https://s1-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/WLN-PLCUK-SC_2603.1.2004/productViews/plcuk/Legal updateshttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.comCompetition UKhttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5f922b8d2e6a11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5f922b8d2e6a11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 2 April 2026, the CAT handed down a judgment setting out its reasons for deciding to grant the application by the Consumers' Association (Which?) to commence collective proceedings under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998 against Apple.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5f922b8d2e6a11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I4d2144e02e8511f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I4d2144e02e8511f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 1 April 2026, the CMA published an open letter that it has sent to road fuel retailers to remind them of their obligations to register with and submit data to Fuel Finder and warn them of the risk of enforcement action.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I4d2144e02e8511f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5f9201912e6a11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5f9201912e6a11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 2 April 2026, Ofwat published an information notice on expectations for large water company annual performance reporting for 2025-26.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5f9201912e6a11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iceb8861b2e3811f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iceb8861b2e3811f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTAn update on the new merger cases on which the CMA invited comments in the week to 2 April 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iceb8861b2e3811f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1b3517c92d4211f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1b3517c92d4211f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 2 April 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1b3517c92d4211f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I154c89ee2dc911f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I154c89ee2dc911f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 1 April 2026, the CMA announced that it has decided to accept commitments, under the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA) digital markets regime, from Apple and Google following their designation as having strategic market status for their provision of their mobile platforms. The CMA has also published a call for evidence to seek views on changes that Apple and/or Google have made (or propose to make) in relation to their app store rules in a number of jurisdictions, including the UK.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I154c89ee2dc911f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1b353db32d4211f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1b353db32d4211f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 1 April 2026, Ofgem published a consultation on further modifications to associated documents related to the implementation of the RIIO-3 price control.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1b353db32d4211f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3ec81b882d6a11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3ec81b882d6a11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Digital Regulation Co-operation Forum has published a foresight paper on the future of agentic AI.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3ec81b882d6a11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iabbc02e32dae11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iabbc02e32dae11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 1 April 2026, in Granville Technology Group Limited (In Liquidation) and others v LG Display Company Limited '( [2026] EWCA Civ 49) the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment partly allowing an appeal against the High Court's calculation of damages for losses suffered as a result of the defendants' involvement in a cartel for liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, as established by a European Commission decision.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iabbc02e32dae11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7fa22cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7fa22cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 31 March 2026, the CMA published "Actions on Cloud and Business Software through the UK Digital Markets Competition Regime".https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7fa22cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia42ea9532cff11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia42ea9532cff11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 31 March 2026, the CAT published a summary of an appeal brought under section 70 of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 by Zenobē Energy Ltd against an alleged Ofgem decision of 18 February 2026 adopting a 23 September 2025 decision to establish an alleged subsidy scheme for longer-duration energy storage projects using a cap and floor mechanism.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia42ea9532cff11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I92c2992e2d1711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I92c2992e2d1711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 31 March 2026, the ORR announced that Feras Alshaker has been appointed Interim Chief Executive of the ORR.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I92c2992e2d1711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTPractical Law provides free training on how to use Practical Law more effectively. This is available in a variety of formats, including live webinars and training videos.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic5a5d9e82c3e11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic5a5d9e82c3e11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTUpdate for March 2026 on new jurisdictions and amendments to the Practical Law Global Merger Control Quick Compare Chart.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic5a5d9e82c3e11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I35304b292c7411f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I35304b292c7411f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 31 March 2026, the CMA announced this it has granted permission to appeal to five gas distribution companies against modifications made to the gas distribution licences, following Ofgem's December 2025 RIIO-3 price control decisions.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I35304b292c7411f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec5905bc2c7411f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec5905bc2c7411f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 31 March 2026, the CAA published its initial proposals for Heathrow Airport Limited's (HAL) main price control period (H8) review.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec5905bc2c7411f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibf77475b2c3511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibf77475b2c3511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published an article highlighting what's on the agenda for in-house lawyers in April 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibf77475b2c3511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id275edaa29ce11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id275edaa29ce11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Procurement (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/360) have been made. One of the key changes under the Regulations, is that it makes provision about what information must be included in the contract payment information published under section 70(1) of the Procurement Act 2023.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id275edaa29ce11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic5fcb4dc295b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic5fcb4dc295b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe government has published the response to its consultation on further reforms to public procurement. However, despite the consultation's ambitious plans for reform, the government has confined itself for now to non-legislative options affecting only central government. It is assumed that more wide-reaching reforms will follow when the legislative timetable permits.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic5fcb4dc295b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1430c4162c1d11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1430c4162c1d11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 30 March 2026, the CMA provided an update on the progress of its investigation into suspected breaches of Chapter I prohibition of the Competition Act 1998 in relation to the supply of waste management services.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1430c4162c1d11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id1020474289611f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id1020474289611f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Procurement Act 2023 (Specified International Agreements and Saving Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/297), and equivalent Welsh regulations, have been made, implementing the procurement chapter of the UK's new trade agreement with India.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id1020474289611f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic5fcd922295b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic5fcd922295b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 26 March 2026, the CAT published separate applications brought by Haulage Customer Claim Limited and JLP TLR Limited to commence collective proceedings, under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998, against the truck manufacturer Scania.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic5fcd922295b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id275e95329ce11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id275e95329ce11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 26 March 2026, the CAT issued a ruling and made an order on the costs of a preliminary issues hearing in the actions (the Google Shopping Proceedings) claiming damages from Google based on the Google comparison shopping infringement decision.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id275e95329ce11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I54f778f229fb11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I54f778f229fb11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 23 March 2026, the CAT made an order granting permission for Ad Tech Collective Action LLP permission to amend its pleadings (to remove claims for losses before 1 October 2015) in its collective damages action, under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998, against Google.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I54f778f229fb11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0b09469029d311f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0b09469029d311f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 25 March 2026, the CAA published its response to the DBT's consultation "Refining Our Competition Regime", in which it asked for the government to consider extending the scope of the CAA's concurrent competition powers.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0b09469029d311f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id101ffab289611f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id101ffab289611f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 27 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id101ffab289611f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I100fc729294411f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I100fc729294411f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTAn update on the new merger cases on which the CMA invited comments in the week to 27 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I100fc729294411f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If353dce328ef11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If353dce328ef11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 26 March 2026, the CMA published its interim report on its Phase 2 investigation into the anticipated acquisition by Associated British Foods plc (through ABF Grain Products Limited) of Hovis Group Limited.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If353dce328ef11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I43e763e1291711f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I43e763e1291711f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 26 March 2026, the DBT published the government's response to its January 2026 consultation on the drafting of the Competition Act 1998 (Technology Transfer Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2026. The Competition Act 1998 (Technology Transfer Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2026 (SI 2026/369) was also published.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I43e763e1291711f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I667e7419293311f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I667e7419293311f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 26 March 2026, the CAT published a costs ruling and order following its judgment dismissing the appeal brought under section 70 of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 by the New Lottery Company and others against the Gambling Commission.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I667e7419293311f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29