13: The UPC’s first year, and how Germany’s court digitisation could cause rise in mass claims

The COP30 climate conference has just finished and it managed some achievements despite the absence of leaders from the world’s biggest economies says Michael Watson, while Natalie Harris explains the impact of renter-friendly English law changes. 

A court in London couldn’t rule on the most important AI training copyright question but still made an important decision, says Gill Dennis. And Rebecca Dickson and Emma Lutwyche outline a new culture standard required in Australian construction.

As new figures show that UK cyber attacks are getting more serious Simon Colvin explains how to deal with the vulnerabilities in your supply chain, while David Halliwell applies some Nobel-winning counter-intuition to the economics of legal services.

A change in regulatory approach could lead to a flood of new, cheap biosimilars antibody treatments, says Tracey Roberts, while Trevor Watkins talks us through English football’s radical new approach to regulation.

The UK is making major changes to rules governing workers from abroad and more is to come. Shara Pledger guides us through. While Paul White considers the chances of success for a third EU attempt to harmonise business laws.

A new UK law has come into force putting new anti-corruption obligations on companies and managers, and David Lister thinks it should prompt a culture rethink at organisations; and a UK Supreme Court ruling should change how companies deal with intra-group contracts.

The UK government has taken big steps in the last week to reform financial services regulation and pensions policy. Liz Budd and Simon Laight assess whether the new approaches will achieve the government’s aim of boosting investment. 

The UK’s Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUAB) could transform companies’ use of data and prompt an AI and data revolution according to Anna Flanagan. And Lucia Doran guides us through some recent pitfalls in the use of AI in litigation. 

Litigation has so far been a fruitful avenue for climate activists seeking to change the behaviour of companies and governments, but decisions in two recent cases have not gone their way, and we set the scene for a major culture vs AI courtroom stand off.

We hear why a new commercial court in Germany is using English to woo companies away from arbitration. And we investigate whether an Australian ban on foreigners buying property will work.