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• UK Public M&A Market Update - July – August 2026

  “The summer heatwave was matched by a red hot public M&A market: 15 firm offers were announced, including five £1 billion-plus deals, with an aggregate value of £35 billion. Year-to-date deal value has exceeded £70 billion, the highest level since 2018. Listed companies led the charge, while private equity showed renewed appetite, particularly for larger transactions.” Patrick Sarch, Head of UK Public M&A

• Climate Tipping Points And Managing Risk Through Non-linear Change

  Climate tipping points are those moments where the temperature rises caused by increasing GHG emissions cause an irreversible change within a part of the climate system.

• Class, Collective, and Representative Actions: Overview (England and Wales)

  A Practice Note providing an overview of the key practical issues concerning class, collective, and representative actions in England and Wales, including claims arising from alleged breaches of competition law - Unlike a traditional legal action, where each party represents their own interests, a class, collective, or representative action refers to court proceedings where a single person or small group of individuals represent the interests of a larger group of similarly situated individuals or entities. It involves a procedural mechanism where multiple claimants can seek similar relief from the courts. Such actions are normally used in relation to certain types of claims, such as product liability and personal injury claims, competition law, data privacy and breach, financial services, and environmental law. Originally published in Thomson Reuters - 2006.

• Introduction to Civil Proceedings in England and Wales

  The object of this note is to provide an overview for clients, in particular international clients who are not familiar with the English law system, of the principal elements of the procedures that are followed in the English courts, and the technical expressions that are often used English civil law essentially comprises legislation by Parliament and decisions by the courts.

• Russia Sanctions Tracker

  This tracker provides a high-level summary of the measures imposed by each of the UK, EU, and Japan and Australia following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. In the current circumstances, the status of these measures is subject to change on a daily basis. Certain measures were in place prior to February 2022, and these are not included in this tracker.

• Summary note on disclosure in civil proceedings - August 2026

  This note is a summary of our note "Disclosure of documents in civil proceedings in England and Wales". Neither note is intended as a substitute for obtaining advice in individual cases. Disclosure orders Disclosure involves parties to litigation identifying and making available to each other (unless privileged) relevant documents in their control, in accordance with a court order.

• UK Public M&A Update - Q2 2026

  Dealmaking hit record breaking levels in the first half of 2026, although levels of activity remained volatile. Despite persistent concerns over energy supply and inflationary pressures, central banks held interest rates broadly steady (albeit the European Central Bank raised its three key interest rates in June and there may be other rises coming), equity markets recovered their first-quarter losses, and a series of megadeals were announced which fuelled market confidence.

• 2026 Annual Report On The UK National Security And Investment Regime

  On 14 July 2026, the UK Cabinet Office published the fifth Annual Report on the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act) (the Report). The Report provides summary information and statistics relating to the review of transactions and investments on national security grounds in the UK during the period 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026.

• English Civil Litigation Quickguides: Enforcement Of An English Judgment Overseas

  You have won your litigation in the English courts and secured a judgment against the losing party. But what if the losing party fails to comply? Your English court judgment is of little commercial value unless you are able to enforce it.

• English Civil Litigation Quickguides: Enforcement Of An Overseas Judgment In England

  You have obtained a favourable judgment from an overseas court but the losing party's assets are located in England. To recover what you are entitled to, you need to enforce your judgment in England and, in order to do that, your overseas judgment must be recognised and registered with the English courts.

Featured documents

• FSA Announces Changes to its Remuneration Code

  On July 29, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced plans to update its Remuneration Code to take account of new remuneration rules required under the EU Capital Requirements Directive (CRD3). Please see full alert below for more information....

• Phasing Out the Default Retirement Age

  The UK Government has today announced that employers will no longer be able to dismiss staff because they have reached the default retirement age (of 65 years) (the DRA). The basis for the decision is to allow people to work for longer to help the economy, and allow people to save more towards...

• UK Bribery Act – Publication of Government Guidance

  Guidance Issued The UK Ministry of Justice has published its long-awaited official guidance (the Guidance) on anti-corruption compliance procedures, which organisations should implement in order to prevent persons associated with them from committing bribery under the UK Bribery Act 2010 (the...

• London Digest - Spring 2011

  In This Issue: Main Articles: Case Law Update: Misselling Financial Products Balance Sheet Insolvency: The Point of No Return Commercial Contracts: The Uncertainty of Construction Supreme Court Abolishes Expert Witnesses’ Immunity from Suit Time to Pack Up the Phoenix Pre-Pack...

• July 2011: London Litigation Update

  CDO Misselling: In Cassa di Risparmio della Repubblicca di San Marino SpA (“CRSM”) v. Barclays Bank Ltd (“Barclays”), Case No: 08-757, High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, the court provided a clear summary of the legal principles that apply in CDO misselling claims, particularly if ...

• Employment Termination and Reductions-In-Force Outside The United States, Part 2

  We have been discussing overseas terminations against the backdrop of a fired employee asserting rights in local labor court, but in actual practice most firing disputes get resolved out of court. Of course, settlements are grounded in the parties’ predictions of what a labor court would award on...

• The New Automatic Enrolment Pension Regime in the UK: What It Means for Employers

  In an attempt to encourage more workers to save for their retirement, a series of new pension-related duties will be introduced over the period following 1 October 2012 which will, amongst other things, require that all employers in Great Britain automatically enrol eligible “jobholders” in a...

• UK-Controlled Foreign Companies Reform

  The UK's controlled foreign companies ("CFC") rules are designed to ensure that certain UK-controlled companies cannot shelter their profits offshore, in low tax jurisdictions, thereby minimising the actual profits subject to UK tax. Case law dating from 2004 held that the UK's CFC regime was...

• FSA Consultation on Proposed Changes to UK Listing Rules: New Definitions and Individual Guidance

  The UK Financial Services Authority (the FSA) recently published a Consultation Paper CP12/5 (No. 32) (the Consultation) which includes, among other proposals, a number of proposed changes to Chapter 11 of the UK Listing Rules (LR) and Chapter 9 of the Supervision Manual (SUP). The changes...

• UK Public Procurement Law Digest: Social Value in Procurement

  For many years, the trend in UK public procurement has been towards greater certainty. Clear financial thresholds apply; cases have tightly defined time limits for notification of award decisions; and weightings and evaluation criteria must be published. So the rather vague requirements of the...