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Cyber enforcement – when an incident is just the tip of the iceberg 2025 revealed a shift in enforcement approach by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) when compared to the previous year. We saw a decrease in overall enforcement action, but a much higher proportion of those actions taken against organisations in... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: Court of Justice upholds airfreight cartel fines On 26 February 2026, the Court of Justice handed down a series of judgments in the long‑running airfreight cartel litigation, largely dismissing the airlines’ appeals against earlier judgments of the European General Court. The Court of Justice reaffirmed... 2025: Was consultation involvement key to avoiding regulatory divergence? In this article, Charlie McGarel-Groves and Kate Patane reconsider whether consultation by regulators has been effective in encouraging regulatory alignment and avoiding divergence between the EU and UK securitisation frameworks. RISK OF DIVERGENCE The EU... Invoking or responding to force majeure Recent geopolitical instability, including conflict across the Middle East and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has brought uncertainty and a heightened risk of supply chain disruption. In times of crisis, force majeure comes to the fore.... Access to register of members Transparency over control of land: clearing the way for new housing? The latest policy aimed at increasing the supply of new homes will require public registration of “contractual control rights” over land in England and Wales. The Government’s aim is to increase transparency and to support more efficient and fairer... The Legal 500: Securitisation Country Comparative Guide 2026 – UK Chapter Guy O'Keefe, Richard Jones, Charlie McGarel-Groves and Kate Patane provide an overview of the 2026 UK securitisation laws and regulations in the Legal 500 Securitisation Country Comparative Guide 2026. Guy O'Keefe, Richard Jones, Charlie McGarel-Groves... Employment Bulletin - March 2026 Topics covered in this bulletin: Employment Rights Act 2025: new collective redundancy threshold, Employment Rights Act 2025: gender equality and menopause action plans, whistleblowing disclosure could be protected despite personal motive, assessing... Championing the Part 26A Restructuring Plan In December 2025, 9fin’s Aditya Anand Kumar and Danish Mehboob interviewed Sarah Paterson and Ed Couzens as part of their series featuring key decision-makers in the corporate credit markets. In December 2025, 9fin’s Aditya Anand Kumar and Danish Mehboob... Tax and the City - March 2026 In Tax and the City for March 2026, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider: The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Sintra that where a taxpayer appeals a penalty and in its defence challenges the underlying tax liability, it is the taxpayer who has the...