10/7/2025 3:04:07 PM G7 statement on AI and Cybersecurity - 7 key considerations for financial institutions By Samantha Paul Anna Blest On 6 October 2025, HM Treasury published the G7 Cyber Expert Group’s statement on Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity. While the...
10/6/2025 11:04:32 AM Navigating the Future of Financial Markets – FSMB Spotlight Review By Samantha Paul Polly James Naveen Vijh As financial markets undergo rapid transformation, the Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) marks a decade since the Fair and...
10/1/2025 8:51:33 AM The EU Digital Services Act through a GDPR lens: the EDPB's new draft guidelines By Geraldine Scali On 11 September 2025, the European Data Protection Board ("EDBP") published draft guidelines ("the Guidelines") on how to approach both...
9/10/2025 3:14:04 PM Contracting with consultants - how to protect your IP rights By Sasha Rubinstein When engaging consultants to deliver creative or technical services (such as brand or software development), businesses often overlook a...
9/4/2025 1:32:51 PM Impact of the ICJ’s Climate Change Advisory Opinion on Investment Treaty Disputes By Kevin Cheung Rachel Wong Introduction On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice handed down its unanimous Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States...
8/15/2025 2:53:37 PM Meeting the demands of overlapping regulatory requirements: The ICO's new guidance on using profiling tools By Geraldine Scali Anna Blest As part of its commitment to ensure regulatory coherence between the UK data protection regime and the new online safety regime, the ICO...
7/23/2025 2:01:51 PM Racing towards the August 2025 EU AI Act compliance deadline: Release of EU Commission guidelines for general-purpose AI models By Geraldine Scali Anna Blest Hot on the heels of the publication of the EU's voluntary Code of Practice for general purpose AI (GPAI) models, the European Commission...
7/17/2025 3:45:41 PM The EU's General-Purpose AI Code of Practice: Key Takeaways By Anna Blest Geraldine Scali Consisting of three chapters, covering transparency, copyright and safety and security, the EU has now issued its draft General-Purpose...
7/15/2025 4:45:07 PM Modernisation of service on the horizon By Sharon Kennedy It has long been anachronistic that service of proceedings could only be effected via email with explicit permission and that service...
7/3/2025 12:51:14 PM UK Modern Industrial Strategy: Financial Services at the Forefront of Economic Transformation By Samantha Paul Polly James Naveen Vijh Last week, the UK Government launched its Modern Industrial Strategy, a bold 10-year plan aimed at driving sustainable economic growth,...
7/2/2025 11:01:22 AM From Target to Fortress: UK’s New Ransomware Payment Ban proposal Explained By Geraldine Scali Anna Blest As the Home Office considers the responses it has received to its January 2025 consultation (now closed) on its proposals to tackle the...
6/30/2025 9:29:34 AM Interim Romanian Administration Called for a Quick Resolution of the Intra-EU Investment Arbitration Conflict By Kevin Cheung As LIDW 2025 was roaring to its conclusion in London, a clear address in Bucharest highlighted the evolving conflict between EU law and...
6/26/2025 1:27:11 PM The PRA's open approach to international banks - updated Supervisory Statement 5/21 By Samantha Paul The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has finalised its new approach to supervising branches and subsidiaries of international...
6/19/2025 2:46:15 PM New Mayoral Development Corporation to deliver Oxford Street transformation: What this means for landowners By Giles Pink Clare Eccles The Mayor of London has announced he is pressing ahead with plans to create a “Mayoral Development Corporation” (MDC) along Oxford...
6/18/2025 1:17:43 PM Getting the balance right? The UK passes the Data (Use and Access) Bill By Anna Blest Geraldine Scali After a tumultuous passage between the two chambers of the UK's Parliament, the Government has now passed the Data (Use and Access) Bill....
6/10/2025 12:59:23 PM BNG for NSIPs: Government provides more detail By Clare Eccles The delayed government consultation providing more detail on the introduction of the mandatory minimum 10% biodiversity net gain (BNG)...