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An update on the latest fintech trends, including cryptocurrencies, AI, open banking and PSD2

Following the Committee of Advertising Practice’s (CAP) recent ban on harmful gender stereotyping, the ASA rules against ads from Mondelez and Volkswagen for falling foul of the new rules

Important updates on fund regulation in the UK, including the latest FCA guidance, changes to the Handbook and upcoming developments in UK and European regulation

Further conversions to offices and dwellings have recently been permitted. However, the Raynsford Review and the TCPA’s Healthy Homes Bill question the growing scope of permitted development rights

Beware of a phishing scam using the identity of a Burges Salmon partner

New planning policy guidance and court cases about the interpretation of five-year housing land supply within the National Planning Policy Framework

The High Court has dismissed an application to disclose tens of thousands of broadband customers’ names and addresses for alleged unlawful downloads

The Corporate team at Burges Salmon has advised SDS on its strategic acquisition of Asset International Ltd

The FCA has issued a guidance to give firms clarity on when dealing with cryptoassets will bring them within the regulatory perimeter

The extent to which Approved Inspectors are held responsible for defective buildings has been the topic of two recent TCC judgments

Non-parties may want to review court documents from proceedings in which they are not involved. The Supreme Court has clarified in Cape v Dring what they can obtain and how.

Burges Salmon have been shortlisted for 'Law Firm of the Year' at the inaugural European Wind Investment Awards