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HS2 Ltd is to start environmental and engineering survey work along the planned route of the new rail line between London and the Midlands. As landowners are being contacted for site visits, Travers Smith outline the HS2 plans over the next few years and the likely impact they will have.

The Upper Tribunal recently issued an important decision clearing John Pottage of misconduct in carrying out his CEO functions whilst in charge of UBS Wealth Management. Travers Smith's regulation team outlines some key points to note for regulated firms, senior management and compliance staff.

This update from Travers Smith offers a comprehensive overview on all the latest developments affecting the UK pensions sector. This May 2012 edition focuses on the Pensions Regulator's scheme funding statement; CPI and RPI; contracting-out; recent HMRC announcements; and age discrimination cases.

Traver Smith's briefing for in-house counsel in the private equity includes a round-up of corporate and company law developments, plus highlights of legal developments from other practice areas which may be of particular interest to private equity practitioners in-house.

The radical changes introduced by the National Planning Policy Framework coupled with the Community Infrastructure Levy and the Mayor's Community Levy bring welcome changes for UK property developers. However, Travers Smith explain why the cost may challenge the financial viability of some schemes.

This monthly finance bulletin from Travers Smith's banking and corporate recovery department provides an overview of some recent market developments and trends in the finance sector, including a spotlight on rent as a prioritised expense on insolvency.

Travers Smith provides a round-up of the latest developments affecting employers and employment law. This month's edition includes details on boardroom diversity; retirement; justifying discrimination; racist comments; redundancy; unfair dismissal and inconsistent treatment; and much more.

The recent Abu Qatada deportation case provides a useful reminder of the ambiguities inherent in many commonly-used expressions of time in legal documents. This briefing from Travers Smith offers 10 tips for avoiding an argument over the drafting of expressions of time in commercial contracts.

This update provides a quarterly listing of expected future changes in UK law affecting work-based pension schemes. Areas covered in this edition are DC contracting-out abolished; automatic enrolment and NEST; record-keeping deadline; unisex annuity terms and actuarial factors; and much more.

On 27th March, the UK government published a consultation document raising the possibility of important changes in the taxation of interest. The most significant change is likely to be the suggestion that the availability of the quoted Eurobond exemption from withholding tax should be limited.