Due diligence is a critical aspect for any investor to consider when investing in an early-stage company. Due diligence provides reassurance that the investment’s potential upside outweighs its ...
Adding a New Partner in a Business Partnership
Given that market conditions are constantly changing, it is not unusual practice for a business partnership to recruit a new additional partner to either change the trajectory of the business or to in...
New UK visa routes
The government has issued a new Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules to implement its ‘Plan for Growth’ measures. We see the introduction of the new Global Business Mobility, High Pot...
New Standard Contractual Clauses Required for EU Personal Data Transfers
Personal data cannot legally be transferred outside the EU/EEA (European Economic Area), or indeed the UK, without specific legal safeguards in place, unless the country in question has been deemed to...
Children’s Privacy – New Requirements for Business providing Online Services
A statutory Code of Practice, the Age Appropriate Design Code, (known as ‘The Children’s Code’) has come into effect in the UK and, post 2 September 2021, businesses must ensure they comply with...
PureOaty vs. Oatly: No finding of passing off or trademark infringement in David vs Goliath case
Swedish multinational, Oatly, has been defeated on all grounds by family-run UK company, Glebe Farm Foods, in a trademark infringement and passing off case concerning their oat-based drinks. Oatly sue...
Changes to the Immigration Rules from 1 January 2021
The new rules revoked the free movement arrangements that EEA nationals and their family members enjoyed up till 31 December 2020. Now EU nationals wanting to come and live and work in the UK must hav...
Personal data implications of working from home during COVID (and beyond…)
Since the first national lockdown in the UK in March 2020, millions of people around the country have been working from home. Currently the government asks that we work from home unless it is impossib...
EU – UK Personal Data to keep on flowing freely post Brexit
On Friday 19 February 2021, the European Commission published a draft adequacy decision in favour of the UK. If adopted, this will allow the continued free flow of personal data from the EU to the UK....
Key Data Privacy Changes Post Brexit
Applicable Laws in the UK Following the end of the Brexit transition period, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) has now been incorporated into UK data protection law as the “UK G...
