07/08/2017 The landmark judgment, in which the Supreme Court on 26 July upheld an appeal by Unison and ruled that employment tribunal fees introduced in 2013 were unlawful, had a number of immediate effects, eg the government stopped collecting fees

07/08/2017 Trading Standards will regulate compliance with, and enforcement of, the bans on the manufacture and sale of plastic microbeads* in cosmetics and personal care products when they come into force in England on 1 January 2018 (for manufacture) and

07/08/2017 Charges for access to the Openreach network of underground ducts and telegraph poles that form the essential infrastructure of the UK broadband network will be capped by Ofcom in order to boost competition by helping create a level playing

31/07/2017 The scope of the EU Motor Insurance Directive would be amended to “apply only to accidents caused by motor vehicles in the context of traffic”, under the Dept for Transport’s preferred option for preventing the Vnuk Judgment of the

31/07/2017 In response to potential competition issues in the rapidly growing investment platform sector, the Financial Conduct Authority has announced a market study to assess whether investors are receiving the full benefits of platforms and whether competition is working in