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Financial Services

FCA launches motor finance consumer redress scheme consultation in UK

Regulator expects to publish its policy statement and final rules by early 2026
Unified Patent Court

Life sciences at the fore of preliminary injunction trends emerging from Europe's UPC

Half of PIs granted at first instance on inter partes basis, with invalidity and non-infringement main points of refusal
Dispute resolution

OFSI penalty highlights sanctions compliance gaps at global companies

UK pharmaceutical firm fined £152,750 for Russia sanctions breach
IT and data

CJEU clarifies concepts of personal and pseudonymised data: implications for data sharing

Transparency obligations apply to a transfer of pseudonymised data, even if it is not identifiable as personal data in the
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