27.12.18
Shipping & Marine update
Let’s look at how the Regulations that bring ILO 188 into domestic law throughout the UK will impact on health and safety law for owners, employers, skippers and their crews.
The legal framework for health and safety on board UK vessels and vessels operating in UK waters is found within:
The Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
Various Regulations passed under the 1995 Act (for example, The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 1997); and
Merchant Shipping Notices (MSNs) and Marine Guidance Notices (MGNs) issued by the MCA.
Depending on...
27.12.18
Shipping & Marine update
Are you familiar with ILO 188 – otherwise known as the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Work in Fishing Convention of 2007? Fishing vessel owners, skippers and crews may not have heard of it yet, but– it’s something they will have to become familiar with fairly quickly. New Regulations (The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) Regulations 2018) have been laid before Parliament, with the majority coming into force on 31 December 2018 - which give effect to ILO 188 in the UK. MCA Guidance is awaited, although some information is available on the consultation page on its...
20.12.18
CMA proposes significant reforms of audit sector to improve competition
The Competition and Markets Authority has issued an update in its market study into the audit sector, which was launched in October.
The concerns and proposals the CMA has now announced touch on some of the key aspects of how the market for large company audits works, and if taken up have the potential to fundamentally change the sector going forward.
What issues has the CMA identified?
The update notes a number of concerns the CMA has with how the audit market operates, including the dominance of the so-called “Big 4” audit firms – PwC, EY, Deloitte and KPMG. The CMA notes that...
19.12.18
Brexit
The UK Supreme Court gave its judgment on Thursday last week, in the first ever challenge by UK law officers to the competence of a Scottish Parliament Bill.
A panel of seven Supreme Court justices held unanimously that while the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill (the “Continuity Bill”) as a whole is within the Scottish Parliament’s legislative competence, parts of it are not because they seek to modify either the Scotland Act 1998 (the “Scotland Act) or the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “Withdrawal Act”). The latter was enacted...
