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Digital markets CMA publishes plan to monitor UK’s digital markets regime The CMA has released a paper outlining the UK government’s approach to tracking and assessing the new pro-competition framework for digital markets (the Plan). It explains the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) work that both the CMA and government will carry out. Their M&E approach rests on three pillars: Process monitoring and evaluation the CMA will publish information on key output indicators for the regime in its Annual Report and Accounts the government and CMA will run continuous internal analysis to observe and review how the regime operates and to help address the overarching evaluation questions Impact monitoring and evaluation the CMA will take a case-by-case method when judging how well its competition requirements perform findings will appear in the CMA’s Annual Report and feed into a Post-Implementation Review (PIR), examining whether the regime has met its...

Mergers The Commission registered notification in PSPIB/4F/VSA/Citrosuco (M.12265) under the simplified merger route—see also, EU mergers—ongoing cases tracker for current merger probes... Antitrust A hearing took place in Case C-762/24 P Conserve Italia and Conserves France v Commission, appealing the General Court’s judgment in Case T-59/22, which annulled the Commission’s decision in Canned vegetables (AT.40127)—see further, application. For all live antitrust appeals before the Court of Justice, consult the Court of Justice appeals—ongoing cases tracker... State aid The Commission has cleared under EU State aid rules: a German scheme (€1.6bn) to roll out public fast-charging stations for electric heavy-duty vehicles (e-HDVs) at non-serviced rest areas on German motorways—see press release a Hungarian scheme (€14.1bn) to back strategic investments expanding clean technology (cleantech) manufacturing in line with the Clean Industrial Deal—see press release France’s compensation to Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives for mandatory excavation searches as last-resort operator during 2008–2021—see Midday Express a Dutch measure (€172m) supporting preparatory work...

In this issue: Practice and procedure Emergency procedures Public children Private children Financial provision International children Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Useful information Practice and procedure Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Direction Update No 2 of 2025 The second Practice Direction Update to the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010) in 2025 has now been published. It revises FPR 2010, PD 36ZA and introduces a further Practice Direction, FPR 2010, PD 36ZI, which will take effect on 14 July 2025. The new Practice Direction, FPR 2010, PD 36ZI, augments FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955, r 36.2 (Transitional Arrangements and Pilot Schemes) to support a pilot for notifying the police whenever the court makes, varies, or extends a relevant non-molestation order. Under the pilot, notification to the police will be delivered by automated electronic means or by email once a relevant non-molestation order has been made. Consequential amendments to FPR 2010, PD 36ZA remove,...

Film and TV glossary A–B Film and TV glossary E–H Film and TV glossary I–L Film and TV glossary M–P Film and TV glossary R–S Film and TV glossary T–W CAP Code for non-broadcast media The UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Marketing (the CAP Code) serves as the principal framework governing non-broadcast adverts, promotional sales activity and direct marketing messages. It is drafted by the Committee on Advertising Practice (CAP), a self-regulatory body whose membership comprises organisations representing advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing and media industries. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) polices the CAP Code and may require the withdrawal or amendment of any advertisement that contravenes these standards. Refer to Practice Note: Advertising law and regulation. Channel 4 Channel 4 operates as a ‘publisher-broadcaster’: it produces no programmes internally, commissioning content from production companies across the UK. Cinematograph film Under the Copyright Act 1956 (CA 1956), films gained protection as...

ARCHIVED: This tracker is archived and no longer updated. For an overview of Court of Protection cases from 2025 onwards, see: Court of Protection—table of cases. P, Re (Property & Affairs Deputyship: Jurisdiction) [2024] EWCOP 77 (T2) Court of Protection determines it has jurisdiction to consider whether P’s mother should continue as property and affairs deputy The proceedings related to P, an adult who sustained a brain injury in an accident and had a substantial personal injury claim. His mother had been appointed by the Court of Protection as his property and affairs deputy, and the present decision addressed an application seeking to revoke that appointment. The litigation had been protracted. Earlier, the court permitted ‘closed material’ to be withheld from P’s parents to facilitate capacity assessments; for a summary of that ruling, see here. Despite that step, neither the Official Solicitor nor the court gained clarity about P’s condition or even his location. It was reported that P was now residing in Italy. HHJ Burrows concluded that...

