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The United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679, and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FIA 2000) oblige public and private bodies to reply to subject access requests within one to three months when people seek details of the personal data those organisations hold about them. Yet, on 28 September 2022, the ICO announced that an investigation had found Virgin Media, the Ministry of Defence, the Home Office, the London Borough of Croydon, Kent Police, the London Borough of Hackney and the London Borough of Lambeth had 'repeatedly failed' to meet this statutory deadline. Following these conclusions, the regulator issued reprimands to all seven organisations and, under the FIA 2000, practice recommendations to two of the London boroughs. The agency added that these bodies have three to six months to make improvements or 'further enforcement action could be taken'. In a statement, Information Commissioner John Edwards said SARs and FOIA requests are fundamental rights and a vital gateway to exercising other rights. The ability to ask an...

In this issue: EU fundamentals Banking and finance Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Dispute resolution Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals Council and Parliament adopt EU budget for 2026 The Council of the EU together with the European Parliament have now approved the EU’s 2026 budget. Commitments are fixed at €192.8bn, while payments come to €190.1bn. A reserve of €715.7m remains below the spending ceilings of the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), enabling the EU to react to unexpected events. This marks the sixth yearly budget within the 2021–27 MFF. See: LNB News 24/11/2025 32 and LNB News 26/11/2025 42. European Commission releases November 2025 infringement package The Commission has issued the November 2025 infringement package, outlining the EU Member States it is pursuing for failing to fulfil...

In this edition EU fundamentals Commercial Competition and state aid Corporate Data protection and cybersecurity Dispute resolution Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Energy Environment Insurance and reinsurance IP Life sciences TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals Council of the EU and Parliament agree on €192.8bn budget for 2026 The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have settled the EU’s 2026 budget, setting commitments at €192.8bn and payments at €190.1bn, equal to 1.00% and 0.99% of the Union’s gross national income. The plan focuses on competitiveness, defence preparedness, humanitarian support and migration management, while preserving room to react to unforeseen crises. Under the 2021–27 multiannual financial framework, €715.7m remains for unexpected costs, with funding channelled to the single market, cohesion, the environment, security and external engagement. As the sixth annual budget in the...

ARCHIVED : A persistent challenge for dispute resolution specialists is staying abreast of developments in case law that influence their practice area, or affect civil litigation procedure more generally. This Practice Note distils the principal appeal decisions in England and Wales (ie rulings of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and, where appropriate, selected judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union (Court of Justice)) that we have covered, giving users straightforward access to those rulings; see: Key civil litigation appeals in review—2021. You can navigate this material via the table of contents on the left-hand side, or search the tracker using [CTRL]+[F]. The Practice Note also highlights a number of forthcoming appeals, where identified, to support horizon scanning. It is not designed to be a comprehensive catalogue of every appeal and/or significant ruling of interest to dispute resolution practitioners. Note: regarding anonymity of natural parties where a request for a preliminary ruling is made to the Court of Justice, guidance from the Court of Justice...

Scope of this Practice Note This Practice Note summarises the provisions set out in section 21, together with associated sections, of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000); the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, SI 2005/1529 (FPO); and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Promotion of Collective Investment Schemes) (Exemptions) Order 2001, SI 2001/1060 (the Promotion of CIS Order). These instruments, as amended periodically and read collectively, comprise the UK’s financial promotion regime, and the Note also draws on relevant materials issued by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). What is the financial promotion regime? The expression ‘financial promotion’ does not appear within the text of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000) other than in the heading to section 21. Pursuant to FSMA 2000, s 21(1), a person (A) must not, in the course of business, communicate an invitation or an inducement—communication including causing a communication to be made—to participate in investment activity, subject to the circumstances...