1 Instructions for completion This form should be completed by anyone requiring approval of referral/fee sharing arrangements, including in relation to personal injury and ancillary claims. Once completed, the form should be submitted to [state who, eg the COLP] by [insert details of how to submit, eg via email]. 2 Details of arrangement Person making request [Insert the name] Date of request [Insert date] Name of person responsible for relationship with this introducer/fee sharer [Insert name] Name of proposed introducer/fee sharer [Insert name] Financial

Option 1: Fixed referral fee wording Your matter was referred to us by [insert name of introducer], to whom we have paid a referral fee of £[insert amount]. We will not allow our arrangements with [insert name of introducer] to interfere with our commitment to: • treat you fairly • protect your best interests in all of our dealings with you • give you independent advice and not allow others to influence that advice If you have any queries or concerns about our arrangements with [insert name of introducer], please do not hesitate to contact us. Option 2: Fee sharing

Any arrangement to refer or recommend a client to a third party or to be introduced to a client by a third party.

Arbitration analysis: The German Federal Court of Justice has for the first time clarified under which conditions a dispute can be referred back to the arbitral tribunal after the final award has been set aside by a state court because of violations of the right to be heard (Article 103(1) of the German Basic Law). The decision to refer the dispute back to the arbitral tribunal after setting aside the arbitral award is at the discretion of the court. A referral back is only precluded in the event of serious procedural errors, which undermine confidence in the impartiality of the arbitral tribunal. The mere finding of a violation of the right to be heard does not per se fall within that category. Written by Lucie Gerhardt, associated partner at Noerr PartGmbB, Frankfurt am Main.

The process by which an adjudication is commenced.

The party referring the dispute to adjudication, ie the claimant.

The Refined Sugar Association model arbitration clause is as follows. Any

Information Law analysis: The Commercial Court has continued on a modified basis an interim injunction restraining the defendants from further accessing Infinni’s systems and from exploiting confidential data allegedly scraped from its Infloww CRM platform. The court held that there was no material breach of the duty of fair presentation and that there were serious issues to be tried in breach of confidence, including whether compiled fan notes, scripts and platform-generated analytics were protectable confidential information. The court took a pragmatic approach to interim relief: protection was maintained against further access and commercial exploitation, but not extended so far as to disrupt non-party agencies’ live use of dynamically-updated CRM data. The judgment also provides a formulation of the test for ancillary disclosure affidavits at an interim stage. Written by Gaelyn Fuhrmann, partner at Wiggin LLP.

Corporate Crime analysis: As 2025 draws to a close, Elliott Kenton, partner and James Camidge, solicitor at Weightmans reflect on what has been an important and decisive year for business crime. Legislation combatting corporate crime, increased numbers of investigations, wide-ranging investigative tools, and a number of high-profile prosecutions have reshaped the corporate risk landscape in 2025.

Expert Analysis: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) are in the midst of introducing changes to the senior managers and certification regime, or SM&CR, which has been in place for a decade. Phase 1 changes already in force from 24 April 2026 and phase 2 due to be implemented on 10 July 2026. Steven Francis, partner and Eli Levy, associate both of Faegre Drinker also reflects on the regime's decade-long operation and the significant regulatory changes now underway.

Corporate Crime analysis: Diana Czugler, senior associate at Peters & Peters, discusses the key learning points from 2023 for sanctions lawyers and businesses seeking to comply with sanctions measures and considers what sanctions developments can be expected in 2024.

Local Government analysis: General Editor of Paterson’s Licencing Acts, Sir John Saunders, discusses his views on whether licencing committees dealing with an application for a large arena should consider how the applicant will seek to prevent a terrorist attack or mitigate the effect of any that occur. This commentary was originally written for publication in the 131st edition of Paterson’s Licencing Acts.