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CMA Guides Businesses on Online Competition Law

21st June 2016
The CMA has written an open letter to businesses alerting them that, if suppliers restrict their retailers’ prices, that can break the law. The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) open letter is accompanied by an at-a-glance guide to the law and follows two recent cases in which businesses were fined a combined total of more than £3 million for engaging […]
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Law Business to Boom in Event of ‘Leave’ Vote

21st June 2016
Legal expert and UK200Group Executive Board Member Peter Duff has forecast that, in the case of Britain leaving the European Union, lawyers will be busy as our government and businesses adapt to being outside of the trade bloc. “As a lawyer, it appears to me that the legal profession will have a boom time in […]
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Campaign for Clarity: Vote Leave & Remain Camps Answer Key SME Business Questions

15th June 2016
As part of its commitment to the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) business community, the UK200Group has launched its Campaign for Clarity ahead of the EU Referendum on June 23rd. With this in mind, the UK200Group asked its members and their clients to contribute their most important business questions to a document that was then […]
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UK Investigatory Bill Clashes with Privacy Concerns

2nd June 2016
UK MPs and their peers have stated that the collection of personal data on a large scale is not "inherently incompatible" with privacy laws. According to the BBC, the Human Rights Committee says whole data gathering by security services is “capable of being justified.” The UK government is soon to introduce the Investigatory Powers Bill […]
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Can Legal Privilege Prevent Seizure of Mobile Devices?

27th May 2016
A challenge to the Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) powers to seize and process privileged documents recently failed in a significant ruling in R McKenzie v The Director of the Serious Fraud Office. McKenzie (the Claimant), who was the subject of an investigation by the SFO, was arrested at Heathrow airport in June 2015 on suspicion of […]
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Insurers Escape Paying NHS Tens of Millions in Costs Due to Outdated Legislation

16th May 2016
The insurance industry is failing to pay the NHS tens of millions of pounds in costs of patient care due to inadequate and outdated recovery legislation, warns specialist lawyers Moore Blatch. The NHS is faced with a likely £3 billion overspend in the current financial year, and the lawyers believe that it’s unacceptable that legislation […]
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UK Government Announces Property Law Changes & Anti-Corruption Summit

12th May 2016
The UK’s Prime Minister, David Cameron has announced intentions to combat global corruption by creating a global register of foreign firms that own property in the UK. According to the BBC, Downing Street says the planned register would include companies currently in the UK, potential buyers, and those looking to win government contracts. Firms on […]
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