UK law CMA publishes final guidance on new direct consumer enforcement powers The CMA has published its final Direct Consumer Enforcement Guidance which sets out how it plans to use its direct consumer enforcement powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, which come into force on 6 April 2025. The CMA has…
TCC upholds IBM’s claim for breach of software licence by reverse engineering
In IBM United Kingdom Ltd v LzLabs GmbH and others [2025] EWHC 532 (TCC) the Technology and Construction Court considered a dispute about software and in particular if Winsopia had breached a licence agreement under which IBM licensed IBM mainframe software to Winsopia. The case was featured as one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases…
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The ability of AI to increase access to justice.
Beth Gilmour explores the potential benefits and limitations of using AI to increase access to justice in the winning article of the SCL AI Group Junior Lawyer Article Competition Introducing DisruptionImagine someone, sitting anxiously in a waiting room at a solicitor’s office they hastily found online. They clutch a notice of eviction in their hands,…
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SCL AI Group Junior Lawyer Article Competition – Winner Announced!
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the SCL AI Group Junior Lawyer Article Competition 2024 is Beth Gilmour. Beth, a BAR student, submitted an insightful article titled “The Ability of AI to Increase Access to Justice.” As the competition winner, Beth will receive £500 in training credits, and her article will be…
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Online Safety Act in force: platforms must start tackling illegal material from 17 March 2025
As of 17 March, online platforms must start putting in place measures to comply with the duties to p[revent illegal harms under the Online Safety Act. Ofcom has launched its latest enforcement programme to assess industry compliance. Providers of services in scope of the OSA had until 16 March to carry out a suitable and…
Master of the Rolls gives speech on work of the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce
Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice, recently gave the keynote speech at the LawTech UK Conference 2025. He highlighted the growth and potential of the LawTech industry in the UK and the importance of legal frameworks for digital assets and AI. LawTech Industry in the UK He said that…
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This Week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
UK law The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (CMA Consumer Enforcement Rules) Regulations 2025 The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (CMA Consumer Enforcement Rules) Regulations 2025 have been made. In the Regulations, the Secretary of State, using the power under section 211 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024…
Court of Appeal allows Lenovo’s appeal in long-running SEP dispute
The Court of Appeal has allowed Lenovo’s appeal against the refusal to make a declaration for an interim licence in its ongoing standard-essential patent (SEP) dispute with Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in Lenovo Group Ltd and others v Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL) and another [2025] EWCA Civ 182. The case involves a long-standing dispute between Lenovo…
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Court of Appeal rules Tesla not entitled to SEP platform licence on FRAND terms
The Court of Appeal has recently ruled in Tesla Inc and another v IDAC Holdings Inc and others [2025] EWCA Civ 193. It dismissed an appeal against a Patent Court decision that there was no serious issue to be tried between Tesla and Avanci that Tesla was entitled to a licence under the platform on…
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Tackling non-consensual intimate image abuse
The House of Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee has issued a report saying that possessing non-consensual intimate images (NCII) should be made an offence, putting it on the same legal footing as child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Non-consensual intimate image (NCII) abuse occurs when intimate content is produced, published, or reproduced without consent, often…
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