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Dispute resolution

Technological change and the digitalisation of the global economy is having a profound effect on dispute resolution activity internationally – both in terms of the nature of disputes that arise and how this transformation can create efficiencies in delivering services to businesses involved in disputes.

Businesses at the centre of these technological advances – in sectors such as telecoms, automotive, renewable energy, and life sciences and pharmaceuticals – need to focus on a complex nexus of data, brand protection and regulation in an increasingly competitive environment.

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Financial Services

FCA launches motor finance consumer redress scheme consultation in UK

Regulator expects to publish its policy statement and final rules by early 2026

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14/10/2025

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Unified Patent Court

Life sciences at the fore of preliminary injunction trends emerging from Europe's UPC

Half of PIs granted at first instance on inter partes basis, with invalidity and non-infringement main points of refusal

10/10/2025

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Dispute resolution

OFSI penalty highlights sanctions compliance gaps at global companies

UK pharmaceutical firm fined £152,750 for Russia sanctions breach

08/10/2025

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IT and data

CJEU clarifies concepts of personal and pseudonymised data: implications for data sharing

Transparency obligations apply to a transfer of pseudonymised data, even if it is not identifiable as personal data in the...

01/10/2025

Read time 5m

Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU advocate general clarifies medical device classification and distributor duties

Preliminary MDR distributor guidance emerges from German dental equipment classification court case

30/09/2025

Read time 5m

GDPR

To Equiniti and beyond: Court of Appeal breathes life into low value data protection claims in UK

What might this decision mean for the data litigation market and the management of group data protection claims?

24/09/2025

Read time 6m

Dispute resolution

High Court allows lender to sue UK law firm operating a claims management business model

Bank claims that law firm took a reckless and indiscriminate approach to submitting 'irresponsible lending' claims

19/09/2025

Read time 5m

Real estate

Streamlined English court process proposed for Building Safety Act claims

Technology Construction Court guideline updates are to be finalised but will aim for a more efficient resolution process

15/09/2025

Read time 3m

Regulatory and compliance

Effective management of global compliance risks: a start-to-finish guide

Managing global compliance risk is a significant task – and it is getting bigger and more complex every year

15/09/2025

Read time 1m

Tax

Tax Tribunal finds SIPP withdrawals by expatriate not taxable by the UK

FTT determines that article 17 of the UK-Portugal DTC applied to withdrawals made by non-resident taxpayer from SIPP

04/09/2025

Read time 4m

Business crime

Money laundering in the UK undergoes first national risk assessment for five years

How have money-laundering risks for financial services and property evolved since 2020?

04/09/2025

Read time 4m

Corporate

UK counts down to identity checks for all directors and persons with significant control from November

Seven questions answered to help prepare as the significant change approaches

29/08/2025

Read time 8m

Business crime

'Failure to prevent fraud' prosecution guidance reinforces prospect of UK authorities' early use of new power

Ahead of the implementation of the new offence, the SFO and CPS have issued joint guidance on corporate prosecutions

26/08/2025

Read time 3m

Decarbonisation

International Court of Justice issues landmark opinion on state obligations in respect of climate change

Failure to take action on climate change risks legal accountability

21/08/2025

Read time 10m

Intellectual property

Life after SkyKick: UKIPO's Appointed Person applies landmark Supreme Court decision

Bad faith still looms large in trade mark opposition and infringement proceedings

18/08/2025

Read time 4m

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Financial Services

FCA launches motor finance consumer redress scheme consultation in UK

Regulator expects to publish its policy statement and final rules by early 2026

New -

14/10/2025

Read time 6m

Unified Patent Court

Life sciences at the fore of preliminary injunction trends emerging from Europe's UPC

Half of PIs granted at first instance on inter partes basis, with invalidity and non-infringement main points of refusal

10/10/2025

Read time 1m

Dispute resolution

OFSI penalty highlights sanctions compliance gaps at global companies

UK pharmaceutical firm fined £152,750 for Russia sanctions breach

08/10/2025

Read time 2m

IT and data

CJEU clarifies concepts of personal and pseudonymised data: implications for data sharing

Transparency obligations apply to a transfer of pseudonymised data, even if it is not identifiable as personal data in the...

01/10/2025

Read time 5m

Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU advocate general clarifies medical device classification and distributor duties

Preliminary MDR distributor guidance emerges from German dental equipment classification court case

30/09/2025

Read time 5m

GDPR

To Equiniti and beyond: Court of Appeal breathes life into low value data protection claims in UK

What might this decision mean for the data litigation market and the management of group data protection claims?

24/09/2025

Read time 6m

Dispute resolution

High Court allows lender to sue UK law firm operating a claims management business model

Bank claims that law firm took a reckless and indiscriminate approach to submitting 'irresponsible lending' claims

19/09/2025

Read time 5m

Real estate

Streamlined English court process proposed for Building Safety Act claims

Technology Construction Court guideline updates are to be finalised but will aim for a more efficient resolution process

15/09/2025

Read time 3m

Regulatory and compliance

Effective management of global compliance risks: a start-to-finish guide

Managing global compliance risk is a significant task – and it is getting bigger and more complex every year

15/09/2025

Read time 1m

Tax

Tax Tribunal finds SIPP withdrawals by expatriate not taxable by the UK

FTT determines that article 17 of the UK-Portugal DTC applied to withdrawals made by non-resident taxpayer from SIPP

04/09/2025

Read time 4m

Business crime

Money laundering in the UK undergoes first national risk assessment for five years

How have money-laundering risks for financial services and property evolved since 2020?

04/09/2025

Read time 4m

Corporate

UK counts down to identity checks for all directors and persons with significant control from November

Seven questions answered to help prepare as the significant change approaches

29/08/2025

Read time 8m

Business crime

'Failure to prevent fraud' prosecution guidance reinforces prospect of UK authorities' early use of new power

Ahead of the implementation of the new offence, the SFO and CPS have issued joint guidance on corporate prosecutions

26/08/2025

Read time 3m

Decarbonisation

International Court of Justice issues landmark opinion on state obligations in respect of climate change

Failure to take action on climate change risks legal accountability

21/08/2025

Read time 10m

Intellectual property

Life after SkyKick: UKIPO's Appointed Person applies landmark Supreme Court decision

Bad faith still looms large in trade mark opposition and infringement proceedings

18/08/2025

Read time 4m

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