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The shape of things to come: what can we learn from regulators' AI strategies

United Kingdom - June 24 2024 While the General Election has thrown some doubt on the light-touch approach to regulation of AI in the UK, Labour would also be likely to start off…

Supreme Court issues landmark decision requiring assessment of Scope 3 emissions

United Kingdom - June 20 2024 The Supreme Court has delivered its highly anticipated judgment in R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) v Surrey…

Child safety online: Key considerations and how to make your views heard

United Kingdom - June 19 2024 Ofcom's consultation on child safety online includes a raft of new proposed measures for services, alongside the message that services should be…

Fairness over formulas: the financial Ombudsman's approach to complaints

United Kingdom - June 14 2024 The recent Court of Appeal ("CA") judgment in Options UK Personal Pensions LLP v Financial Ombudsman Service [2024] EWCA Civ 541 has confirmed the…

Labour ditches nationalisation but investors should still (legally) hedge their bets

United Kingdom - May 31 2024 Amid sharp swings in the direction of business policy in recent years, the opposition Labour Party's shifting stance on nationalisation has…

Government’s climate change plan found to be unlawful for the second time

United Kingdom - May 7 2024 In Friends of the Earth & Ors v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [2024] EWHC 995 (Admin) the High Court has found the Carbon Budget…

European Court of Human Rights finds first violation of Convention rights based on climate change

European Union - April 10 2024 The European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR“) has delivered three highly anticipated judgments on the application of the European Convention on Human…

All eyes on the regulators as the age of AI dawns

United Kingdom - April 8 2024 Recent developments in AI regulation make it clear that the burden, and risk, of regulating this exciting but difficult new area in the UK will fall…

Court of Appeal considers environmental challenge to nationally significant infrastructure project

United Kingdom - March 20 2024 In R (on the application of Boswell) v Secretary of State for Transport [2024] EWCA Civ 145 the Court of Appeal considered the extent to which the…

What’s going on behind the scenes? High Court examines use of secret policies by public bodies

United Kingdom - March 12 2024 In XY v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 81 (Admin), the High Court held that the Government had been implementing an unlawful…