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11 Apr 2025
How to comply with new laws on fake reviews
Many of the main consumer law elements of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC) came into force on 6 April, including the introduction of new responsibilities on businesses to protect consumers from fake reviews.
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11 Apr 2025
A NIS-ty mess? Update on EU and UK cyber security laws
The legal landscape in relation to cyber security is a mess. In this article, we untangle some of that mess for you and explain what you need to know.
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11 Apr 2025
Changes to UK merger control raise the stakes for “killer acquisitions"
This article explains recent changes to the UK merger control regime to increase the scope for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to detect, review and prevent “killer acquisitions”, and outlines what smaller tech companies should be doing to capitalise on this.
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11 Apr 2025
Responding to the regulator’s demand to give people more control over personalised advertising
The Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO) has made it clear that it's focused on giving individuals “meaningful control” of how they are tracked online in 2025. They will be paying closer attention to the data protection compliance of organisations that track users online and deliver personalised advertising.
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11 Apr 2025
Impact of the new Procurement Act on tech suppliers to the public sector
The Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) came into force on 24 February 2025, extending the reach of procurement law beyond the procurement process itself into the management of the contract.
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11 Apr 2025
The growing importance of debt funding for technology companies
There are more debt funding options than ever for high growth tech sector businesses, as lenders get progressively more comfortable with leveraging intangible assets such as IP and revenue. This article outlines various types of debt funding and the pros and cons of each.
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08 Apr 2025
Tax reporting for low income trusts and estates
From 6 April 2024, all trusts and estates with any type of income up to £500 do not require a tax return.
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08 Apr 2025
Key stages of a sports development project
Sports facilities are crucial assets for a club, and modernising or constructing new ones requires careful planning and execution. Enhanced facilities improve experiences for athletes, spectators, and the community, provide better training environments, boost the club’s image, attract investment, sponsorship, and players, and increase revenue. This article outlines the key stages in upgrading or constructing sports club facilities.
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08 Apr 2025
Understanding CRBOT: essential guidelines for trustees
Does your trust have any Irish connections ? Don’t be caught out. The rules requiring registration on the Irish Central Register are wider than you think - trusts holding bonds issued by a Irish financial institution will be caught.
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08 Apr 2025
Issues to consider when holding property in trust
Does your Trust hold occupied residential property ? We look at the requirements for trustee landlords.
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08 Apr 2025
“PPI on wheels”: The FCA intervenes in Johnson, Wrench and Hopcraft
The latest update in Mills & Reeve’s series on the Motor Finance Appeal details the FCA’s intervention in the final day of the Supreme Court Hearing of Johnson, Wrench and Hopcraft.
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02 Apr 2025
Dobbies Garden Centres: What is a meeting?
Scottish Court of Session holds that a restructuring plan meeting could occur through a single proxy holding for more than one creditor.
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02 Apr 2025
English court recognises Russian bankruptcy order
The English court recognised a Russian bankruptcy order. When doing so, the court confirmed that two companies who were “strangers” to the bankruptcy had no legitimate interest in opposing the application for recognition of the Russian bankruptcy order.
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02 Apr 2025
What FemHealth innovators should think about when recruiting staff
FemHealth innovators starting a business or scaling up may feel overwhelmed by the legal and regulatory requirements that they must comply with. This includes employment law which is a critical aspect of any business but can sometimes be overlooked in the early planning stages. But with the upcoming changes in employment law published in the Employment Rights Bill it puts these issues even higher up the agenda.
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02 Apr 2025
Specialty Steel restructuring plan moves to next stage
This latest restructuring plan decision relates to Liberty Steel’s subsidiary, Speciality Steel, and looks at whether the court should order that a plan should be put to creditors when that plan may change between convening hearing and creditor meetings.
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02 Apr 2025
How (not) to defend against winding up petitions
While the threshold for demonstrating that a debt is disputed in insolvency proceedings isn't a particularly high one, the case of Enfield v Park Estate shows that the court won't permit baseless or speculative defences to frustrate a creditor’s petition for winding up.
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02 Apr 2025
An unrecognised foreign judgment does not create a debt
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a bankruptcy petition may not be presented on the basis of a foreign judgement which had not first been recognised or registered in England.
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02 Apr 2025
An order for oral examination may be oppressive
The Joint Liquidators of Farfetch Limited (a company that was incorporated in the Cayman Islands) sought relief Article 21 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency. The Liquidators had indicated that they have suspicions of mismanagement. They asked the court to require that three individuals, each of whom had been involved with the management of Farfetch, to: i) attend an oral examination; and ii) produce documents in specified categories.
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