Background to the Appeal R (PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others [2023] UKSC 28 considers the statutory interpretation of a “damages-based agreement” (“DBA”) and whether litigation funding agreements (“LFA”) are DBAs. LFAs are entered between a third-party litigation funder and a litigant with the purpose to finance litigation on a contingency…
A recent BBC Article reports that US technology giants have warned that the economic and legal landscape in the UK is becoming less appealing for tech companies, such as Meta and Google. This is due to several developments which can be classed into two main categories: (1) Increasing UK legislative regulation, requiring tech giants to…
Exciting news for those with an interest in the metaverse as Apple finally introduced its highly anticipated mixed reality headset, the Vision Pro, at its Worldwide Developers Conference. CEO Tim Cook expressed his belief in the profound potential of augmented reality, as he unveiled this futuristic device that resembles ski goggles and combines virtual reality…
On 6 May 2022 the Government confirmed its approach to strengthen digital competition regulation in the UK.[1] The UK is now on the verge of publishing the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (the “Bill”) which will be broadly aligned with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (“DMA”). However, will the Bill be fit for purpose?…
When Tim Berners-Lee created a system that used hypertext links to retrieve research papers at his research institute in Switzerland in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s he probably never thought his insight would spawn a worldwide commercial network. 30 years later we can see that people’s daily lives have been changed by the internet…
Recently the European Union set in motion what may become a very significant overhaul of how litigation funding functions across all member states. In a report written by German MEP Alex Voss of the EU parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, a case was made for the EU to make a concerted effort to avoid the fostering…
The United Kingdom government wants to have new telecoms security regulations – together with a code of practice. These will apply to network and service providers. The relevant department – the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport – conducted a consultation exercise for these new regulations and the code of practice from March to…
Questions as to the enduring dominance of London in the realm of commercial claims were raised in a recent article by the Law Society Gazette. It was reported that there has been a marked increase in the number of commercial cases which are being heard outside of the capital. Year on year, the proportion of…
A new Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (the Bill) in the UK is proposed to substantially modify the prevailing privacy framework derived from EU law. Amongst other reforms, it vows to soften the regulations and overhaul the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Background Since the EU-UK Transition Period ended on 31 December 2020, the…
