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The Valuation Tribunal for England has issued a significant decision for the museum sector, ruling that the Natural History Museum (NHM) should have a nominal rateable value of £1 in the 2017 Rating List, effective from 1 April 2017.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become a focal point of regulatory, environmental, and public concern across the UK. Recent developments, including the investigation into potential PFAS contamination at Thornton‑Cleveleys, Lancashire, highlight the scale and complexity of the challenge. So widespread has been the use of PFAS in industry, that estimates suggest there could be between 2,900 and 10,200 high risk PFAS sites in the UK.
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Townsend v Epsom and St Helier provides that any decision about the medical treatment of a mentally incapacitated adult, including the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, must be taken in the patient’s best interests – and so clinicians are not allowed to make a unilateral decision to refuse to provide treatment without going to Court if there is a dispute. It is then for the Court, not the clinicians to determine best interests.
This briefing considers the insurance consequences of the Iran war across key classes of business, including property, marine, aviation, political violence, political risk/trade credit and travel insurance, with a particular focus on the coverage disputes that are likely to arise as claims develop.
Until recently, child claimants with a reduced life expectancy had been prevented from recovering pecuniary damages for lost years as set out in Croke v Wiseman (1982). The Supreme Court case of CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2026) has overruled this approach.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today launched its market study into private dentistry in the UK, including preventative, clinically necessary and cosmetic dental treatments. The study will review whether this market is working well for consumers.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced a formal investigation into Hilton, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Marriott, and CoStar, the owner of the hotel data analytics tool STR. The CMA is examining whether these businesses shared competitively sensitive information through STR and potentially facilitated coordination between rival hotel operators.
Alcohol, cigarettes, getting behind a wheel of a car, signing up for military service. The law draws a line and sets a minimum age. Do you think it should do the same for social media, AI chatbots and certain addictive features of modern technology?
A recent High Court decision provides a striking reminder that even where a testator has capacity and understands their will, the surrounding circumstances can still render it invalid.
A number of countries around the world, including the United Kingdom, are currently either in the process of – or contemplating – social media bans for children. What might the scope of a social media ban be? Why is this a legislative priority? What obligations do businesses have under existing data protection and online safety laws and what must they do to comply? How might the law evolve?
Your guide to Court of Protection disputes, covering statutory wills, capacity decisions, powers of attorney and deputyship, costs, and how to protect a vulnerable loved one.
The recent Supreme Court decision in Emotional Perception AI has a big impact on the question of patent eligibility for computer implemented inventions, including those using AI. The case establishes new legal tests in relation to what is a patentable invention and looks at what classifies as a computer program in the field of artificial neural networks, a form of AI.