The European Commission has been notified by Booking, ByteDance and X, that their core platform services have met the gatekeeper thresholds under the EU Digital Markets Act (EU DMA) thresholds as of 1 January 2024, which could make them subject to the new EU rules on gatekeeper platforms. The Commission now has until 13 May 2024, to decide whether to designate the companies as gatekeepers.

Law360: The European Court of Justice found on 19 September 2024 that Booking.com BV's price parity clauses that prevent hotels from offering their rooms cheaper elsewhere could violate competition law and that the company can run its business without them.

A bookkeeper is a person responsible for recording and maintaining an organisation’s financial transactions, typically on a day‑to‑day basis, including sales, purchases, receipts, payments, payroll and bank reconciliations. In legal practice, bookkeepers’ records are often the primary source material for accountants, auditors, insolvency practitioners, forensic investigators and litigation involving financial disputes, fraud, director misconduct or matrimonial finances.“Bookkeeper” is a descriptive commercial term rather than a defined legal term in UK or Irish legislation or case law. However, a bookkeeper’s work frequently underpins compliance with statutory duties, such as accurate company accounting records under the Companies Acts, tax reporting obligations, and anti‑money laundering record‑keeping.In law firms and other regulated practices, bookkeepers may assist the compliance officer or cashier with client account postings and reconciliations, supporting adherence to the SRA Accounts Rules (England & Wales), the Law Society of Scotland rules, Law Society of Northern Ireland regulations and Law Society of Ireland accounts regulations.Usage and meaning are broadly consistent across England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, though job titles may vary (e.g. legal cashier, accounts clerk or finance administrator).

Bookkeeping fraud describes dishonest manipulation of accounting or financial records to conceal the true position of a business, trust, charity or other entity. It typically involves falsifying invoices, altering ledgers, backdating entries, omitting liabilities or income, or creating fictitious transactions to mislead owners, creditors, investors, tax authorities or regulators. Across England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, “bookkeeping fraud” is not a technical statutory term but a descriptive label. Conduct so described is usually prosecuted or pleaded under offences such as fraud by false representation, fraud by abuse of position, false accounting, theft, conspiracy to defraud, or revenue and company law offences. In civil and regulatory practice, bookkeeping fraud is frequently relevant to claims for breach of fiduciary duty, dishonest assistance, knowing receipt, misfeasance by directors, disqualification proceedings, professional negligence by accountants or auditors, asset tracing and freezing injunctions. The concept is broadly consistent across the UK and Ireland, though the precise statutory provisions and terminology differ between jurisdictions. Legal professionals typically encounter bookkeeping fraud in internal investigations, whistleblowing matters, insolvency examinations, tax enquiries and regulatory enforcement, where the reliability and integrity of accounting records are central issues.

A register of deeds where the original is retained and copies called extracts are issued on payment of the appropriate fee. An extract is equivalent to the original deed for all purposes. Deeds may be registered: — for execution, which gives the deed the character of a court decree for enforcement purposes — for preservation, in order to preserve the deed and to enable copies or extracts to be made — for publication

Law360, London: RSA Insurance Group Ltd (RSA) told the insurance sector on 26 August 2025 that it should review and strengthen its antifraud controls ahead of forthcoming legislative changes designed to improve safeguards in Britain.

A television or FM broadcast station, operating at relatively low power that receives a distant input signal, amplifies it, and re-transmits it on the same channel.

This Practice Note provides practical guidance and tips for in-house lawyers on boosting quality, productivity (by way of a better coordination of work effort and allocation) and transparency within their legal teams. An ideal world or fantasy? In an ideal world the legal department should enjoy the following in relation to incoming work: • early visibility of projects/transactions with a significant legal dimension • rapid allocation to the most appropriate legal resource (internal/external) • early assessment of its significance to both the business and the legal team • exploitation of expertise and know–how In relation to work underway the legal team should: • know the status of work in progress—timelines, milestones etc • be reporting to management—legal and business • have visibility of resources devoted, including external spend • have ready access to files, precedents and know-how (not just by creator) • have prompts/workflows—but avoid rigidity • ensure consistency of approach—but with flexibility for innovation and improvement • ensure consistency of content (work product) In relation to work done the legal department should: • ensure

CASE HUB ARCHIVED—this case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision of 19 March 2025; it is not maintained. See further, timeline and commentary Case facts Outline UK merger investigation into the anticipated acquisition by Boparan Private Office Limited (via 2 Agriculture Limited) of ForFarmers UK Limited’s Burston and Radstock feed mills. The transaction involves horizontal overlaps in relation to the supply of meat poultry feed. Latest developments On 19 March 2025, the CMA issued its final report, in which it confirmed the findings in its interim report that the merger may not be expected to result in an SLC in the supply of meat poultry feed locally, or any other market within the UK. Parties • Boparan. (Boparan): Boparan (through 2Agriculture Ltd (2Agriculture)) is active in animal feed milling business specialising in the production of conventional (ie no-organic) compound poultry feed. 2Agriculture is part of a group of companies, which are active in food production and supply and are under the common ownership of Mr Ranjit Singh Boparan

Border Force has seized cocaine and amphetamines worth £14m from a lorry in Coquelles, France. The lorry was on its way to the UK from the Netherlands. An estimated 250kg of cocaine and 169kg of amphetamine were found in 43 containers of flowers. False floors were used in each container to hide the drugs. The operation took more than 12 hours.

Border Forensics and the Centre for Sociodigital Futures at the University of Bristol have published a report examining the impact of UK government ‘Stop the Boats’ policies and associated funding of more than £625 million provided to France to prevent small boat departures. The report identifies a rise in deaths of individuals attempting to cross the English Channel from summer 2023, coinciding with the UK-France Joint Leaders Declaration, under which £476 million was allocated over three years for enhanced border enforcement. It states that fatalities increased despite a reduction in the number of crossings and attributes this trend to changes in border policing practices, including anti-smuggling operations, aerial surveillance and increased coastal enforcement activity.

Historically, a town returning a burgess or burgesses to Parliament.