of the UK Listing Rules, which details the requirements for a company with equity shares admitted to the equity shares (commercial companies) category in relation to significant transactions and reverse takeovers... the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Handbook FCA Knowledge Base guidance—Procedural Notes and Technical Notes (formal guidance binding on the FCA) FCA consultation papers (CP), discussion papers (DP), policy statements (PS) and feedback statements Primary Market Bulletins and other FCA publications former UKLA technical and procedural notes and the UKLA newsletter List!, where still relevant to interpreting or applying a provision assimilated EU legislation EU Directives and EU Regulations, where relevant to interpretation of a provision Lexis+® UK Practical Guidance and Lexis+® UK Legal Research resources UKLR 7—Setting the scene What it covers: UKLR 7 sets out the requirements for a company with equity shares listed...

This Practice Note Sets out how tax considerations affect a court’s determination of the sum to be paid to a claimant as damages for financial loss, and how tax is taken into account when computing any interest component of the award. The court’s aim is to award a figure that restores the claimant to the position they would have been in if the wrong or injury (for example negligence, misrepresentation, or breach of contract) had not occurred. This may make it relevant to consider the following: any tax charge that will arise on the damages award (see Practice Note: Direct tax treatment of damages and compensation payments); and/or the tax that would have been due if the wrong or injury had not taken place—for instance, where damages replace a loss of trading profits, whether the claimant would have been taxable on those profits Where the dispute is contractual, before applying the principles outlined in this Practice Note, you should check whether there...

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