The Law Commission has stated that electronic signatures have legal force to execute contracts, as long as the usual rules and formalities are met.
The launch of centralised hubs to dispense justice to defendants charged with “victimless offences” is proving successful. According to the government, hubs in Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent are dealing with a large volume of cases more quickly under the Single Justice Procedure, instituted in 2015.
French President, Emmanuel Macron might have emerged as the superstar of digital taxes after the recent G7 meetings, but the UK is catching up, with provisions that will divide the British technological, financial, and legal landscape.
As of September, when copyright owners want to make a manual claim to monetise videos their work has been used in, they cannot make that claim for very short uses of the music or unintentional use. Instead, they can stop the creator from monetising the video, or block the video.
An employment tribunal has partly found in favour of a claimant former employee, awarding £2,500 in compensation, after he was dismissed for researching how to blow the whistle on his employer.
46 countries including China, US, India, and the Republic of Korea signed the Singapore Convention on Mediation, a treaty enabling the cross-border enforcement of mediated settlement agreements.
The Home Office has rejected new advice published in a report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights that proposes a 28-day limit on immigration detention to prevent the current system from being “slow, unfair and expensive”.
Unilever threatens to sell brands without positive social impact.
The UK government announced it will introduce new legislation to protect workers from misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), particularly against covering up workplace harassment.
The Government has announced plans to expand on previous reforms to allow gig economy and zero hours workers to be paid compensation when their shifts are cancelled at short notice.