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Mishcon de Reya has relocated its Oxford team to Oxford North’s new global innovation district. The firm has taken a five‑year lease on the first floor of The Red Hall, a state‑of‑the‑art building at the centre of the £1.2 billion development. The move strengthens the firm’s presence in Oxford and supports its Vision 2030 strategy, which focuses on the Innovation Economy and the Golden Triangle.

The Crime and Policing Bill 2025 received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026, becoming the Crime and Policing Act 2026 (CPA). Enacted to rebuild public trust in policing, the CPA introduces significant reforms spanning areas including offensive weapons, stalking and public order, confiscation, and corporate criminal liability.

On 14 May 2026, the Government released the annual coroner statistics for 2025 in England and Wales. Coroners are independent judicial office holders who investigate certain kinds of death. The statistics can be viewed here.

A below-threshold merger - also referred to as a non-notifiable deal - is one that falls below the filing thresholds set by merger control regimes. Historically, such transactions were considered low-risk from a regulatory standpoint.

The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces a major shift to collective redundancy rules, with a new organisation-wide trigger capturing redundancies across multiple sites. This change, coupled with significantly increased financial penalties, raises the stakes for multi-site employers. With implementation expected in 2027, businesses should act now to centralise tracking, plan consultation logistics, and align their processes.

A director of two aerospace manufacturing companies had acted unilaterally and without board authority to undermine a proposed transaction that the board had identified as being in the companies' interests

The Dolfin decision is a stark reminder that the court will not act as a “bomb shelter” for insolvency practitioners facing difficult decisions. The JSAs’ unnecessary and poorly conceived application not only failed but resulted in indemnity costs, with no right to recover those sums from the estate. Instead, they were left personally liable - underlining the importance of exercising sound judgment before seeking court directions.