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Data Protection and Privacy Newsletter Regulator guidance, ICO on controllers and processors, Brexit, International transfers, Regulatory investigations and enforcement notices, Cases, Views from... California, Data Protection and Privacy at Slaughter and May In this issue: Regulator guidance...

Competition and Regulatory Newsletter No deal? CMA announces standalone post-Brexit competition regime No deal? CMA announces standalone post-Brexit competition regime The UK Government and the CMA have recently announced a framework for the transition to a standalone UK competition regime in...

Deal or No Deal - UK Government issues technical notice on data protection This article analyses the UK Government’s technical notice on a potential no Brexit deal scenario, with a focus on transfers of personal data outside the EEA. On 13 September, the Government published its technical notice on data privacy if there is no Br...

Tax and the City briefing for September 2018 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider, inter alia, the substance requirements for corporate residence, the input tax deduction rules for financial services post-Brexit, and the divergence of views on the transfer pricing aspects of financial transactions. J...

Will the UK regulate AI? In this briefing we look at the Government's approach to regulating AI, set out in its response to the House of Lords AI report and its recent Brexit White paper. We also highlight some other issues discussed in the Government's response to the Lo...

FCA finalised guidance on its approach to Part VII insurance business transfers FCA guidance; Part VII transfers; Brexit-related transfers Briefing note discussing the FCA’s finalised guidance on its approach to Part VII insurance business transfers – FG18/4. Key points discussed include: the extent to which the gu...

Tax and the City Review - April 2025 In their latest Tax and the City article, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider: The implications for the insurance industry of the FTT’s decision in Hastings that the UK legislation was ineffective to prevent “offshore looping” of insurance services at the...

EU publishes draft adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the UK The EU Commission has published two draft adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the UK, one under the GDPR and the other for the Law Enforcement Directive. This will be welcome news to many UK and EU businesses grappling with the implicatio...

UK CBAM consultation: same stripes or different spots? A comparison with the EU. HMRC and HM Treasury launched a joint consultation on the introduction of a UK carbon border adjustment mechanism from January 2027. It focusses on the design and administration of the proposed CBAM; comments can be submitted until 13 June 2024. Followi...

High Court places impact of Brexit on trade mark infringement on “advance track” The High Court has recently considered trade mark infringement through the use of a competitor’s mark as a Google keyword and in related internet advertising. The case itself was relatively straightforward on the facts, with the court finding that both th...