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Commercial analysis: A case brought to the Court of Appeal challenging the High Court’s decision on the scope of fiduciary duty, informed consent and...
23rd Apr
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Commercial analysis: 2025 is set to be a busy year in UK consumer protection law. With the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issuing its annual...
22nd Apr
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Details of updates to HMRC import, export and customs guidance for the period from 15 to 22 April 2025.
22nd Apr
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This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: analysis of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024’s consumer regime...
17th Apr
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Commercial law analysis: On 6 April 2025, the consumer-focused parts of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA 2024) came into...
17th Apr
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published two rulings on 16 April 2025. A complaint against Fitzdares Ltd regarding Stuart Broad's...
16th Apr
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The UK Supreme Court has unanimously held that the terms ‘man’, ‘woman’ and ’sex' in the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) refer to biological sex rather...
16th Apr
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The Cabinet Office has updated Procurement Policy Note 009: Tackling modern slavery in government supply chains (PPN 009). PPN 009 sets out the...
16th Apr
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Details of updates to HMRC import, export and customs guidance for the period from 8 to 14 April 2025.
14th Apr
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A panel of seven justices sitting in the Supreme Court has unanimously declined to introduce a ‘but for’ causation test that would have allowed...
11th Apr
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This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: the Supreme Court decision in MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA v Conti 11 Container...
10th Apr
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The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) and Medicines for Europe have met with European Commission President von...
10th Apr
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The Supreme Court has allowed MSC's appeal on the issue of whether a charterer may in principle limit liability to the shipowner under the 1976...
10th Apr
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Risk & Compliance analysis: When the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA 2015) passed into law it was viewed as a world-leading piece of legislation....
10th Apr
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has made 11 rulings this week. The complaints raised concerns such as misleading environmental claims and...
9th Apr
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 75 complaints, including from Adfree Cities and Carbon Tracker, regarding a TV ad by Shell UK Ltd,...
9th Apr
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received five complaints regarding advertisements by Person(s) unknown t/a Velora London, an online clothing...
9th Apr
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The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) has published amendments to their advertising...
8th Apr
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European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection McGrath outlined key consumer protection initiatives to Members...
8th Apr