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The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, more commonly known as Martyn's Law, came into force on 3 April 2025.

On 11 November 2020, the U.K. Government announced long-awaited and extensive reforms to the U.K. foreign investment regime.

In this month's edition of REF News and Views, we are going to continue our series on the National Security and Investment Act 2021 and explore the sanctions under the NSI Act for non-compliance.

The Divisional Court has dismissed a challenge to a divestment order made under the provisions of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act).

On January 4, 2022, the UK's National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act) is set to come fully into force, with some provisions retroactively applying to November 2020.

Over the last decade or so, EU Member States and other western governments have adopted new and stricter foreign direct investment (FDI) rules, resulting in ever-increasing...

The Cabinet Office has published its Response to a Call for Evidence in relation to the National Security and Investment (NSI) framework.

The UK Government has pledged to adopt legislation to strengthen existing powers to scrutinise and intervene in business transactions in order to protect national security.

At face value, the open source software (OSS) proposition looks too good to be true. Free, or at least inexpensive, software applications that provide equivalent functionality to much more expensive proprietary products, backed up by thousands of software developers constantly working on upgrades and fixing bugs.

On April 21, 2020, Imagination Technologies, a U.K. based company producing graphics processing units used in 11 billion devices globally, was summoned to answer questions by MPs in relation to national security concerns.

Western intelligence reports suggest Russia has been developing strategies to target critical undersea infrastructure off Norway's coast, intensifying NATO concerns about the security of telecommunications...

Following our Alert last month addressing the United Kingdom Government's intentions to improve the workings of the National Security and Investment Act 2021...

The UK's October Budget proposes an ambitious defense spending target of 3% of GDP by 2030, yet current projections show spending will only reach 2.7%, creating a £20 billion funding gap. The Budget introduces innovative financing mechanisms including a Multilateral Defense Mechanism—a multilateral bank for joint procurement—alongside increased private sector engagement and streamlined procurement processes. Critical questions remain about whether these initiatives can attract sufficient in

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled on whether United Kingdom, French, and Belgian national security laws were compatible with European Union privacy, data protection...

In just one month, Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek's technological prowess and cost-effectiveness has upended global tech industry expectations and markets – and prompted global regulatory scrutiny.

On 24 July 2018, the UK government published details of its proposed new regime for the scrutiny of foreign investments that may have national security implications.

Earlier in the year, we drew attention to the proposed Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (the 'FIRS') in the National Security Bill.