When a tenant reaches the end of their lease (e.g. by exercising a break option, or simply by reaching the expiry of the term), it is a...

This article was first published in Kluwer Patent Blog [October, 2025]. Coinciding with the 100th year anniversary of the German and UK...

On 16 October 2025, Adam Coughlin, Naoise Gaffney and Samuel Munday from Bristows attended TechBio UK, an annual conference hosted by the...

In what is now becoming an annual event, IT admins around the world woke up today to discover that large portions of their IT estates...

On 13 October 2025, Ofcom announced the updated status of 11 of its investigations under the OSA. Since March 2025 (when Ofcom’s Codes of...

Reflections from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool The Labour Party Conference in Liverpool offered the clearest sense yet of how...

This article was first published in Kluwer Patent Blog [October, 2025]. Preliminary injunctions (PIs) matter in life sciences patent...

The UK’s AI sector is experiencing a surge in funding that shows no sign of slowing, with the likes of Nvidia’s Jensen Huang heralding...

Introduction  Umbrella companies are often used by employment businesses (for example, recruitment agencies) as a way of paying the...

In June 2025, Bristows’ Data Protection, Privacy & Cyber team posted about the imminent passing of the Data (Use and Access) Bill into...

In another welcome development, the MHRA has published an interesting Statement of Policy Intent for Early Access Service to Innovative...

Introduction The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the Court has jurisdiction to make directions in a claim within the Pre-Action...