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Jul 29, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Clareine Enderby
This month's Regulatory Outlook offers a suggested list of
actions for businesses to take over the summer to get ahead of
regulatory changes coming down the track, including with regard to
compliance with new EU rules for artificial intelligence, cyber security and ESG.
The EU is seeking to modernise its product safety framework. Its
new General Product Safety Regulation focuses heavily on consumer
protection in the digital sphere.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Clareine Enderby
Next week sees the King's speech, in which the new
government will set out its legislative agenda. Ahead of that, our
employment experts have analysed the government's proposals for
employment law reform, setting out what is
expected in twelve areas, including dismissal, employment status
and pay.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Clareine Enderby
As well as the new policy initiatives that today's change of
UK government may bring, this autumn will see new powers for the
Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court coming into force. The powers
to depart from assimilated EU and domestic case law are provided
for in the Retained EU Law Act. How keen the courts will be to use
them remains to be seen. Our Insight considers the new powers, and the
approach the courts may take.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Clareine Enderby
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was the
last bill passed in the wash-up period before Parliament was
prorogued for the UK general election. Our Insight looks at the
significant changes made to the relationship between freeholder and
leaseholder, and at the impact of the rush to pass it on specific
areas that had been earmarked for reform.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | A New |Clareine Enderby
The calling of the general election had an immediate impact on
legislation progressing through Parliament. Last week saw a
scramble to pass legislation ahead of the prorogation of
Parliament, with some bills passing and others falling. Our Insight looks at what made it through (and
what did not) during this "wash-up" period.
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May 9, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Clareine Enderby
ESG issues remain high on legislative agendas. The EU's
Corporate Due Diligence Directive was approved by the European
Parliament, but a proposal for a new regulation on nature
restoration hit the buffers. With the Parliament's legislative
work paused in advance of June's elections, businesses must now
wait to see what becomes of this and other EU legislative
proposals.
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May 6, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Clareine Enderby
As businesses focus on compliance with environmental standards,
industry's impact on ecology is receiving more regulatory
scrutiny. Our Insight on natural capital looks at its role
in investment decisions, its growing importance in assessing
environmental risk to operations, and the likely direction of
travel for regulation in this area.
A recent County Court case in the heavily-litigated area of
opposed lease renewals will be of significant interest to both
landlords and tenants.
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May 3, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Clareine Enderby
As the implementation of the UK online safety regime continues,
our Regulatory Outlook takes a look at Ofcom's third call for
evidence to inform its codes of practice and guidance on the
additional duties applicable to categorised services under the
Online Safety Act, and at the ICO's response to Ofcom's
consultation on protecting people from illegal harms
online.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Clareine Enderby
As businesses strive to develop more sustainable practices, the
UK competition regulator has published its second informal guidance
under its "open door" policy in relation to green
agreements. Its willingness to provide such guidance provides
businesses with an opportunity to obtain clarity and assurance for
their own agreements with competitors on sustainability collaborations.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Clareine Enderby
In February, our Dipping into Data series returns, with a look
at what the regulators are likely to focus on this year in the EU
and UK. The UK's regulator, the ICO, introduced a new Binding Corporate Rules Addendum in December,
which has eased a compliance burden for businesses that struggled
with developing different frameworks for data transfer mechanisms
for the EU and UK.
