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China supercharges online brand protection

08 Oct 2019

The impact is being felt of China's new e-commerce law, which places tighter restrictions on would-be counterfeiters. These reforms couple with initiatives such as the current "Net Sword Campaign", an online market crack-down by eight ministries in China, and President Xi's July endorsement of a comprehensive and coordinated approach to protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). Combined, this is good news for brand owners.

"No Deal" Brexit scenario and the rights of EU nationals

01 Oct 2019

Last month the Home Office published Media factsheet: EU citizens and freedom of movement to clarify the rights of EU citizens post Brexit. The Government has also confirmed that in a "no deal" scenario the rights of EU nationals will be as follows.

A brief note on Brexit court rulings

11 Sep 2019

On 17 September the UK Supreme Court will be required to choose between, or somehow reconcile, different decisions of the English High Court and the Scottish Court of Session on the lawfulness of Prime Minister Johnson's decision to prorogue Parliament.

Working around the pensions tax problem?

05 Sep 2019

Waiting lists for routine surgery are reported to have risen by up to 50% in England because consultants have begun refusing to work beyond their planned hours after receiving unexpected tax bills, following new pension rules in 2016.

Switching from RPI to CPI: still a live issue for pensions?

22 Aug 2019

Britvic is reportedly seeking court approval to change the measure used for calculating increases to pensions in payment from its defined benefit scheme, from the retail prices index (RPI) to the consumer prices index (CPI).

Gender stereotyping in advertising

14 Aug 2019

Regulatory consultant, Nicky Strong, comments on ASA’s recent rulings on gender stereotypes in advertising for Mondelez UK Ltd and Volkswagen Group UK Ltd

If you make decisions on paying death in service benefits…

18 Jul 2019

You will probably have noticed a decision yesterday on mainstream news services about the unmarried partner of an RAF Air Commodore winning the right to a potential survivor's benefit - even though she was still married to her former husband at the time of her partner's death.

EMA blinks first in Brexit lease frustration case

09 Jul 2019

What will employment tribunals look like in the future?

27 May 2019

Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of the Tribunals, published his strategy for the modernisation of tribunals in November 2018. He has followed this up with an Innovation Plan for tribunal reform in 2019-20, which is due to be implemented by May next year.

Brexit lease frustration case going to the Court of Appeal

13 May 2019

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