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Law360, London: Shein can revive its case that Temu infringed its copyright for several product images, after a judge ruled on 21 September 2026, the...
MLex: The European Commission’s AI Office is analysing whether there are any signs that AI companions allow illegal child sexual abuse material or...
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published advice on advertising to new and expectant parents, highlighting that pregnancy and early...
Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the UN General Assembly on 22 September 2026 that the UK will work towards a single set of global principles and...
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...
Can we use an algorithm to select prize promotion winners?When running a prize promotion there are various mechanics that can be used in selecting the winners. Promoters may choose to run a competition with some degree of skill, or a promotion where winners are chosen at random. The latter category
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
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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