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  15/01/2025

  England

  The Renters’ Rights Bill – More concerns for landlords

  The Renters’ Rights Bill has once more shifted significantly in favour of tenants and increased concerns and uncertainty for professional landlords across the private rented sector.The recent changes introduced to the latest version, including the abolition of advance rent payments which has been heavily criticised by landlord bodies, have been voted through the Third Reading in the House of Commons. Given the political nature of this Bill, such an outcome was not surprising, despite resistance from landlord bodies and Opposition MPs.The Bill will now pass to the House of Lords with the Government...

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  15/01/2025

  Chine

  2025 – Topics that may Concern You

  Companies doing business in China constantly have to deal with changes in regulations and new laws. This will also continue in 2025.Topics such as the new PRC Company Law, new PRC Tariff Law, PRC Regulations on Export Control of Dual-Use Items, network data security management, data transfer, opening up capital markets to foreign investment, and raise of statutory retirement age of employees etc. will continue to be a concern for many companies in China in 2025.Complying with regulatory requirements is one of the key challenges for foreign companies and investors in China, not only in terms of...

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  06/01/2025

  United Kingdom

  Identifying the correct operator for terminating Electronic Communication Code agreements

  SummaryLandowners need to carefully consider which is the relevant operator for the purposes of terminating agreements relating to electronic communications apparatus under the Electronic Communications Code (Code). In a decision applicable to Code wayleaves and licences entered into before 28 December 2017, the Upper Tribunal has held that, even if such an agreement has been assigned by the original operator party to another party, the original party may remain the relevant operator for the purposes of termination under part 5 of the Code, where it retains primary responsibility for performing...

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  03/01/2025

  England and Wales

  Building Safety Act im­ple­men­ta­tion in Wales: an update

  The implementation of the Building Safety Act has proceeded at a slower pace in Wales than in England. Recent developments have seen many anticipated changes coming into force and more information available as to planned next steps. This Law-Now provides an update on developments since our previous Law-Now in 2023 (which can be accessed here).Definition of Higher-Risk BuildingThe definition of a higher-risk building in Wales (which differs from England) has now been formalised in the Building Safety (Description of Higher-Risk Building) (Design and Construction Phase) (Wales) Regulations 2023....

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  20/12/2024

  Europe

  EDPB Opinion 28/2024: key takeaways on processing personal data in the context of AI models

  On 17 December 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued Opinion 28/2024 on certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of AI models, which offered timely guidance on AI issues, addressing questions on the anonymity of AI models, how controllers can demonstrate legitimate interest as a legal basis and how unlawful processing of personal data in the development phase affects the lawfulness operation of the AI model. Introducing new concepts The EDPB provides its own interpretation of certain stages in the AI models’ life cycle, such...

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  12/12/2024

  United Kingdom

  UK Tax Disputes Digest (Winter 2024)

  Welcome to the Winter 2024 edition of our UK Tax Disputes Digest: a high-level summary of key developments in contentious tax over the last few months for heads of tax, finance directors, general counsel and other in-house professionals.As with previous editions, we have seen a continued increase in HMRC activity across various areas. Both individual and corporate taxpayers would be well-advised to check their tax position as soon as possible to prepare for any potential HMRC investigation into their tax affairs.In this edition, we look at just a few of these developments, including in relation...

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