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Jostling for position: A neverending power struggle for grid connection On 13 February 2026, Ofgem published a Call for Input on a new package of reforms proposed for demand-side grid connections. The demand connection queue has risen to a staggering 125 GW in the past year, but Ofgem is now concerned a significant proportion... Tax and the City - February 2026 In Tax and the City for February 2026, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider: The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Watts reinforcing that purposive interpretation sometimes requires transactions to be examined in the round which meant denying a claim for... The Lens Newsletter - February 2026 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. How does Ofcom set penalties under the OSA? Insights from its recent decisions With intense public and political scrutiny falling on... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: CMA imposes fine on Euro Car Parks, exercising its DMCC Act fining powers for the first time On 13 February 2026, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it had imposed a £473,000 penalty on Euro Car Parks under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 as amended by the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act) for... Hang Seng scheme judgment: practical takeaways for future deals The recent reasons for judgment in the case of Hang Seng Bank Limited (HASE), handed down by the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (Court) on 2 February 2026, serve as a helpful refresher of the legal principles underlying Hong Kong privatisation schemes,... Arbitration appeals under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 Section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “1996 Act”) provides a bespoke framework for appealing an arbitral award on a point of law to the Commercial Court. Appeals on a point of law under section 69 are relatively rare in England and Wales.  The... Data Privacy Newsletter - Issue 30 In this issue: Legal updates; Case law updates; Regulator guidance; Updates from the ICO; Updates from the EDPB/EDPS; ICO enforcement overview; EU GDPR enforcement overview; View from Vietnam; The Lens Welcome to... Competition Law in the Digital Age - March 2026 Our Competition Law in the Digital Age newsletter is intended to provide insights on modern-day competition law developments in a bite-sized format. This edition covers the EC’s Digital Omnibus and DMA review, the CJEU’s Dutch app store judgment, the... TikTok’s “addictive design” provisionally found to be a breach of the DSA: where is the line between engagement and addiction? The European Commission’s 6 February 2026 announcement - provisionally finding that TikTok’s “addictive design” breaches the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) - has already attracted significant attention. Now the dust has settled, we ask some key questions... 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...