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If you are a data controller anywhere in the UK, in receipt of a data subject access request under Article 15 of the UK GDPR (or any of the other data subject rights requests), and the request was received on 13, 14 or 15 May 2026, you may not be aware that the law allows you one extra day to respond.

On 7 May 2026, the Council of the EU announced that a provisional political agreement had been reached with the European Parliament on the “AI Omnibus” (part of the EU’s Digital Omnibus simplification agenda) to streamline parts of the EU AI Act ahead of key compliance deadlines.

Following a consultation in 2021 and recommendations made by an independent panel in 2024, the Government has decided to proceed with implementing a UK re-domiciliation regime.

In a recent piece for EGR Global, Sian Harding, Managing Associate in Mishcon de Reya’s Interactive Entertainment team, considers whether the Gambling Commission should pause and reassess the rollout of financial risk assessments, given the significantly changed regulatory and economic environment facing licensed gambling operators.

In a recent piece for Estates Gazette, Commercial Real Estate Partner Edward Hughes-Power discusses how political pressure on large investors in housing, seen in the US, could also affect the UK living sector.

Mishcon de Reya has advised Equites Property Fund on the £200.5 million sale of its Springbox portfolio to a fund managed by ICG Real Estate.

The Court of Appeal has unanimously overturned the CAT's finding that HOKA manufacturer, Deckers, infringed competition law when it refused to allow one of its retailers, Up & Running, from selling its shoes on a discount website.