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The Building Safety Act

English High Court refuses reverse summary judgment on lawfulness of building safety remediation termination

Durkan v Wallace ruling makes clear that the Building Safety Act does not introduce a bespoke standard for repudiation
Life Sciences and Healthcare

English High Court grants dynamic website blocking order to tackle counterfeit medicines

Creative solution to IP and regulatory breaches gives life sciences companies greater control over unlawful online sales
The Building Safety Act

English court rules that building liability orders can apply to foreign companies

Technology and Construction Court opens the way for developers to recover remediation costs from overseas groups
Employment and pensions

Works council agreements in Germany need a valid resolution

High financial risk for businesses: works agreements need a verifiable resolution, a signature alone is not sufficient
Dispute resolution

English Court of Appeal considers meaning of 'public domain' in confidentiality dispute

Information shared with around 200 potential investors may constitute confidential information under an NDA
Commercial

'Loss of bargain' damages recoverable without repudiatory breach, UK Supreme Court rules

A termination clause providing for compensation meant that loss of bargain damages were available
Tax

HMRC consultation signals major expansion of UK uncertain tax treatment notification regime

Proposals would bring individuals, trusts and new taxes into scope alongside a contentious new notification trigger
Life Sciences and Healthcare

European courts and regulators target the intersection of regulatory and patent trends in the life sciences

The Tecfidera case and provisional pharma reform agreement put regulatory exclusivity and patent protection in focus
Life Sciences and Healthcare

CJEU judgment redraws the perimeter of EU medical device rules

Ruling on unprinted patient wristbands tightens qualification, marketing claims and distributor duties
Regulatory Outlook

Bribery, fraud and anti-money laundering | UK Regulatory Outlook July 2026

Government publishes report from Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences | HM Treasury updates advisory notice on high-risk third
Dispute resolution

Proposed UK collective claim dismissed with indemnity costs for failure to secure funding

Competition Appeal Tribunal highlights obligations of proposed class representatives and impact on defendants
Dispute resolution

Constitutional Court again criticises Madrid High Court's review of arbitral awards

Judicial control must be limited to checking that awards are reasoned in a way that allows the decision to be