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The King has granted a posthumous conditional pardon to Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in the UK, recognising historic injustice and domestic abuse.

Daniel Naftalin has taken up his role as Mishcon de Reya’s new Managing Partner. Daniel was elected by partners earlier this year and takes over today from outgoing Managing Partner James Libson following a transition period.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in its judgment Case C-788/24 has ruled on when publishing a work online that is copyright-protected in some EU Member States, but in the public domain in others, amounts to an unauthorised "communication to the public".

The UK Government is considering reforms to non-compete clauses, including duration limits, salary thresholds and an outright ban, prompting concern across the financial services sector.

Welcome to our August 2026 Unified Patent Court update. With the UPC recently passing its third anniversary, in this edition we report on a series of significant Court of Appeal and Local Division decisions addressing: the availability of provisional measures, including the urgency requirement and the treatment of late-stage applications; jurisdictional reach, covering both the UPC's "long-arm" jurisdiction over non-UPC territories and the limits of that reach; and procedural aspects, including the scope of evidence production orders, security for costs for SME claimants, access to pleadings by third parties, opt-outs and calculation of court fees on appeal.

The High Court has dismissed all of Shein's copyright infringement claims against Temu, holding that Temu did not commit any acts of copyright infringement (nor authorise any acts) in relation to product listing photographs uploaded to the Temu UK website by third party merchants.

In CIT Group Finance (Ireland) v SpiceJet Ltd [2026] EWHC 1277 (Comm) the Commercial Court has provided helpful guidance on the operation of the Braganza duty, an implied duty which can require parties to exercise contractual discretions rationally, in good faith and in accordance with their contractual purpose.

Discover what the EU AI Act's transparency rules mean for advertising, deepfakes, and why UK brands must prepare for new labelling and compliance standards.

As visa sponsorship rules tighten and immigration salary thresholds affect whether individuals can be sponsored to work in the UK, employers face two related risks.