Association for Television on Demand (ATVOD): the UK’s co-regulator (with Ofcom) of video-on-demand content falling under the definition of 'on demand programme services' set out in the Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2009 and 2010. ATVOD’s statutory rules and accompanying non-binding guidance apply to any provider of on-demand programme services and are similar in content to the Broadcasting Code, dealing with (among other issues), harmful material (likely to incite hatred or affect under-18s), sponsorship and product placement.

A trade association of the UK insurance industry, with a focus on corporate governance issues and the development of institutional voting guidelines for its members (following the merger of ABI Investment Affairs with the Investment Association (IA) in June 2014, IA has assumed responsibility for previously issued ABI guidance).

A trade association of the UK insurance industry, with a focus on governance'>corporate governance issues and the development of institutional voting guidelines for its members (since the merger of ABI Investment Affairs with the Investment Association (IA) in June 2014, IA has assumed responsibility for previously issued ABI guidance).

The Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has opened registration for its ‘London Annual Costs Conference 2023’. The conference will involve special interest group break out sessions, talks from conference speakers and a keynote address given by the Honourable Justice Joanna Smith. The topics that will be discussed at the conference include: ‘Digitisation, the online Courts and role of AI’ between 10.05 and 10.30 and given by Honourable Justice Joanne Smith; ‘Non-Party Costs Orders’; ‘Fixed Recoverable Costs & Consumer Impact’; and ‘Litigation Funding’.

A UK association which represents closed ended investment companies, including investment trusts and venture capital trusts.

ASEAN merger control To date, of the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam have merger control regimes provided for in their competition legislation. In relation to Malaysia, there are currently no merger control provisions in the Malaysian Competition Act 2010 (Competition Act 2010), although the Malaysia Competition Commission has announced plans to introduce a merger control regime and had published a public consultation in 2022. As of 25 August 2025, these have not been implemented. However, it is expected that the merger control regime will be established in the near future. The ASEAN Regional Guidelines on Competition Policy (2010) (Regional Guidelines) indicate that where a phased implementation is being contemplated, merger regulations should be introduced last due to complexities in analysing merger cases—ie: 'The [ASEAN member states] may consider implementing competition law in phases. For example, the different prohibitions may be implemented in phases within a realistic time-frame, the prohibition of anti-competitive agreements

A court finds for the party defending an action.

Article 27(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires both controllers and processors established outside the EEA to designate an EEA representative in certain situations. See Practice Note: UK GDPR and EU GDPR—extra-territorial reach—Appointing a representative. While Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, GDPR does not provide that a controller-processor contract must contain any mandatory provision relating to an EEA representative, association with a party in breach of this obligation could result in damage to the other party's reputation. If a party has failed to appoint a representative when required, it is also a red flag that it isn’t paying appropriate attention to compliance

A child is deemed to be looked after by a local authority if the child is either ‘in their care’ or is provided with accommodation by the authority in the exercise of any functions which are social services functions (section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989)). ‘Social services functions’ are defined in Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970. ‘Accommodation’ means accommodation which is provided for a continuous period of more than 24 hours (ChA 1989, s 22(2)). A child will be a ‘looked after child’ if accommodated by the local authority under a care

Practice Note: Exclusions and exemptions relating to the general prohibition—an introduction states that the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (RAO), SI 2001/544, Art 53 excludes the giving of advice by a person if the person is a member of a group and gives the advice in question to another member of the same group. Therefore, the general principle is that as long as advice that would otherwise be regulated advice takes place

Court fees payable in relation to a licensing appeal to a magistrates’ court are prescribed by The Magistrates’ Courts Fee Order 2008, SI 2008/1052. The fees payable under that order have been amended at irregular intervals by The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Orders 2009, SI 2009/1496, The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Orders 2013, SI 2013/1409, The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Orders 2014, SI 2014/875, The Court of Protection, Civil Proceedings and Magistrates’ Court Fees (Amendment) Order 2018, SI 2018/812, and The Court Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019, SI 2019/1063. The power to prescribe fees payable in respect of anything dealt with by the senior courts, the family court, and magistrates’

In the absence of an express contractual provision, there is no general implied right to a pay rise at common law. An implied contractual obligation to increase pay is not part of the