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All rights reserved.SaturdaySunday0123456789101113141517181920212223http://www.nortonrose.com/common/images/logo_reverse.gifhttp://www.nortonrose.comEssential Corporate News, our weekly news service covering the latest developments in the UK corporate world.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80253/essential-corporate-news-week-ending-17-may-2013http://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80253/essential-corporate-news-week-ending-17-may-2013text/plainThe forestry company Moulton Contracting obtained licences from the British Columbia government to harvest timber on two tracts of land in the territory of the...Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80267/supreme-court-of-canada-focuses-attention-on-the-collective-and-individual-aspects-of-aboriginal-and-treaty-rightshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80267/supreme-court-of-canada-focuses-attention-on-the-collective-and-individual-aspects-of-aboriginal-and-treaty-rightstext/plainWe enclose an update of some recent noteworthy cases and developments concerning aboriginal law and the duty to consult.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80275/aboriginal-consultation-recent-highlightshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80275/aboriginal-consultation-recent-highlightstext/plainDryco Drywall Supplies Ltd. v Teamsters Local Union 213 is an important reminder to employers that even extreme acts of workplace misconduct may not give rise to...Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80278/set-your-co-worker-on-fire-it-may-not-be-cause-for-dismissalhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80278/set-your-co-worker-on-fire-it-may-not-be-cause-for-dismissaltext/plainThe Equator Principles (EP) is an agreement amongst 76 global financial institutions (known as EP Financial Institutions or EPFI) to apply environmental and...Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80287/equator-principles-iii-is-approved-and-launched-new-trends-and-a-strategy-rethinkhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80287/equator-principles-iii-is-approved-and-launched-new-trends-and-a-strategy-rethinktext/plainIn a recent decision, an Ontario arbitrator has upheld the dismissal of a grievor with 37 years of service for repeated violations of the company’s health and...Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80293/health-and-safety-trumps-employees-seniorityhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80293/health-and-safety-trumps-employees-senioritytext/plainOn May 10, 2013, the senior deputy commissioner at the Mergers Branch of the Competition Bureau (the Bureau) announced that the Bureau is changing its information...Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80295/canadian-competition-bureaus-new-approach-to-upstream-oil-and-gas-mergershttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80295/canadian-competition-bureaus-new-approach-to-upstream-oil-and-gas-mergerstext/plainThe new Mozambique Competition Law, 10 of 2013 will come into force on 10 July 2013. The accompanying rules are to be approved by the Council of Ministers...Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80172/competition-regulation-spreads-through-africa-the-mozambique-competition-lawhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80172/competition-regulation-spreads-through-africa-the-mozambique-competition-lawtext/plainThreatening to resign, when used by an employee to bargain for better working conditions, is a weapon that cuts both ways.Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80239/resignation-as-a-bargaining-weapon-a-double-edged-swordhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80239/resignation-as-a-bargaining-weapon-a-double-edged-swordtext/plainSeveral leading law firms, competitors in the fiercely competitive legal sector, have worked together in the interest of their clients to develop a best practice...Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80201/leading-international-firms-in-australia-band-together-to-provide-best-practice-advice-and-solutions-for-clientshttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80201/leading-international-firms-in-australia-band-together-to-provide-best-practice-advice-and-solutions-for-clientstext/plainIn 2013 a significant number of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) backed by German land charges are due to mature...Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80213/refinancing-german-property-loans-securitised-via-cmbshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80213/refinancing-german-property-loans-securitised-via-cmbstext/plainThe International Chamber of Commerce has recently published a competition compliance toolkit.Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80228/icc-publishes-compliance-toolkithttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80228/icc-publishes-compliance-toolkittext/plainWhen Norton Rose combines with Fulbright & Jaworski LLP on June 3rd it will create one of the world's largest practices.Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80241/the-times-in-the-city-edward-fennellhttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80241/the-times-in-the-city-edward-fennelltext/plainDavid Johnston discusses joining the Norton Rose Bahrain office and how the legal market differs from the UK.Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80245/the-oath-getting-on-with-business-in-bahrainhttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80245/the-oath-getting-on-with-business-in-bahraintext/plainMiguel Manzano and Marilyne Rougeau’s column on the registration of mining claims in Quebec appeared in the May issue of Canadian Mining Journal.Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80195/canadian-lawyer-legal-feeds-blog-diversity-in-adr-unfamiliar-doesnt-mean-inferiorhttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80195/canadian-lawyer-legal-feeds-blog-diversity-in-adr-unfamiliar-doesnt-mean-inferiortext/plainMiguel Manzano and Marilyne Rougeau’s column on the registration of mining claims in Quebec appeared in the May issue of Canadian Mining Journal.Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80196/canadian-mining-journal-mining-securities-in-quebechttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80196/canadian-mining-journal-mining-securities-in-quebectext/plainL'auteur explique les détails d'une procédure légale permettant aux travailleurs étrangers détenant un Certificat de sélection...Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80185/lobtention-dun-certificat-de-selection-du-quebec-permet-maintenant-de-maintenir-lemploi-ou-dobtenir-un-nouveau-permis-de-travail-pour-un-travailleur-etrangerhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80185/lobtention-dun-certificat-de-selection-du-quebec-permet-maintenant-de-maintenir-lemploi-ou-dobtenir-un-nouveau-permis-de-travail-pour-un-travailleur-etrangertext/plainIn a joint interview with Mining Weekly, Walied Soliman and Orestes Pasparakis explain why a mining company could find itself threatened by a proxy battle and...Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80197/mining-weekly-norton-rose-predicts-continued-onslaught-of-proxy-battles-in-mining-sectorhttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80197/mining-weekly-norton-rose-predicts-continued-onslaught-of-proxy-battles-in-mining-sectortext/plainCompared to other parts of the world, the mining sector in the Middle East is relatively undeveloped.Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79893/middle-east-north-africa-and-central-asia-menaca-mining-guideshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79893/middle-east-north-africa-and-central-asia-menaca-mining-guidestext/plainTurkey benefits from a highly varied geology: it holds 2.5 per cent of the world’s industrial mineral resources and produces some 50 different metals and minerals...Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80049/mining-in-turkey-ten-things-to-knowhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80049/mining-in-turkey-ten-things-to-knowtext/plainBen Rose discusses the difficulties of covering delays in the delivery of advanced new buildings.Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80189/lloyds-list-chinas-shipbuilders-step-up-their-quest-for-innovationhttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80189/lloyds-list-chinas-shipbuilders-step-up-their-quest-for-innovationtext/plainInternational legal practice Norton Rose has advised UniCredit and Banca IMI on a €90 million financing to Pastificio Rana S.p.A.Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80190/norton-rose-advises-unicredit-and-banca-imi-on-financing-to-leading-italian-pasta-company-pastificio-rana-spahttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80190/norton-rose-advises-unicredit-and-banca-imi-on-financing-to-leading-italian-pasta-company-pastificio-rana-spatext/plainOn 25th October 2011 the European Commission (‘the Commission’) adopted a legislative proposal for the revision of the Accounting and Transparency Directives.Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80179/disclosure-provisions-in-the-extractive-industrieshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80179/disclosure-provisions-in-the-extractive-industriestext/plainBen Rose discusses how Clifford Capital, will encourage people to continue building complex offshore units in SingaporWed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80183/lloyds-list-do-singapores-rig-builders-need-an-export-credit-agencyhttp://www.nortonrose.com/news/80183/lloyds-list-do-singapores-rig-builders-need-an-export-credit-agencytext/plainIn a recent decision, the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled for the first time that an employer can waive the notice given by an employee who resigns.Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80156/notice-of-resignation-will-employers-still-be-notified-before-an-employee-leaveshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80156/notice-of-resignation-will-employers-still-be-notified-before-an-employee-leavestext/plain