Mediation has become increasingly prevalent as a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the UK since the Access to Justice Report. It is consistently promoted by the courts as part of the overriding objective under CPR 1.4(2)(e). The courts also now hold explicit powers to direct parties to ADR under CPR 3.1(2)(m), and parties are required to consider it under the Practice Direction – Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols. This is further reflected in the Chancery Guide, para 10.1. While the Civil Procedure Rules do not provide a specific pre-action protocol for probate and trust disputes, the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists has issued a Code to support practitioners. It states at 2.18 that parties should at all times evaluate whether ADR is suitable and note that the court may now order participation in ADR. ADR takes various forms, including: Mediation Early neutral evaluation (court-based and private) Financial dispute resolution (court-based and private) Expert determination Arbitration Not...

Schedule of services—M&E Engineer (Design and build procurement) The Consultant shall: General responsibilities (Stages 0–7) Lead and co‑ordinate the Design Team, integrate discipline designs, chair design meetings, manage stage reports, and facilitate Client–team communications. Act as Principal Designer under CDM 2015 and the Building Regulations 2010, or liaise with the appointed Principal Designer to secure safe design practice. Receive Client/Contractor instructions around novation, align deliverables with cost, prepare/review drawings and specifications, and maintain a deliverables schedule. Ensure full design co‑ordination, resolve carry‑over items each stage, advise on Client CDM duties, and collaborate with the BIM Manager. Pre‑novation (Stages 0–4) Undertake site appraisals, risk and viability advice, desk studies, and surveys; develop the brief and responsibility matrix; support cost planning and BIM decisions. Formulate options, outline proposals and utilities strategies; define consultant/specialist or contractor‑designed packages; progress spatial co‑ordination, compliance and energy strategies; provide scheme, technical design and stage reports; support Employer’s Requirements and Building Contract preparation....

Schedule of services—M&E Engineer (traditional procurement) Schedule of services—M&E engineer (traditional procurement) The Consultant shall: General responsibilities (Stages 0–7) Serve as Lead Consultant for the Project, which includes: advising on the scopes of services for other members of the Design Team advising on the requirement for additional specialist consultants to complete the Project, and defining their scopes of services directing the other consultants comprising the Design Team co-ordinating and integrating the design of the Project as a whole arranging and chairing regular design meetings to support delivery of the Project, ensuring minutes are taken and circulated afterwards facilitating communication between the Client and the Design Team co-ordinating and collating end of stage reports Either perform the role of Principal Designer under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and the Building Regulations 2010 to uphold best practice in respect of safety in design, or interact and liaise as required...

Project [ insert project name ]For the attention of [ Insert addressee name ][ Insert date of report ] INDEX Report A. Introduction B. Executive summary C. Detailed report Corporate form and structure Operations and trading relationships Intellectual property Information technology Data protection Banking and funding Staff Pensions Real property Litigation and disputes Insurance Regulatory and compliance Taxation D. Scope and constraints E. Definitions Schedules Engagement letter List of documents reviewed Due diligence questionnaire and replies Corporate and structural matters Summaries of key contracts Summaries of principal IPR Summaries of key staff Freehold and leasehold properties Pensions Aged debtor ...

The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (M(SSC)A 2013) confirms that marriages between same-sex partners are lawful and effective. Under s 9 of M(SSC)A 2013, civil partners in England and Wales can convert their partnership into a marriage, should they wish to do so. That conversion terminates the civil partnership, with the resulting marriage treated as having existed from the date the partnership was created. Before M(SSC)A 2013 came into force, same-sex marriages formed overseas were recognised in England as civil partnerships, falling within the category of ‘overseas relationships’ under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, rather than as marriages...