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Dispute resolution

Technological change and the digitalisation of the global economy is having a profound effect on dispute resolution activity internationally – both in terms of the nature of disputes that arise and how this transformation can create efficiencies in delivering services to businesses involved in disputes.

Businesses at the centre of these technological advances – in sectors such as telecoms, automotive, renewable energy, and life sciences and pharmaceuticals – need to focus on a complex nexus of data, brand protection and regulation in an increasingly competitive environment.

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The Building Safety Act

English TCC and FTT set out how to manage building safety claims across both jurisdictions

Landmark Wallace v Durkan ruling provides first guidance on how Building Safety Act claims will be managed and tried

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27/08/2026

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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

25/08/2026

Read time 5m

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

24/08/2026

Read time 4m

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

24/08/2026

Read time 3m

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

19/08/2026

Read time 3m

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

13/08/2026

Read time 3m

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

06/08/2026

Read time 8m

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

04/08/2026

Read time 2m

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

03/08/2026

Read time 8m

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

31/07/2026

Read time 8m

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...

29/07/2026

Read time 3m

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

24/07/2026

Read time 5m

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...

21/07/2026

Read time 4m

Business crime

UK Crime and Policing Act 2026 widens corporate criminal liability to all offences

Section 250 removes a longstanding barrier to corporate prosecution and applies to companies of all sizes, with no compliance defence...

20/07/2026

Read time 5m

Tax

UK Supreme Court upholds narrow interpretation of 'significant influence' in the LLP salaried members rules

15/07/2026

Read time 5m

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The Building Safety Act

English TCC and FTT set out how to manage building safety claims across both jurisdictions

Landmark Wallace v Durkan ruling provides first guidance on how Building Safety Act claims will be managed and tried

New -

27/08/2026

Read time 4m

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

25/08/2026

Read time 5m

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

24/08/2026

Read time 4m

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

24/08/2026

Read time 3m

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

19/08/2026

Read time 3m

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

13/08/2026

Read time 3m

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

06/08/2026

Read time 8m

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

04/08/2026

Read time 2m

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

03/08/2026

Read time 8m

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

31/07/2026

Read time 8m

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...

29/07/2026

Read time 3m

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

24/07/2026

Read time 5m

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...

21/07/2026

Read time 4m

Business crime

UK Crime and Policing Act 2026 widens corporate criminal liability to all offences

Section 250 removes a longstanding barrier to corporate prosecution and applies to companies of all sizes, with no compliance defence...

20/07/2026

Read time 5m

Tax

UK Supreme Court upholds narrow interpretation of 'significant influence' in the LLP salaried members rules

15/07/2026

Read time 5m

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