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EU Law analysis: On 17 September 2026, the European Commission published its draft proposal for the ‘Keeping Internet Digital Spaces Accountable and...
Ofcom has published a consultation on the proposed Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2027, which would amend the Wireless...
The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) have published joint guidance on restrictions on...
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) have published an updated version of their five-year strategy on...
What are perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free licences?Licences are sometimes expressed to be ‘perpetual’, ‘irrevocable’ or ‘royalty-free’, but...
Reputational damage claims—alternative causes of actionThis Practice Note considers the relationship between causes of action for reputational damage...
DefamationThe tort of defamation is governed by a mixture of statute and common law. The relevant statutory law is contained in:•the Defamation Act...
Software escrowIntroductionEscrow is the process of two or more parties placing property or instruments in the hands of a trusted third party (an...
Do search engines such as Google have any liability for copyright infringement when they use processes such as web crawling and indexing to capture and display content, including text and images?Web crawling describes the process in which computer programs (often referred to as ‘bots’, ‘spiders’ or
Domain name registration and transfer (.uk)STOP PRESS—Impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023: This document contains references to retained EU law (REUL) and associated terms introduced by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in connection with Brexit. From 1 January
Does the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 apply to business-to-business contracts and to what extent might it restrict a contract term permitting variation of terms and conditions on notice?This Q&A focuses on the position of an application programming interface (API)/website owner wishing to include
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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