Jonny Mayner reviews two Advertising Standards Authority Decisions from 2018 in which the regulator has taken a view on the validity or subsistence of intellectual property rights. Is the ASA overstepping its bounds?

Historically, anyone searching for a domain could use this free database to reveal the person or company behind a domain registration, including their name and address.

Reform UK's proposal to imprison company directors and fine businesses up to 10% of global turnover for employing illegal workers raises fundamental questions about criminal liability, strict liability versus culpability...

The FIFA World Cup is upon us once again.

The UK government is expanding right to work checks beyond traditional employees to include casual workers, contractors, and gig economy workers under the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025. This represents the most significant expansion of immigration compliance rules in decades, requiring employers to verify immigration status across a much broader range of working relationships including agency-supplied labour, self-employed contractors, and platform workers.

Digital transformation is a compromise: a cheaper, but poorer, alternative to human-led services.

Employers are facing a surge in AI-assisted workplace grievances and Employment Tribunal claims that are often lengthy, aggressive, and factually inaccurate. This article examines the key challenges HR teams are encountering with AI-generated complaints and provides practical guidance on how to effectively manage and respond to these increasingly complex workplace disputes.

The UK Government has published a revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) that introduces significant changes to planning policy, including new provisions for development around well-connected railway stations, expanded Green Belt exceptions, and stricter density requirements. While retaining much of the consultation version's structure, key modifications have been made to transitional arrangements, plan-making timelines...

Many would grumble that recycling and waste obligations are a burden on the brewing and hospitality sectors that rival hiked energy prices and NI increases.

This comprehensive environmental law update examines significant regulatory changes across biodiversity net gain, waste tracking, carbon border adjustments, PFAS chemicals, water company enforcement, and infrastructure planning reforms. The analysis explores how new regulations will reshape environmental compliance obligations for businesses, landowners, and developers while examining the balance between regulatory protection and operational flexibility.

The introduction of the Consumer Duty (the Duty) is the biggest regulatory shift in financial services in recent years, with a very tight timescale for implementation set out in the FCA's policy statement of 28 July 2022 (PS 22/9).

On 30 July 2026, Acas published a consultation on a revised draft Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures.

Family businesses often overlook one of their most significant risks: family law. Relationship breakdown, generational transition and changing family dynamics can profoundly impact ownership, control and business continuity. How can family business leaders balance protecting the enterprise with fairness to family members while navigating divorce, succession planning and evolving governance structures?

Its overarching objective is to tackle the UK’s longstanding “advice gap” by enabling consumers to access more meaningful support when making decisions about pensions and investments, whilst maintaining appropriate standards of consumer protection.