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11/14/2025 12:14:35 PM

Reform to Reality: key upcoming changes in the Employment Rights Bill and anticipated implementation dates

By Manon Rattle Simon Bayliss Ciara Redican

Set to bring some of the most wide-ranging changes to UK employment law in decades, the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) continues to...

11/14/2025 12:00:24 PM

Consult and Deliver: the Employment Rights Bill and how the upcoming reforms will be implemented in practice

By Manon Rattle Simon Bayliss Ciara Redican

The ink on the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) may not yet be dry, but much of the detail surrounding how these reforms will be introduced...

11/13/2025 5:22:50 PM

Judgment in second-hand software dispute

By Anna Cook

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has handed down a judgment on two preliminary issues relating to the reselling of software licences...

11/13/2025 12:26:47 PM

Non-Party Disclosure Denied: A reminder of the English Court’s approach in London-seated arbitration

By Sarah Hill Magda Zamojska

In English litigation a party to proceedings can apply for an order to obtain disclosure from a third party who is not party to the...

11/10/2025 11:30:21 AM

High Court upholds fines imposed by Ofcom for serious and repeated breaches of the Broadcasting Code

By Ben Coleman Mark Brown Naomi Foale +1 more...

Speed Read The High Court has given for The Office of Communications (“Ofcom”) in its claim against Star China Media Limited (“Star...

11/10/2025 10:38:54 AM

ASA rules in favour of Shell again on green claims

By Tim Heaps Haydn Walker

For the second time in 2025 a greenwashing complaint has not been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) against an entity...

11/6/2025 5:25:58 PM

More time to make amends or greater uncertainty for employers? ACAS early conciliation period set to double

By Emily Atkinson

Pursuant to regulations published yesterday, the period for ACAS early conciliation will double from six weeks to twelve weeks for any...

11/6/2025 3:23:26 PM

Effective equity incentive conversations

By Julia Cockroft Tabitha Reed

Today, Bristows hosted an event on The Power of Dialogue in collaboration with The Right Conversation and Inclusive Employers. The event,...

10/30/2025 3:47:02 PM

Rights, rewrites and reform: unfair dismissal and the Employment Rights Bill

By Emily Atkinson Simon Bayliss

The Employment Rights Bill promises to bring some of the most significant changes to employment law in recent times, as we discussed in...

10/24/2025 10:38:43 AM

Bristows’ SnippITs - DHSC v Medpro: estoppel arguments ‘dressed down’ by the court

By Freya Ollerearnshaw Barney Bussell

This post is the latest in the Bristows’ SnippITs series, which pulls together the key practical takeaways from recent court decisions...

10/22/2025 12:19:36 PM

Competition-IP Interface: Transactions, Collaboration, and Unilateral Conduct (EU)

By Sophie Lawrance Edwin Bond Iva Gobac

Reproduced from Practical Law with the permission of the publishers. For further information, visit practicallaw.com. A Practice Note...

10/21/2025 3:18:56 PM

Fashion Victims: European Commission fines Gucci, Chloé and Loewe €157 million for resale price fixing

By Edwin Bond Iva Gobac

On 14 October 2025, the European Commission announced that it had imposed fines of over €157 million on luxury fashion houses Gucci,...