31/05/2017 Businesses have less than a year to prepare for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – the EU legislation that will be implemented in the UK, despite Brexit, to initiate what Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, describes as ‘the biggest

24/05/2017 The controversial practice whereby the listing broker in a real estate transaction represents both the seller and the buyer – known as ‘double dipping’ or ‘dual agency’ – will be banned for Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) professionals

19/05/2017 A firm that sent millions of spam texts about mobile phone upgrades has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for breaking strict rules relating to the consent required from people before marketing messages are sent to them.

12/05/2017 The 12-month transitional period that allowed retailers to sell off tobacco, tobacco products and e-cigarettes that do not comply with the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Regulations and the revised EU Tobacco Product Directive ends on 20 May, when they

12/05/2017 A company that made 99.5m automated calls over 18 months on a wide range of topics including PPI compensation and road traffic accidents has been fined £400,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office – a record penalty for a firm