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It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Agatha Hunt.

On 6 April 2026, the ERA 2025 amended the definition of a "qualifying disclosure" to expressly include disclosures that sexual harassment has occurred, is occurring, or is likely to occur.

In December 2025, the UK Government elevated two offences to "priority" status under the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA), encouraging or assisting serious self-harm , and cyberflashing.

Women and ethnic minority professionals are disproportionately appointed to senior roles during times of crisis, volatility or reputational risk. This phenomenon, known as "The Glass Cliff", sees women and ethnic minority professionals in positions of heightened exposure, where the margin for error is slim, the scrutiny intense and the risk of failure and blame are high.

The Unified Patent Court Court of Appeal's decision of 2 June 2026 in Fujifilm v Kodak provides a detailed answer to a key question in UPC litigation: can the UPC adjudicate infringement of a European patent validated in a country that is not a party to the UPC Agreement (UPCA), e.g., the UK, and if so, on what terms? The answer is yes, and the court has now set out precisely how such jurisdiction works.

We are pleased to announce that Mishcon de Reya’s Planning team, headed by Anita Rivera, ranked 6th in the UK in the latest Planning Resource Planning Law Survey.

Jon Baines, Senior Data Protection Specialist at Mishcon de Reya, has been quoted in The Times in an article regarding the resignation of the Information Commissioner.

Katy Colton has commented for Legal Business on the prospect of a new prime minister on business and the legal industry.

A Premier League Independent Disciplinary Commission has ruled in Burnley v Everton that Everton must pay Burnley £26 million in damages plus £9 million in interest, finding that Everton's breach of the Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) materially contributed to Burnley's relegation at the end of the 2021/22 season.

On 2 August 2026, four categories of obligations relating to transparency for certain AI systems become applicable under Article 50 of the EU AI Act. Each of the obligations apply to different types of AI systems or their outputs, and impose obligations on providers of relevant AI systems, as well as deployers.

Explore legal obligations and cybersecurity risks of agentic AI under UK and EU laws, including the EU AI Act, CRA, GDPR, NIS2, and DORA.