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Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU advocate general clarifies medical device classification and distributor duties

Preliminary MDR distributor guidance emerges from German dental equipment classification court case
GDPR

To Equiniti and beyond: Court of Appeal breathes life into low value data protection claims in UK

What might this decision mean for the data litigation market and the management of group data protection claims?
Dispute resolution

High Court allows lender to sue UK law firm operating a claims management business model

Bank claims that law firm took a reckless and indiscriminate approach to submitting 'irresponsible lending' claims
Real estate

Streamlined English court process proposed for Building Safety Act claims

Technology Construction Court guideline updates are to be finalised but will aim for a more efficient resolution process
Regulatory and compliance

Effective management of global compliance risks: a start-to-finish guide

Managing global compliance risk is a significant task – and it is getting bigger and more complex every year
Tax

Tax Tribunal finds SIPP withdrawals by expatriate not taxable by the UK

FTT determines that article 17 of the UK-Portugal DTC applied to withdrawals made by non-resident taxpayer from SIPP
Business crime

Money laundering in the UK undergoes first national risk assessment for five years

How have money-laundering risks for financial services and property evolved since 2020?
Corporate

UK counts down to identity checks for all directors and persons with significant control from November

Seven questions answered to help prepare as the significant change approaches
Business crime

'Failure to prevent fraud' prosecution guidance reinforces prospect of UK authorities' early use of new power

Ahead of the implementation of the new offence, the SFO and CPS have issued joint guidance on corporate prosecutions
Intellectual property

Life after SkyKick: UKIPO's Appointed Person applies landmark Supreme Court decision

Bad faith still looms large in trade mark opposition and infringement proceedings
Financial Services

HM Treasury, FCA and FOS consult on reforms to the UK financial ombudsman and redress system

Wide-ranging reforms have been proposed to improve clarity and predictability for firms handling complaints