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In this article, we consider the position one year on from the Law Commission’s report on surrogacy and the continued need for reform and clarity for both surrogates and intended parents

Where data is transferred internationally, contracts should be updated by 21 March 2024. If action is not taken (including by pension schemes), there may be a technical breach of UK GDPR

The Supreme Court upheld a finding of targeting UK consumers where branded goods on a “.com” website could be shipped to the UK

The tax regime for non-doms and their trusts will change significantly from 6 April 2025. We explain the new regime and what non-doms should be doing now

Key dates for employment law reforms that employers, HR professionals and in-house employment lawyers need to know

Companies must ensure that any of their existing international data transfer arrangements reliant on standard contractual clauses as the appropriate means for a restricted international data transfer must be updated to use either the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or, the UK Addendum to the new EU Standard Contractual Clauses, by the 21 March 2024

We are seeing a degree of uptick in regulatory activism on this topic, including: industry-wide communications from the FCA; new regulatory rules and rigour; and an enlarged scope of the financial promotions regime, including movement into new product categories such as cryptoassets

We consider an employer’s duty to conduct right to work checks and how to ensure these checks are carried out correctly

With the delivery of sustainable transport in the UK a priority to achieving Net Zero targets, our roundtable series brings together sector experts to discuss the issues, challenges and opportunities. Here are the insights from our inaugural session on the pivotal role of funding

The final DB Funding and Investment Strategy Regulations are here. Whilst there are still related parts missing like the Code, here are the key points / actions

There is a considerable amount of work for the FCA to do to devise a regulatory regime that gives firms the clarity that they would need to open up their offerings into the space currently labelled the advice gap

In this month’s newsletter, we look at some of 2024’s key developments so far including the Pensions Regulator’s new General Code, the new Funding & Investment Regulations for defined benefit schemes, and the abolition of the lifetime allowance