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Redomiciling a company into the UK: Government consults on the framework The Government has published details of a proposed new regime that will enable a foreign company to “transform” itself into a UK company while retaining its existing legal personality (known as redomiciliation). Introducing such a regime would make it...
Spotlight on subscription contracts: What the Government's DMCCA consultation response means for businesses On 2 April 2026, the Department for Business and Trade published its long-awaited response to its consultation – which ran from November 2024 to February 2025 – on the UK’s new subscription contracts regime in the Digital Markets, Competition and...
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: CMA announces actions on business software and cloud services On 31 March 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority announced a package of actions on cloud services and business software under the Digital Markets Competition Regime. The CMA will launch a strategic market status investigation into Microsoft’s...
Tax and the City - April 2026 In Tax and the City for March 2026, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider: The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Muller on how the partnership notional company fiction interacts with the intangible fixed assets rules for determining if assets had been...
Employment Rates and Limits 2026 Document setting out the current relevant rates and limits in employment law. Covers compensation limits (including unfair dismissal), statutory payments, income tax and National Insurance rates, National Minimum Wage and amounts recoverable from the...
Digital marketing compliance - spring cleaning tips for 2026 This briefing looks at key digital marketing compliance trends for 2026 across the UK, EU and US, including cookies, tracking, dark patterns and children’s data.
Employment Bulletin - April 2026 Topics covered in this bulletin:  New Employment Rates and Limits Government confirms mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting Withdrawal of conditional job offer was breach of contract New requirement to have data protection complaints...
The PRA's and FCA's proposals to reform the UK Securitisation Framework This briefing summarises the FCA and PRA’s proposed reforms to the UK securitisation framework and their impact from a UK originator’s perspective. Overview On 17 February 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority...
Directors beware: when non-disclosure of a conflict of interest becomes fraud The recent decision of the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) in HKSAR v Mak Kwong Yiu & Ors highlights a few key points for all directors, especially those of Hong Kong listed companies: directors are under a strict fiduciary duty to disclose fully and...
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: European General Court dismisses Red Bull’s claim for reimbursement of lawyer’s fees following dawn raids On 22 April 2026, the European General Court dismissed an action brought by Red Bull GmbH and two of its subsidiaries challenging a decision of the European Commission refusing reimbursement of legal fees incurred during an antitrust inspection at the...