7/8/2026 1:51:07 PM BlueCrest v HMRC: Supreme Court rules on employment status of LLP members for UK tax purposes By Sarah Bond Emily Szasz David Haughey When is a partner not a partner (for tax purposes, at least)? On 1 July 2026, the Supreme Court handed down its much-anticipated decision...
7/7/2026 9:45:38 AM Tracing cryptoassets in the English High Court: what Wilden means for recovery claims By Emma Probyn Lydia Backhaus Sharon Tong Bernice Cheung +1 more... Show less The decision in Stephen Wilden v Person Unknown and Huobi Global S.A. [2026] EWHC 1355 (KB) confirms that the English courts will...
7/6/2026 10:57:40 AM AI in financial services: emerging regulatory expectations for governance and operational resilience By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Lauren Moorin Sophia Doan +1 more... Show less Financial services firms have been using AI for several years to improve efficiency across their operations and to offer new products and...
7/6/2026 9:48:41 AM Germany's Draft Acceleration Act for Military Infrastructure: What Stakeholders Need to Know By Maximilian Lasson Michael Ramb Patrick Schroeder Andreas Ruthemeyer Niko Schultz-Süchting Fabian Walden Alex Schmidtke +4 more... Show less The German government is pressing ahead with a dedicated legal regime for military construction that accelerates permitting procedures...
7/1/2026 12:12:10 PM FCA flags gaps in insurers’ financial crime frameworks By Christopher Robinson Anthea Bowater Harry White Kalam Miah +1 more... Show less The FCA has published the findings of its multi-firm review into the design and effectiveness of financial crime systems and controls...
6/29/2026 5:45:07 PM The Artemis Accords: What Signing On Really Means for States and the Aerospace and Defense Industry By Kate Gough Alexandra van der Meulen Veronika Timofeeva Mathilde Allard +1 more... Show less On 25 June 2026, Botswana became the 68th State signatory to the Artemis Accords (the Accords),[1] following shortly after Latvia,...
6/29/2026 12:09:07 PM Freshfields’ response to the UK Government’s proposals on potential powers to protect the UK from adverse economic pressure By Martin McElwee Lorand Bartels Cara Carr Iona Crawford +1 more... Show less The global trade landscape has deteriorated markedly in recent years, forcing open trading economies to fundamentally reassess their...
6/29/2026 10:54:46 AM Back to the future? Do the new unfair dismissal rules mean it is time to revisit employee shareholder status? By Kathleen Healy Alice Greenwell Holly Insley David Mendel Chantelle Nicholas Harriet Gaillard +3 more... Show less Employee shareholder status, the brainchild of George Osborne when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, was introduced in 2013. Employee...
6/25/2026 7:01:07 AM Shield or Sword? Pre-Emptive Non-Recognition of Awards in Germany and England By Alexander Grimm Isabel Lightbody Can an award debtor against which an award has been rendered at the seat of arbitration, seek a declaration of non-recognition of the...
6/19/2026 2:51:37 PM Key Takeaways from the 2026 ABA International Cartel Workshop in Vienna By Heather Lamberg Manish Kumar Dominic Divivier Frank Montag Uta Itzen Claire Leonard Daniel Metz +4 more... Show less The 2026 ABA International Cartel Workshop, held in collaboration with the IBA at the Palais Niederösterreich in Vienna from 10 to 12...
6/17/2026 3:54:37 PM Credit management after a loan sale: the General Court seems to close the door, but leaves a few questions ajar By Daan van Schaik On 17 June 2026, the General Court of the European Union (the GC) rendered its judgment in case T-184/25 (Veronsaajien...
6/16/2026 1:39:08 PM Fifty years on: HM Treasury’s vision for a reformed consumer credit regime By Michael Raffan Elisabeth Overland Chris Ranson On 13 May 2025, HM Treasury published its policy statement on the reform of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA), setting out the...
6/16/2026 10:33:07 AM Dutch Court dismisses PFAS claim against Dutch State By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Moritz Becker Katharina Shingler Anita Bell Dario Langer +2 more... Show less Introduction PFAS litigation in Europe is accelerating and diversifying. As we discussed in our earlier post on PFAS civil litigation...
6/15/2026 8:33:37 AM From SWIFT to Stablecoins: Litigating the new payments ecosystem By Thomas Clark Emma Probyn Laura Feldman As part of London International Disputes Week, Freshfields were delighted to host an event assessing the increasingly complex world of...
6/12/2026 11:06:07 AM Pension Schemes Act 2026: how will the new rules on surplus refunds work? By Andrew Murphy Jane Wolstenholme Now that the Pension Schemes Act 2026 has received royal assent, we have been eagerly awaiting the publication of the regulations which...
6/11/2026 2:45:37 PM Leaner, faster, greener? Procedural flexibility in the 2026 ICC Arbitration Rules By Noah Rubins KC Oliver Marsden Clemens Treichl Carlos Hernandez April Carmela Lacson +2 more... Show less Leaner, faster, greener? Procedural flexibility in the 2026 ICC Arbitration Rules In this last post of our series on the 2026 ICC rules...