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Pensions Essentials - April 2025 BLOG: UK tax changes on the horizon How foolish I was for thinking that occasions such as an Autumn Budget or Spring Statement would no longer be followed by a “tax administration and maintenance day” (or TAMD). Admittedly, the current UK government has not used this term, but its “tax upda... March of the blocks, GDPR and the blockchain March of the blocks evaluates the challenges posed to the implementation of Blockchain solutions by the EU GDPR privacy regulation. Our report seeks to counter commonly held views that it is not possible to implement GDPR compliant Blockchain solutions. M... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: European Commission issues first non-compliance decisions under Digital Markets Act On 23 April 2025, the European Commission announced that it has fined Apple and Meta under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Following a year-long investigation, the Commission has fined Apple €500 million for breaching the DMA’s anti-steering obligations, a... Podcast: Tax News: May 2025 Zoe Andrews and Tanja Velling discuss the First-tier Tribunal’s decisions in: •    Candy giving overpayment relief for an SDLT charge on the substantial performance of a contract that was later cancelled•    Refinitiv on the taxpayer’s... Marketing Compliance in 2025 – how should legal teams respond? 2025 is expected to be a defining year for marketing compliance - with increased regulatory scrutiny, expanded enforcement powers, and shifting consumer expectations, legal teams need to reassess how marketing compliance is managed across digital channels... BLOG: Competition Appeal Tribunal Rejects Proposed Claims in Water Collective Proceedings On 7 March 2025, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) delivered its judgment in respect of applications made by Professor Carolyn Roberts, the proposed class representative (PCR) for collective proceedings orders in parallel proceedings brought against s... When decentralisation meets regulation: how blockchain and GDPR can coexist This briefing looks at the The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) long-awaited draft Guidelines on processing of personal data through blockchain technologies. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has released its long-awaited draft Guidelines on ... Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 1 May 2025 From fog to focus: SFO sharpens its stance on corporate co-operation The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has published new self-reporting Guidance, outlining the key factors it will consider when deciding whether to invite a corporate to negotiate a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA[1]) as an alternative to prosecution. Sinc...