European Banking Authority publishes revised outsourcing guidelines
On 25 February 2019, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published revised Guidelines[1] on outsour…
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Irish Backstop and Unilateral Withdrawal
An arcane legal issue floated to the surface amid chaotic political scenes in the House of Commons l…
Online platforms: new EU rules to increase transparency and fairness
New Rules On 13th February 2019, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the…
Update on Litigation Privilege – Important lessons to be learnt
In recent months we have seen a number of significant judgments regarding the scope of protection of…
Algorithms in the justice system - the European Ethical Charter
The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), in combination with other disruptive technologies, suc…
UK Government has published a new “Outsourcing Playbook”
On 20 February 2019, the UK government’s Government Commercial Function published “The Outsourcing P…
Is it time to revisit your FM Contracts?
With the UK remaining set to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019, possibly crashing out withou…
Is this the end of Opco/Propco structures in the hotel industry?
Opco/Propco structures have long been popular in the hotel sector. IHG, Accor and Hilton are just a…
Fladgate acts for Pyser Optics Limited on £3.4m sale to Scientific Digital Imaging Plc
Fladgate was delighted to act for Pyser Optics Limited, a portfolio company of Privet Capital, in re…
Court of Appeal shuts the door on insolvent companies adjudicating
The Court of Appeal today handed down a judgment confirming the interplay between construction adjud…
‘Practical Completion’ – Is your definition practically complete?
‘Practical Completion’ (PC) plays an important role on construction projects, often signifying the r…
The Commercial Agents Regulations – The Commodity Market Exception
Pluczenik Diamond Company NV v W Nagel (a firm) Case number [2018] EWCA Civ 2640 A commercial agen…
Mutual EU-Japan adequacy decision now in force
The EU and Japan have today announced a new personal data adequacy agreement between the two parties…
Time to send the family wealth on a foreign holiday?
Vast sums of family wealth have already left the city of London, according to press reports. The con…
Software Licensing: the perils of indirect access usage
The case of SAP UK v. Diageo[1], which was heard by Mrs Justice O’Farrell in the Technology and Cons…
Brexiting the GDPR: New draft UK data protection regulations introduced
The government has recently published draft legislation to deal with the UK’s post-Brexit GDPR regim…
The increasing demand for serviced offices and how landlords can help secure lending
The continued growth of the serviced office sector presents an investment opportunity for lenders pr…
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Facebook €10M fine in Italy
Not a GDPR fine, but, according to press reports, Facebook has been fined €10M by the Italian consum…
Will Brexit affect the validity of a contractual English law clause?
The national law, which governs a commercial contract and will be applied in the event that parties …
Jingle Regulation
The UK’s data protection enforcement body, the ICO, has published an article on “Sleigh-ing the Chri…
Landlord’s intention to redevelop… or not
The American philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once said “Once you make a decision the universe cons…
Brexit and Competition law: Plus ça change plus c’est la même chose
While debate continues in Parliament as to deal with the current blockage around the UK’s Withdrawal…
Uber fined £385,000 following mass data breach
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a fine against Uber for £385,000 for faili…
The end of “smash and grab”? Not so fast…
“We are all trying to hack out a pathway through a dense thicket of amended legislation, burgeoning …
