FORTHCOMING CHANGE: From 1 October 2026, section 48 of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (inserting sections 14A and 15A of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006) extends right to work civil penalty liability in certain contractual arrangements, including where a supplier which, having contracted to provide services to a customer, engages a subcontractor to perform all or part of those services. Although the subcontractor remains responsible for carrying out prescribed right to work checks on individuals it employs or engages to perform the subcontracted services, the supplier may be treated as 'employing' any individual who personally performs the services and so may also be held liable for illegal working unless it satisfies the prescribed requirements for establishing a statutory excuse. The extended liability requirements apply to relevant contractual arrangements entered into on or after 1 October 2026. See News Analysis: Extended scope of the right to work regime: how will it work in practice? and LNB News 14/09/2026 18 for further information. This Checklist will be updated shortly to reflect

Set out below are the key practical competition law considerations when preparing and submitting the Form CO to the European Commission (the Commission): • determine whether you can submit a Short Form CO—this requires the merging parties to provide less extensive information in comparison with a full Form CO • ensure you allow sufficient time to prepare the Form CO—it requires the merging parties to provide extensive information and may require them to provide information that they may not compile (eg market shares of the merging parties and their largest competitors in each EU Member State) • when calculating turnover, use the Commission’s official European Central Bank exchange rate • ensure the Form CO is fully supported by expert

This Practice Note provides guidance on drafting a defence to a claim brought under CPR 7. It should be read in conjunction with Practice Note: Drafting statements of case, which provides guidance on drafting statements of case in general, including formatting requirements, the need for a statement of truth, and electronic filing of statements of case. This Practice Note provides practical tips on drafting a defence to a claim. Guidance is given on attacking any deficiencies in the particulars of claim and including specific defences such as limitation, contributory negligence, illegality and lack of mitigation. For guidance on the formal requirements for defences under the CPR, see Practice Note: Drafting the defence—formalities. This Practice Note only considers drafting a defence for a claim brought under CPR 7. In claims brought under CPR 8, there is no requirement to file a defence (CPR 8.9). For more information on claims brought under CPR 8, see Practice Note: CPR Part 8 claims (alternative procedure for claims). For information on filing the defence,

This Practice Note provides guidance on drafting the defence. It should be read in conjunction with Practice Note: Drafting statements of case, which provides guidance on drafting statements of case in general, including formatting requirements, the need for a statement of truth, electronic filing of statements of case and other matters applicable to all statements of case. This Practice Note provides guidance on the formal requirements for drafting a defence under the CPR. For practical guidance on the substantive contents of the defence, see Practice Note: Drafting the defence—drafting tips. This Practice Note only considers drafting a defence for a claim brought under CPR 7. In claims brought under CPR 8, there is no requirement to file a defence (CPR 8.9). For more information on claims brought under CPR 8, see Practice Note: CPR Part 8 claims (alternative procedure for claims). For information on filing the defence, see Practice Note: Filing the defence. For information on service of the defence, see Practice Note: Serving the defence. For a generic template

This Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR). Depending on the court in which your matter is proceeding, you may also need to be mindful of additional provisions—for further guidance, see: Court specific guidance. This Practice Note provides guidance on drafting the particulars of claim for a claim brought under CPR 7. It should be read in conjunction with Practice Note: Drafting statements of case, which provides guidance on drafting statements of case in general, including formatting requirements, the need for a statement of truth, and filing of statements of case. For general information on bringing a claim under CPR 8 (alternative procedure for claims where there is no substantial dispute of fact), see Practice Note: CPR Part 8 claims (alternative procedure for claims). Particulars of claim—part of claim form or separate document? If practicable, the particulars of claim should be set out in the claim form (CPR PD 16, para 3.1). They can also be contained in a separate document (CPR 7.4(1)).

This Practice Note sets out the basic principles to be applied when drafting a financial consent order including the preparation and structure of the draft order, together with details of the financial remedy order issued as part of the standard orders project. It includes guidance on undertakings, provisions as to periodical payments and pensions and drafting an order where there are issues as to potential insolvency. It also sets out the steps to take to lodge the consent order with the court, including where the order is submitted online. Standard financial orders have been issued as part of the standard orders project, see Practice Note: Standard orders—general principles and Precedent: Standard order 2.1—financial remedy order for a precedent consent order. The use of the standard orders has been strongly encouraged by the President of the Family Division. Applications for a consent order in cases where there are no substantive proceedings are generally submitted online where the applicant is represented (unless an exception applies)—see Practice Note: Online applications for financial consent orders for

This Practice Note provides guidance on formal requirements to consider when drafting witness statements in civil proceedings as well as giving guidance on statements of truth and how to respond to problematic witnesses. Also consider Practice Note: Witness statements—substantive content, which deals with substantive aspects. This Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR. Depending on the court in which your matter is proceeding, you may also need to consider any additional provisions—see further: Court specific guidance below. Where dealing with a witness statement for use at trial in the Business and Property Division subject to CPR PD 57AC, see for further guidance Practice Note: Trial witness statements in the Business and Property Division under CPR PD 57AC. Importance of complying with the formal requirements of witness statements A failure to comply with the formal requirements for witness statements could: • give your opponents an opportunity to challenge your witness evidence (CPR PD 32, para 25.1) • result in your having to seek and obtain

Rights of a majority of the shareholders (usually holding more than 75% of the shares) to accept an offer to buy their shares and force holders of the remaining 25% to accept the offer. Allows majority shareholder to deliver entire share capital (rather than just a majority) to a buyer.

Drag along and tag along rights are common provisions in private equity (PE)/venture capital (VC) and corporate joint venture (JV) transaction documentation. In the event of a sale of a controlling interest by a PE/VC fund investor or by a shareholder in a corporate JV which holds a specified majority of shares, a drag along right (sometimes referred to as a come along right) enables the selling majority shareholder to procure an exit by forcing the remaining minority shareholders to also sell their shares to a bona fide third party purchaser on broadly the same terms. Where a majority shareholder wishes to sell its shares, a tag along right (sometimes referred to as a piggy back right) enables the minority shareholders to exit from the PE/VC fund or the JV by obliging the selling majority shareholder to procure that the third party purchaser extends its offer to include the shares of the minority shareholders on broadly the same terms.  Drag along rights therefore favour the majority shareholder, while tag along rights are more advantageous for minority shareholders. Set

Insert new articles 45 and 46 in Precedent: Articles of association—private limited company or new articles 70 and 71 in Precedent: Articles of association—public company, and renumber the documents as appropriate: 1 Drag Along 1.1 If any one or more members receives an offer in writing from a bona fide third party (Third Party) to purchase the entire equity share capital in the Company not already owned by the Third Party (Third Party Offer) and the holders of at least [75]% of the issued shares accept the Third Party Offer (Accepting Shareholders), the Accepting Shareholders are entitled to issue to the remaining members (Other Shareholders) written notice (Drag Along Notice) requiring the Other Shareholders to sell to the Third Party all of the Other Shareholders’ shares upon the terms and conditions specified in the Drag Along Notice. 1.2 The terms on which the Accepting Shareholders require the Other Shareholders to sell their shares must be no less favourable than the terms on which the Accepting Shareholders are selling their shares to the Third Party. 1.3 The Drag Along Notice must specify:

MLex: The long-awaited report of Mario Draghi, the statesman tasked with drawing up the political program for the next European Commission, devotes ample parts to the need for Europe to close the ‘innovation gap’. For the former Italian PM and European central banker, the future of Europe’s competitiveness largely depends on getting back in the tech race with the US and China, thanks to the opportunity offered by Artificial Intelligence.

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