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  • Plans for new rights for consumers during trader insolvency

    31 July 2020

    Figures show that online sales have jumped from 19.9% of all retail sales in January to 32.8% in May 2020.

  • NHS Test and Trace data in the hospitality and retail sector

    06 July 2020

    Hoorah! Over the weekend, pubs (along with other equally exciting venues) have begun to re-open!

  • CMA issues update on work of its Covid-19 Taskforce

    06 July 2020

    The Competition and Markets Authority has issued an update on the work of its Covid-19 taskforce, set up to identify, monitor and respond to competition law and consumer protection law issues arising from coronavirus and the measures taken by businesses in response to it.

  • Sellers watch out – EU approves new rules for consumer class actions

    03 July 2020

    Consumers will have enhanced rights to take collective actions against traders for breaches of consumer law in future.

  • Limits introduced on suppliers’ right to terminate for insolvency

    29 June 2020

    Clauses which allow termination when your counterparty enters into insolvency are commonplace, and are often inserted into commercial agreements routinely, without too much thought. It may come as a surprise, therefore, that these will now largely be unenforceable by suppliers of goods and services against their customers.

  • New advisory body for Scottish consumers

    25 June 2020

    If you sell goods or services to consumers in Scotland, take note as the Consumer Scotland Act 2020 has received Royal Assent.

  • EU plans changes to e-commerce and competition law

    10 June 2020

    We recently reported on the ASAI's publication of its annual report, in which it said that at a time when online shopping and digital commerce are experiencing exponential growth and have played a key role during the pandemic, it wants digital platforms to engage significantly from both compliance and funding perspectives.

  • What does the return to retail look like?

    03 June 2020

    Retail businesses are starting to reopen as part of the government’s plans to ease the country out of lockdown. How should retailers go about preparing to make a return to our high streets and shopping centres?

  • Supreme Court introduces new test for assessing a landlord’s intention to redevelop

    13 March 2019

    The Supreme Court recently handed down its judgment in the case of S Frances Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Limited. The decision marks a dramatic departure from the previously settled position regarding the proper test to be applied when establishing whether a landlord has the necessary intention to redevelop under ground (f) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. Introducing a new element to the test, a landlord must now be able to demonstrate, in addition to it having a settled intention to carry out the works, that it would do those same works even if the tenant left voluntarily.

  • Cybersecurity risks for eCommerce companies particularly in light of the GDPR

    Press

    24 October 2017

    Senior Associate, Bryony Long has commented in an article for Essential retail which takes a look at how the new GDPR rules will impact cybersecurity.

  • Ask About... Retail, Fashion & Hospitality

    19 December 2016

    Many of our clients in the retail, fashion and hospitality sector face similar HR issues. Each month one of the members of our team will identify an issue, ask how you would deal with it and provide our advice. This month we asked Lisa...

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