Law360: Pension scheme trustees must finalise plans to be ready for the launch of a long-awaited dashboard programme designed to connect savers with lost pots, a consultancy has said, warning that many still have a 'long way to go'.

Law360, London: The private health insurance market in Britain is growing as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19)—induced surge in waiting lists for UK hospitals, financial consultant Broadstone said on 22 May 2025.

Corporate Crime analysis: Rosanne McNeil, principal associate at Weightmans, considers the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill, its overall objectives and aims, the new offences and powers proposed, which provisions will have the most impact for corporate crime lawyers and whether there are any barriers which might prevent parts of the Bill from being passed.

Law360, London: Financial services companies should be ready to engage with consumers when faced with enforcement action, in a lesson from a test case of the reasoning behind a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) decision to 'name and shame' a company that could encourage bolder naming actions, lawyers said.

Law360: The UK government's decision to reform its 200-year-old 'non-dom' tax regime to raise £2.7bn ($3.4bn) a year presents a short-term boom for tax lawyers expecting a rush of calls from existing and future clients looking for updated guidance.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has announced that it will not implement mandatory 'not for EU' labelling for retail products in Great Britain (GB) as of 1 October 2024, following a consultation. However, it plans to develop legislation for future targeted applications of this labelling if evidence of necessity arises.

This Practice Note considers ‘pay when paid’ clauses and ‘pay when certified’ clauses in construction contracts, and the relevant provisions of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (HGCRA 1996). Specifically, it looks at: • HGCRA 1996, s 113—which prohibits pay when paid clauses except in the case of insolvency of a third party • HGCRA 1996, ss 110(1A)–(1D)—which prohibit ‘pay when certified’ clauses and were introduced by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (LDEDCA 2009) Pay when paid clauses ‘Pay when paid’ clauses are clauses which make a payment under a construction contract contingent upon a payment being made by a third party under a separate contract. An example of a pay when paid clause is: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Sub-Contract if the Employer or any such person as is responsible for discharging payment to the Contractor under the Main Contract, as the case may be, is insolvent as defined in Clauses 32.2, 32.3 and 32.4, the Contractor shall not be obliged to make any

Law360: An IT consulting business was right to fire a director without warning after their professional relationship irretrievably broke down, and made even the right to appeal a 'futile' exercise, an appellate panel has ruled.

Law360, London: An EU court has refused to revive an attempt by a film distributor to get a 'Shorts' trademark over short films, ruling on 12 March 2025 that the brand is too descriptive to function as a trademark.

Law360, London: Simple and affordable flood resilience measures could save the UK up to £740m a year, Britain's government state-backed flood reinsurance programme said on 13 October 2025, calling on insurers and policymakers to work towards better home protection.

Construction analysis: The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) rejected a set of jurisdictional and natural justice challenges to an adjudicator's decision, emphasising that such challenges will succeed in only the plainest cases. Among other points, the court found that where a matter relevant to the adjudicator's jurisdiction necessarily 'overlapped' with the adjudicator's decision on the substantive issues, that matter could not be considered at the enforcement stage.

Law360, London: A German pharmaceutical company has failed to revive its efforts to get a trade mark for 'Vagisan' in the EU because of its likeness to rival feminine health product 'Vagisil'.