With the dust settling on the UK’s decision to leave the EU, Blacks Solicitors’ Phil Gorski takes a closer look at the impact this will have on cybersecurity and intellectual property for businesses. How Brexit will affect data protection in the UK? UK businesses have for some time now been thinking carefully about what they […]
Responses from over 600 participants from 180 sectors revealed that almost 50% fear the biggest risk post-Brexit is added costs through duties or taxes, followed by customers and suppliers having a potential negative view of the UK (19%) and exchange rate issues (18%). The Institute of Export (IOE) - the only professional body in the […]
In the aftermath of the vote for Brexit, it transpires that there is actually no such thing as a Brexit, but potentially a number of Brexits that we could end up with. In theory we could negotiate a Brexit where the UK leaves the EU but does not sever its ties to the EU’s ‘four […]
The average number of new tax cases sent to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has risen by a fifth since the credit crunch, as more businesses and other taxpayers use the court to challenge the actions of national tax authorities, says Pinsent Masons, the international law firm. Pinsent Masons says that […]
Under new data protection regulation, consumers will have increased rights to object to processing of their personal information. Mark Fairbairn, Head of Retail at Equifax, explains what this could mean for retailers and both their online and offline marketing strategies. “The EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), designed to protect consumer privacy and data […]
An increasing number of commercial and business-related disputes are being heard by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) up 20% in the last year to 423, compared to 352 in 2014, according to research from the Legal Business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. However, the Brexit […]
The Chairman of the Bar, Chantal-Aimee Doerries QC, has invited Hugh Mercer QC to chair a Bar Council working group to consider the ramifications for the profession of Brexit. The Brexit working group’s first step will be to host an open forum for barristers to raise topics and issues which they would like to consider. […]
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