30 Nov, 2023 Supreme Court confirms Deliveroo riders are not “in employment” By Clare Fletcher Helena Davies Employment status in the gig economy has been under scrutiny for almost as long as the platforms have existed. The original model was one...
25 Sep, 2023 New one-stop shop for UK AI and digital regulation By Natalie Donovan The Government announced last week that, as part of its plans to design and deliver an AI regulatory framework, the DRCF will pilot a new...
17 Jul, 2023 Recapping Regulation: A big week for fintech By Emily Bradley It is a good time to check in on the financial regulation lawyer in your life, following a deluge of regulatory updates as the UK sails...
24 May, 2023 Blackjack, Poker and… Crypto? By Emily Bradley All bets are off for the cryptoasset (‘crypto’) industry following publication of the House of Common’s Treasury Committee report on...
11 May, 2023 SEPs and FRAND licensing: trending towards transparency? By Charles MacRae For only the second time in its history, the English High Court has determined FRAND (Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory) terms for...
27 Apr, 2023 In for a penny: Data protection and privacy implications of the Bank of England’s digital pound proposals By Alex Buchanan February this year saw the Bank of England and HM Treasury declare that it is “likely” that a digital pound will be issued in future and...
19 Apr, 2023 Fixated but no fixation as High Court finds copyright does not subsist in Bitcoin file format By Richard Barker As the world continues to be fixated with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, the High Court has recently found that copyright does not...
10 Mar, 2023 That's my crypto – fork it over! By Matthew Harman How far would you go to get your hands on billions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency? Dr Craig White, who also claims to be Satoshi...
14 Feb, 2023 How would you like to pay? Moving towards the digital pound By Emily Bradley In a significant step, the Bank of England and HM Treasury have declared that it is "likely" that a digital pound—the catchy moniker for...
01 Feb, 2023 Crypto-ing the line By Tim Fosh Back at the very beginning of 2020 Covid-19 still hadn't been designated a pandemic, Brexit still wasn't quite 'done' and you could start...
26 Jan, 2023 ICO tech report highlights privacy challenges for four key technologies By Natalie Donovan The ICO is encouraging developers to consider privacy at an early stage when implementing new technologies and, in its first annual...
20 Jan, 2023 Accountability and technology: imagining the future of the SM&CR By Emily Bradley The Senior Managers and Certification Regime or 'SM&CR', a regulatory lever which seeks to foster greater individual accountability...
19 Jan, 2023 HMT Review of Payment Services Regulations: is this the beginning of a tectonic shift in the regulatory bedrock? By Jordan Emery Ten years ago, the thought of your phone scanning your face before you pay for your morning coffee may have been a disturbing one. Five...
12 Oct, 2022 How to regulate the use of AI in financial services – still looking for answers By Selmin Hakki How to regulate AI is the subject of a wide-ranging debate, both in the UK and internationally. One of the critical issues in this debate...
07 Sep, 2022 And then there were three...Law Commission digital asset reform proposes 3rd class of personal property By Laura Monaghan In the introduction to its recent consultation on Digital Assets, the Law Commission states that it is proposing few changes to the law,...
20 Jul, 2022 Succeeding by Design: Government considers changes to UK designs system By Charles MacRae The UKIPO has published its response to its Call for Views on the UK’s designs system. Although the UKIPO has provided no firm policy...