Jun 01, 2023 Meta handed the largest fine in GDPR history for breach of international transfer provisions By Rosie Duckworth Fred Snowball Chris Akka Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra +1 more... Show less On 22 May 2023, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (the Irish DPC) announced that it is fining Meta (formally known as Facebook) €1.2...
May 17, 2023 English High Court denies ClientEarth's "world-first" climate-related derivative action against the directors of Shell By Lois Horne Chloe Edworthy Riley Forson On 12 May 2023, the English High Court denied permission to ClientEarth to proceed with a substantive application for permission to...
May 17, 2023 Enforcement crackdown on use of unauthorised communication channels continues By Lorna Emson Helen Carter Madeleine Brown As we wrote about in more detail in our recent article, employee use of personal communications channels for work purposes has become a...
May 15, 2023 Oil still present on claimants’ land not a “continuing private nuisance” according to the UK Supreme Court in the ongoing Jalla v Shell litigation By Chloe Edworthy Riley Forson Madeleine Brown For the second time this year, the Supreme Court has given guidance on the tort of private nuisance. Following the decision in Fearn...
May 11, 2023 Better late than never: UK set to update criminal insider dealing framework By Lorna Emson Helen Harvey James Reid The UK is set to implement a new statutory instrument (SI) to align the scope of the UK’s criminal insider dealing regime with the...
May 04, 2023 Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? The UK Government Fraud Strategy 2023 By Lorna Emson Francis Bond Joshua Rutt The UK Government has proclaimed a “fundamental shift” in its approach to tackling fraud, a problem that accounts for 40% of all recorded...
Apr 20, 2023 Wolfsberg Group’s updated guidance on Anti-Bribery and Corruption Compliance Programmes By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey Jenny Shelley The Wolfsberg Group published its new guidance on Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) Compliance Programmes on 17 April (the Guidance),...
Apr 20, 2023 PRA takes enforcement action under the Senior Managers & Certification Regime By Dan Lavender Daniel Fisher Madeleine Brown The Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) has issued a fine against an individual under the Senior Managers & Certification Regime...
Apr 13, 2023 Failure to prevent fraud - Guilty, until proven innocent (or until reasonable fraud prevention procedures are in place) By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey Anna Bondarenko On 11 April 2023, the government finally tabled legislation introducing a much-anticipated new failure to prevent (FTP) fraud offence, as...
Apr 03, 2023 Best laid (economic crime) plans: the usual government rhetoric or an actual step forward? By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey Joshua Rutt Recognising the increasing threat to the UK’s national security and prosperity, on 30 March, HM Treasury and the Home Office published...
Mar 17, 2023 OFSI publishes new guidance on ownership and control By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey Jenny Shelley On 16 March, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) updated its enforcement and monetary penalties for breaches of...
Feb 27, 2023 International evidence gathering - §1782 application found not to be “unconscionable” By Nikolas Ireland Madeleine Brown Obtaining evidence from an overseas jurisdiction should be a consideration of all litigants engaged in disputes with an international...
Feb 22, 2023 Meta successfully resists certification in data privacy collective action By Jennifer Reeves Simon Day Cameron Firth In an early victory for Meta, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has refused to certify a collective claim brought on behalf of some 45...
Feb 14, 2023 First out of the gate: what can we learn from the First Tier Tribunal’s first remediation contribution order? By Richard Alam The First Tier Tribunal (FTT) recently published its first decision on an application for a remediation contribution order, in the case...
Feb 13, 2023 High Court creates uncertainty over the deadline for bringing a contractor’s claim for payment By Andy Mather A recent High Court case has created uncertainty about when a contractor’s right to payment arises. There now appear to be conflicting...
Feb 10, 2023 Posthumous conception: court refuses gamete collection on human rights grounds By Elizabeth Doherty Alexandra Thorne Jacob Ward Last August, we reported on a landmark decision in which the Court of Protection (Court) approved the use of frozen embryos after the...