In 2018 Lord Lloyd Jones stated that for ‘the first time since the age of the Tudors it has once again become meaningful to speak of Welsh law as a living system of law.’[1] This is thanks to legislation gifting primary…
One of the UK’s largest ticket re-selling sites, Viagogo, has reached a major settlement with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on the eve of a widely anticipated court battle. The settlement is founded on Viagogo agreeing to a ‘comprehensive…
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is an anchor tenant in Canary Wharf. In 2011, EMA entered a 25-year lease for its London headquarters with the Canary Wharf Group. It is understood that EMA is required to pay rent of approximately…
The individual who was made the subject of the UK’s first Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) in February this year has been named as Zamira Hajiyeva. She is the wife of Jahangir Hajiyev, the former chairman of the International Bank of…
In October 2017 an English company, CMOC, discovered that it had been the victim of business email compromise fraud. Once hackers had obtained access to the company’s email system they sent multiple prompts to its bank, the Bank of China,…
Earlier this week, the FCA imposed a fine on Tesco Personal Finance Plc (‘Tesco Bank’) in the amount of £16.4 million, pursuant to section 206 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as the result of its handling of…
The corporate world can be a ‘double-edged sword’. On the one hand, there are a number of different ways in which commerce is conducted, meaning that opportunities to conduct business are available and varied like never before. Conversely, due to…
Sir Cliff Richard has been awarded damages of £210,000 after the High Court ruled on 18 July 2018 that the BBC’s coverage of a police investigation into alleged sexual offences involving a minor was a breach of Sir Cliff’s privacy. Background In…
At the heart of the judgment in Richard v BBC lies the significant determination that “as a matter of general principle, a suspect has a reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to a police investigation”. The Court recognised the significant reputational…
DR B v The General Medical Council [2018] EWCA CIV 4197 Background In proceedings before the High Court the Registrant, Dr B, had successfully challenged the General Medical Council’s (GMC) decision to disclose to P, the patient complainant, an expert report in…
