The Court also found limited trademark infringement and seemingly departed from EU law.
By Sophie Goossens and Brett Shandler
On 4 November 2025, the High Court of England and Wales (the Court) handed down its long-awaited judgment in Getty Images
Landmark decision means companies can assert legal advice privilege against their shareholders in litigation before the English courts.
By Oliver Middleton, Nell Perks, and Alice Zhou
On 24 July 2025, the Privy Council handed down its decision in
Final report recommends the digitisation of UK shareholdings through a fully intermediated system of shareholding, with an interim phase of digitised share registers.
By Mark Austin CBE, James Inness, Anna Ngo, and Johannes Poon
On 15 July
The proposed legislation will bring cryptoassets into the full scope of UK financial services regulation and enable the UK’s future cryptoasset regime.
By Stuart Davis and Gabriel Lakeman
On 29 April, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled draft legislation aimed at
The updated guidance puts a heavy emphasis on self-reporting and clarifies how corporates under investigation can earn cooperation credit from UK prosecutors.
By Pamela Reddy, Clare Nida, Annie Birch, and Matthew Unsworth
On 24 April 2025, the
The reform aims to prioritise “ready” and “needed” projects for grid connection.
By Conrad Andersen, Simon J. Tysoe, John Guccione, Tom Bartlett, and Evelyne Girio
On 15 April 2025, the energy regulator for Great Britain, Ofgem,
An overhaul of the UK consumer law landscape is on the horizon, with the consumer law provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 set to take effect on 6 April 2025.
The judgment concerns the circumstances in which fiduciaries must account to their principals for the profits they make from their fiduciary relationships.
By Oliver Middleton and Duncan Graves
The UK Supreme Court in Rukhadze v. Recovery Partners GP Ltd has
Illegal content safety duties came into full effect on 17 March 2025, shortly followed by children’s access assessment requirements.
By Gail E. Crawford, Fiona M. Maclean, Alain Traill, Calum Docherty, Edgar Lee, and Amy Smyth
The ruling, which narrows the UK’s jurisdiction over money laundering offences, will impact how cross-border money laundering offences are prosecuted going forward.
By Pamela Reddy, Clare Nida, and Annie Birch
The UK Supreme Court’s decision in El-Khouri1
