The Longchamp was commandeered by pirates off Somalia in 2009, who demanded a US$6 million ransom.

The UK Government recently responded to The House of Commons Transport Committee's Report, titled "UK aviation: reform for take-off". The Report makes a number of recommendations...

This was a further appeal, to the Court of Appeal, from an LMAA arbitration award, considering the true construction of the sweep-up provision at sub-clause 8(d) ...

In March, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of implementing the draft Data Protection Regulation, making its commitment to reforming the European regime irreversible.

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (‘ICO') has published what appears to be its first public enforcement notice based upon "the right to be forgotten" against Google Inc.

EU data protection authorities have taken a close look at the use of website trackers.

International regulatory bodies, working alongside their regional and national counterparts, have spent more than four years attempting to mend the global financial system by strengthening its stability and resilience.

During the Covid-19 imposed disruption to air travel, many airlines responded by tapping shareholders for cash but many also raised money in the debt markets to cover losses.

If you are an investor currently using overseas entities to hold UK property you should be aware that the UK Government is putting together proposals for greater transparency of the beneficial owners of UK properties owned by overseas entities.

The case has been closely monitored because of its impact on organisations engaging large numbers of individuals on a self-employed basis...

On 13 August 2013, the UK’s CESG, the Information Security arm of GCHQ, formally launched two schemes aimed at providing access to industry expertise on effective response to cybersecurity attacks.

It would be fair to say that when it comes to securitisation, I have always been very upbeat about the huge potential of this technology and the integral role that it can play.

London has historically been considered the centre of European financial services. Now it is also viewed as the capital of financial technology (FinTech).

Whereas some of the proceedings are still pending, three penalty notices issued by DPA Hamburg have in the meantime become binding.

The German regulatory practice has been to treat bitcoin as a unit of account and thus a financial instrument.

In order for countries to opt in to the system, their legal systems and privacy protection must meet APEC's standards.

The Supreme Court has today found in favour of the trade union UNISON in its judicial review of the UK Employment Tribunal fees regime, unanimously holding that the legislation implementing the current regime is unlawful both under domestic and EU law.

The previous Gafta Arbitration Rules were effective for contracts dated from 1 June 2014.

On 14 September 2017, the Government published the long-awaited draft of the Data Protection Bill.

In a written statement to Parliament, Baroness Neville-Rolfe confirmed the UK Government's view that the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union means that Article 48 of the GDPR does not apply to the UK.