Taylor Wessing UK

Bridget Winters, Claire Matthews and James Ross explore the UK government’s plans to establish the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) by May 2025, aiming to rejuvenate the UK’s capital markets: https://bit.ly/4fPlP08 #CapitalMarkets #UKFinance #PISCES

There are still a few spaces left for Brands Forum 2024, but they're going fast!  Join us to explore the biggest legal developments impacting brands and hear from leading experts including: ▪️Al Skilton, Senior Hearing Officer at the Intellectual Property Office UK (UKIPO)   ▪️Melissa Clarke, Senior Circuit Judge in the County Courts, IPEC and High Court   ▪️Robin Jacob, Former Lord Justice of Appeal.    To view the full agenda and sign up, please visit our website: https://bit.ly/3V61HON #Brands #Advertising

Our Employment team is growing and we're looking for an associate to join us in London: https://bit.ly/3RrlvdB In this role you'll be responsible for a variety of matters, including: ▪ High Court proceedings relating to business protection for employer or employees. ▪ Full range of tribunal litigation covering all aspects of employment law and, as appropriate according to candidate, opportunity for advocacy at preliminary hearings. ▪ Advising internationally based clients on employment law in the UK and co-ordination of international projects and advice. ▪ Plus much more! Find out more about the team and the role: https://bit.ly/3RrlvdB #JobOpportunity #Hiring #EmploymentLaw #LawJobs

A recent Court of Appeal judgment has sent shock waves across the motor finance industry and beyond: https://bit.ly/3Z1QgsH Parham Kouchikali, Martin Dowdall, Mila Pencheva, Katie Chandler and Daniel Hirschfield steer you through the key findings of the judgment and what action lenders and brokers should be taking ahead of any Supreme Court appeal. #MotorFinance #CourtofAppeal #Commission 

There's still time to sign up to Brands Forum 2024!    Following last week's landmark SkyKick v Sky judgment, we've adjusted our agenda to discuss how brands now need to approach specification drafting and enforcement given the lower threshold for bad faith. Join our international team and our panel of expert judges and decision-makers as they summarise the impact of this ruling, as well as the most significant legal developments impacting brands, including: • negotiating and drafting co-existence agreements  • anti-counterfeiting quick wins • lookalikes: where are we now? • the risks of delaying or not enforcing your rights • a round-up of this year’s key UK and EU developments.   To view the full agenda and register your place, please visit our website: https://bit.ly/48VrONY

In this month's Global Data Hub, we take a look at the main provisions of The UK's Data (Use and Access) Bill, introduced on 23 October 2024: https://bit.ly/3YVWGcT The Bill replaces the failed Data Protection and Digital Information Bill and, like its predecessor, it aims to reform the UK's data protection and ePrivacy regimes, provide for sharing of business and customer data, and introduce a framework for trusted digital identity verification (among other things). #DUABill #DataProtection #ePrivacy

The Supreme Court has issued its decision in the long-awaited SkyKick v Sky case: https://bit.ly/3Z6L6N6 Louise Popple and Alison Cole tell you what others haven’t already – what brand owners now need to do differently. #Brands #BadFaith

In a major development in climate change litigation, the Dutch Court of Appeal has overturned a landmark District Court decision which placed obligations on Shell to reduce its CO2 emissions by 45% by 2030: https://bit.ly/40NGpcp In our latest Disputes Quick Read, Tim Strong and Kate Hamblin examine the impact of this decision. #Disputes #ClimateChange #Emissions

Congratulations again to the winners of the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024! The Photo Portrait Prize represents the very best of contemporary photography and celebrates a diverse range of sitters and stories. The selected images, many of which are on display for the first time, explore both traditional and contemporary approaches to the photographic portrait whilst capturing a range of characters, moods and locations. The exhibition is open now, plan your visit today: https://lnkd.in/eUsmFfbx #NationalPortraitGallery #TaylorWessingPhotoPortraitPrize #TWPPP24 #Portraiture

In the latest Disputes Quick Read, Emma Allen examines the upcoming 'failure to prevent fraud' offence coming into force in September 2025 under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: https://bit.ly/4hQBRbd #Disputes #ECCTA #EconomicCrimeandCorporateTransparencyAct