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Sarah Cardell, the Chief Executive of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), recently gave a speech to Tech UK in which, among other things, she included a spoiler about how the CMA plans...

Although the CMA has been focusing on fake reviews and drip pricing in recent months, it is still very interested in green claims. It recently issued new guidance on getting green claims right across the supply chain.

The FCA has fined John Wood Group PLC (Wood Group) £12,993,700 for publishing inaccurate information in its financial results. Specifically, the fine was for breaching...

A request to access the register of members is not an uncommon experience and the timelines for responding are very tight. A company must respond promptly or challenge invalid requests within the statutory deadlines, but many companies are unprepared. In this article, we give some practical takeaways.

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) introduces changes to UK company law to ensure the accuracy of information and to reduce the possibility of fraud...

The Court of Appeal in Saxon Woods Investments Limited v Costa [2025] EWCA Civ 708 has clarified that assessing compliance with a director's duty under section 172...

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 (CPA 2026), which received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026, will significantly extend corporate criminal liability from 29 June 2026...

The UK government has published detailed guidance on a new employer duty requiring staff to be informed of their right to join a trade union, set to take effect in January 2027. Employers must provide government-supplied wording to all workers and send annual reminders, raising questions about implementation methods and administrative burden.

The government have released a consultation on how the new right to bereavement leave (including pregnancy loss before 24 weeks) will work in practice.

The Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (DETE) is set to revolutionise the employment permit application process with the launch...

The Court of First Instance has provided timely guidance on managing overlapping employment disputes that straddle the Labour Tribunal and the High Court.

Two bills on employment law were just announced in the King's Speech – an Employment Rights Bill and a draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill. Here's our initial take.

The Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act has passed after being rushed through parliament in the final hours before the election campaign started.

The EAT also made wider comments about the scope of settlement agreements and the practice of listing a series of claims to be settled.

There are no specific legal requirements in relation to the period leading up to the funeral itself, but employers may receive requests for annual leave from employees wanting to travel to London.

The new tax year started last week, but few people pause to ask why it starts on 6 April, a date that seems, at first glance, arbitrary. It isn't.

It's official – the UK general election is happening on 4 July 2024. Election manifestos are due imminently but we already know the areas where Labour plans to legislate...

Amendments agreed by the House of Lords to the Worker Protection Bill look likely to be accepted by the government. It seems that employer liability for harassment...