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The Cabinet Office, together with the AI Security Institute, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and...
Welcome to this week’s edition of the TMT weekly highlights: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from across the...
Law360, London: Meta, X and TikTok urged the High Court on 5 October 2026 to strike down 'extremely onerous' demands from the communications watchdog...
Law360, London: Around 80 actors, performers and public figures backed the ‘Save Our Voices Now’ campaign, launched on 8 August 2026, calling for...
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...
Reputational damage claims—alternative causes of actionThis Practice Note considers the relationship between causes of action for reputational damage claims which may provide alternatives to a defamation claim. The claims considered include malicious falsehood, misuse of private information, breach
Defamation and social mediaThis Practice Note covers defamation in the context of social media. It examines how liability for defamation may arise for individuals, internet service providers (ISPs), website operators and employers and explores defences under the Defamation Act 1996 (DeA 1996), the
Malicious falsehoodThis Practice Note provides an introduction to the tort of malicious falsehood. Unlike a claim for defamation, there is no requirement in a claim for malicious falsehood to prove that the statement complained of is defamatory. Instead, the claimant must prove that: the defendant
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
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