11/28/2025 1:08:10 PM U-turn: Government backtracks on day-one unfair dismissal protection By Manon Rattle In a press release yesterday, the Government u-turned on its manifesto commitment to make unfair dismissal protection a day one right. ...
11/28/2025 11:42:00 AM Podcast: EU digital simplification By Jamie Drucker Mark Watts In this episode of Legitimately Interesting, Jamie Drucker and Mark Watts review the EU's proposed reforms to the GDPR, consider their...
11/27/2025 4:20:25 PM Catch up on our podcast series on AI Governance By Vik Khurana Simon McDougall Did you miss our three part ‘The Roadmap’ podcast series exploring AI governance? You can catch up on all three parts below. In this...
11/27/2025 9:13:30 AM Podcast: Autumn Budget 2025 - key business tax announcements By Julia Cockroft Simon Bayliss Finding reasons to be cheerful…hear our tax team’s key takeaways from the Budget 2025 which was announced on Wednesday, 26 November 2025....
11/26/2025 8:33:29 PM Autumn Budget 2025: key business tax announcements By Julia Cockroft Farhad Shahidi Lucy Urwin Tabitha Reed Simon Bayliss Mohammad Aljamal +3 more... Show less After a long and unconventional pre-Budget lead up, featuring an unusual press conference, u-turns, and an unprecedented leak by the OBR...
11/26/2025 12:51:58 PM UK Competition and Markets Authority launches its first consumer enforcement action – what businesses need to know By Victoria Yuan Stephen Smith Sean Ibbetson On 18 November, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) used its direct enforcement powers under the Digital Markets, Competition...
11/26/2025 12:37:21 PM Reflections on Sifted Summit 2025: the resilience of the European start-up ecosystem and funding tips for founders By Jamie May On 8 and 9 October 2025, members of the Bristows corporate team took turns attending the Sifted Summit, an annual conference hosted in...
11/24/2025 2:11:44 PM Design consultation responses: Deadline this week! By Simon Clark With less than a week to go before the deadline for submitting responses to the Government’s consultation on designs (27 November), we...
11/24/2025 9:54:59 AM Irides: Weekly global patent litigation update By Naomi Hazenberg Rachel Mumby Claire Wilson Fariha Chowdhury Jonathan Ross +2 more... Show less This edition features updates from: The Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the United States (US). The Irides Weekly Update is our round-up...
11/21/2025 5:20:46 PM Bellway v Occupiers of Samuel Garside House: Court of Appeal clarifies defendant’s obligations following invalid service By Max Palmer In Bellway Homes Ltd v The Occupiers of Samuel Garside House [2025] EWCA Civ 1347, the Court of Appeal has provided guidance on the...
11/21/2025 5:03:53 PM Bitter medicine for Cinven By Sophie Lawrance David Horner Victoria Yuan Oliver Alsop +1 more... Show less CMA reportedly seeking first Competition Disqualification Orders against PE fund directors Summary The UK Competition and Markets...
11/20/2025 10:46:22 AM Cross-border patent litigation: testing the boundaries of long-arm jurisdiction following BSH v Electrolux By Claire Phipps-Jones Melissa Dix The CJEU’s landmark ruling in BSH Hausgeräte v Electrolux (C-339/22) (BSH), handed down in February 2025, has significant implications...