12/16/2025 12:27:59 PM New SFO Guidance clarifies approach to compliance procedures By Lorna Emson Brian Spiro Helen Harvey Jennifer Shelley +1 more... Show less The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has issued updated guidance setting out when and how it will evaluate a corporate compliance programme. ...
12/9/2025 1:53:38 PM Shorter, smarter, or scrapped? Non‑competes at a crossroads By Lois Horne Daniel Esam Concobhar Jolliffe-Grimes Bronwyn van Wieringen +1 more... Show less With all eyes on the Budget, many have missed that on 26 November, the UK Government published a consultation working paper on potential...
12/8/2025 5:19:08 PM The ends do not justify the means: illicitly obtained evidence and the impact on proceedings By Nikolas Ireland Joanna Constantis In the opening paragraph of the judgment in Salinas Pliego v Astor Asset Management 3 Ltd, the judge stated: “The litigating parties have...
12/4/2025 2:45:41 PM Reaching the limit: Competition Appeal Tribunal confirms application of limitation rules in standalone claims By Simon Day Zoe Carter Lara Gardiner Madeleine Brown +1 more... Show less The Competition Appeal Tribunal has certified four collective proceedings against Vodafone, EE, Three and O2, which allege that those...
12/4/2025 10:52:37 AM New HMRC reward scheme for whistleblowers introduced By Gideon Sanitt Helen Harvey Victoria Braid Amy Daubeney +1 more... Show less The Government has introduced a new ‘strengthened reward scheme’ to incentivise informants to report serious tax avoidance or evasion to...
12/1/2025 10:04:34 AM Funding the future: using third party capital solutions to finance the growth of professional service firms By Malcolm Hitching James Popperwell Pinar Celebi Finlay Leggat +1 more... Show less Professional service firms (PSF) operate in a market which is subject to profound change, and macro-economic pressures, geopolitical...
11/27/2025 12:02:18 PM Investor unable to claim under commercial agreement due to rule against reflective loss By Dominic Sedghi Justin Hope Christopher Charlton An individual who invested indirectly in a property development project through intermediate companies was unable to claim directly under...
11/14/2025 12:42:10 PM Investment management update - November 2025 By Lora Froud Alexandra Green Michael Sholem Rachel Serene +1 more... Show less Welcome to the latest edition of our investment management update. This publication has been tailored to highlight topical news, cases...
11/11/2025 11:39:08 AM Airwave abuse of dominance claim certified: pragmatism and a class-wide lens By Simon Day Alex Evans Madeleine Brown Mihaela Lekova +1 more... Show less The Competition Appeal Tribunal has certified an opt‑out collective action alleging that Motorola abused a dominant position by charging...
11/7/2025 9:46:39 AM Proving dishonesty in accessory liability claims: Lessons from Transworld v FCIB By Gideon Sanitt James Popperwell Madeleine Brown Victoria Braid +1 more... Show less In a recent judgment, the High Court has dismissed fraud claims brought by the liquidators of Transworld Payment Solutions (TWPS) against...
11/6/2025 11:33:00 AM Late Appeals: Pawar’s Dose of Medpro's Cure By Gideon Sanitt Sophie Rhind Ella McCoy We recently wrote about the case of Medpro Healthcare Limited & Anor v HMRC [2025] UKUT 255 (TCC), which held (in a rare split decision)...
10/30/2025 12:32:09 PM Competition Appeal Tribunal makes first damages award under collective proceedings regime By Simon Day Alex Evans The Competition Appeal Tribunal has made its first damages award under the UK’s collective proceedings regime, in favour of a class of...
10/16/2025 3:50:38 PM Non-competes after the sale of a business – when “helping out” crosses the line By Dominic Sedghi Jessica Adam Joanna Constantis Louise Pereira +1 more... Show less The seller of shares in a company breached non-compete covenants when he made loans and gave assistance to friends who were running rival...
10/13/2025 9:27:07 AM Investment management update - October 2025 By Lora Froud Alexandra Green Michael Sholem Rachel Serene +1 more... Show less Welcome to the latest edition of our investment management update. This publication has been tailored to highlight topical news, cases...
10/9/2025 10:35:07 AM Defects, developers and volunteers in the era of the Building Safety Act 2022 - the Supreme Court decision in URS v BDW [2025] UKSC 21 By Mark Lawrence Harry O'Reilly Lauren McGuire Introduction On 21 May 2025, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd. The construction...
10/7/2025 4:03:40 PM Court examines whether breaches of a shareholders’ agreement could be remedied By Dominic Sedghi Lois Horne Alice Temkin The judge had to decide whether the most serious kinds of breach (so-called repudiatory breaches) are ever capable of remedy. The Court...