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This month's HR briefing highlights the Employment Rights Bill's key changes, including abolishing unfair dismissal qualifications, new parental leave provisions, and enhanced protections against sexual harassment, set for future implementation.

In AAA v BBB [2025] EWHC 1647 (Comm), Henshaw J discharged a worldwide freezing order (WFO) because the arbitration claim form for the underlying proceedings it was intended to support had expired...

The contractor, John Sisk and Son Limited (Sisk), sought a declaration from the Court regarding the proper meaning of the terms of a JCT 2016 Design and Build contract (the Contract) relating to risk allocation.

The Higher-Risk Buildings (Management of Safety Risks etc) (England) Regulations 2023. New regulations have recently been passed under the Building Safety Act (the Act)...

Given that the threat of tariffs has now become a reality there's no shortage of commentary on this subject. This note puts to one side the geopolitics of the tariff rates and instead focuses on the interaction of tariffs...

The Budget was relatively quiet on corporate tax. That reflects the Government's Corporate Tax Roadmap (the Roadmap)...

The latest investment management update covers significant regulatory changes, including the FCA's anti-greenwashing rule, operational resilience insights, consumer duty implementation, overseas funds regime, and inquiries into competitiveness objectives and cost disclosures for investment trusts.

For private fund managers, the benefit of retailisation is clear: an opportunity to raise additional capital and increase assets under management via an expanded investor base.

The 2023 United Nations Climate Conference of Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...

Welcome to the latest edition of our investment management update.

HM Treasury has announced the introduction of a new reward scheme designed to encourage informants to come forward to HMRC about tax fraud.

On 15 January 2025, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (the Tribunal) handed down its judgment approving the second and third settlement agreements...

UK voters elected a new parliament on 4 July, resulting in the first handover of power in over 14 years. With Labour having secured a historic landslide victory – and, arguably, a clear mandate for change ...

The Court of Appeal has rejected Meta's challenge to Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen's amendment of her pleadings to include a claim for 'user damages' in a competition law case concerning Facebook's collection of personal data. This decision opens up another potential claim against tech companies for alleged misuse of consumer data, with the question of whether such damages will be awarded to be decided at trial in October 2028.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the rules it is putting in place to regulate admissions to trading on public markets, as well as platforms that will facilitate public offers outside...

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published a feedback statement in response to the discussion paper on digital reporting it published in August 2024.