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Supply chains and right to work checks: could your business be fined for failures by subcontractors?

From 1 October 2026, failures by service providers and subcontractors to carry out right to work checks could result in fines being imposed on businesses further up the supply chain. The civil penalties are significant, up to £45,000 per illegal worker for a first breach, rising up to £60,000 for repeat breaches.

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Nearly out of PERG-atory – but not quite yet: good news as the FCA finalises PERG 18 on cryptoassets, but with even more legal changes to come

Cryptoasset firms are days away from the FCA opening its authorisation gateway on 30 September 2026. In an ideal world, the regulatory perimeter – enacted by Parliament in legislation, and (where appropriate) supplemented by interpretative Perimeter Guidance from the FCA – would have been finalised some time ago, allowing such firms to make strategic decisions about their commercial and regulatory objectives in the UK.

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Travers Smith advises Phoenix Equity Partners, the founders and other sellers on the sale of Logiq to IBM

Travers Smith LLP has advised long-standing client Phoenix Equity Partners, the business founders and other shareholders on the sale of Logiq Consulting, an NCSC-assured UK cyber security consultancy with deep expertise in highly regulated environments including the UK Defence Industry, UK Critical National Infrastructure and the wider Public Sector, to IBM. 

Employment Rights Act – What does it mean for employers?

The Employment Rights Act 2025 is introducing a range of significant reforms to UK employment law, with the key changes being phased in over 2026 and 2027. The much-publicised reduction of the service requirement for unfair dismissal claims and the removal of the compensation cap will take effect in January 2027.

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Keeping up with the machines: how arbitral institutions are responding to AI (Part 2)

The first article in this series examined the rules of several leading arbitral institutions – the LCIA, the ICC, the SIAC and UNCITRAL – noting that none currently contains express provisions on AI. It also considered how existing procedural rules may nevertheless accommodate the use of AI, identifying best practices for parties who wish to adopt AI tools in their proceedings.

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The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill: a new era for data centre regulation

Four "nationally significant" cyber attacks a week on average in the UK: that was the NCSC's count for the year to September 2025. Yet data centres, the backbone of the UK's digital economy, have until now remained outside the scope of cyber regulation.

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SFDR 2.0 – European Parliament negotiating position: The stage is set for trilogue

Since November 2025, when the European Commission first published its proposal to update the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR 2.0), there has been widespread interest in how far the final SFDR 2.0 legislation could modify or dilute sustainability-related obligations for funds distributed in the EU. The asset management industry has been hoping for a legislative solution to some of the complexities and limitations of the existing SFDR 1.0 rules.

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