The long running debate on what form the post-Brexit relationship between the UK and EU will take reached a new stage recently with the publication of the UK Government's White Paper...

The unusual case of PP & Anor v RR [2026] EWFC 172 is an example of potential complexities - and legal solutions – in a case of international surrogacy. This case sets out the approach of a court in England where twins born via surrogacy turned out not to be biologically related to either of the intended parents.

From 1 April 2018 a new ‘duty of candour' will be brought into force in relation to organisations providing health and social care.

A licensing decision by Westminster City Council to allow boxing and wrestling in the Albert Hall was recently successfully challenged in judicial review proceedings in the English High Court.

When First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the Scottish Government's target to deliver 50,000 new affordable homes, including 35,000 for social rent ...

As announced earlier this summer, the UK Government last week published the first batch in what is expected to be a series of over 80 Brexit ‘no deal' technical notes.

The English Court of Appeal has considered for the first time in Ted Baker Plc v Axa Insurance UK Plc [2017] EWCA Civ that there are circumstances in which insurance companies will be under a duty to...

The Court of Justice of the EU ("CJEU") has handed down yet another complex judgement in the trade mark "chocolate wars" between Cadbury and Nestle.

A recent judgement of the English High Court http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Patents/2017/3190.html decided an important new point on what amounts to an exclusive patent licence.

Adjudication is an interim-binding dispute resolution process which binds parties until the matter is finally determined by legal proceedings, arbitration or agreement.

The High Court of Justiciary last week published a judgment, originally given in October 2017, finding the Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd guilty of contempt of court for its reporting on the arrests of two (unrelated) individuals.

The High Court has today issued its eagerly awaited judgment in group litigation arising out of a data breach affecting 100,000 employees of the Morrisons supermarket chain.

The SESplan housing supply targets have to be implemented through local development plans.

The recent case of Breyer Group plc v RBK Engineering Limited considered the use of winding up petitions in construction contracts.

The English Court of Appeal has handed down a judgment in the case Whiting v First/Keolis Transpennine Limited 2018 EWCA Civ 4.

In response to recent consultation findings the UK Competition & Markets Authority ("CMA") last week made certain changes to its merger control function, including the issuing of new guidance.

The Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 21 September 2017 and received Royal Assent on 30 October 2017.

The Working Time Regulations 1998 give workers an entitlement to various kinds of rest (including rest breaks during the working day).

A will is often viewed as a document that clients put in place for the future and then pay little further attention to.

Earlier this month, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (John Healey MP), Secretary of State (Louise Haigh MP) and the Attorney General (Ellie Reeves KC MP) issued a Letter to all ministers...