https://s1-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/WLN-PLCUK-SC_2605.1.2002/productViews/plcuk/Legal updateshttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.comBrexithttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id007ac1e5fe111f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id007ac1e5fe111f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 5 June 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id007ac1e5fe111f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8a868ab959d311f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8a868ab959d311f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 29 May 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8a868ab959d311f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0809462e540111f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0809462e540111f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 22 May 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0809462e540111f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibde5da2a4f0a11f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibde5da2a4f0a11f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 15 May 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibde5da2a4f0a11f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I875e81ad457611f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I875e81ad457611f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Parkingeye Ltd v Velindre University NHS Trust [2026] EWHC 1019 (TCC), the High Court has interpreted for the first time the new statutory test in the Procurement Act 2023 for lifting the automatic suspension. It found that the public interest in ensuring the lawful award of contracts generally favours maintaining the suspension, absent a strong countervailing public interest, with the adequacy of damages for the claimant no longer being a decisive factor. This decision signals a notable rebalancing of power between parties in public procurement disputes.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I875e81ad457611f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ied86f743442511f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ied86f743442511f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 1 May 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ied86f743442511f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5ab1ec2f437511f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5ab1ec2f437511f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 29 April 2026, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) published its updated guidance on storage and access technologies, clarifying how the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2426) (PECR) and, where relevant, the UK GDPR apply to cookies, tracking pixels, device fingerprinting and similar technologies used on websites, mobile apps and connected devices.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5ab1ec2f437511f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I31eb75c73afc11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I31eb75c73afc11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 24 April 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I31eb75c73afc11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iedd32c3938ed11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iedd32c3938ed11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 17 April 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iedd32c3938ed11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic08c1cca37ed11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic08c1cca37ed11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 14 April 2026, the DBT announced that the government has made and laid before Parliament a new Streamlined Route under the Subsidy Control Act 2022.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic08c1cca37ed11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I059fea8f333e11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I059fea8f333e11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 10 April 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I059fea8f333e11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/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 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2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id101ffab289611f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic1a4b637232a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic1a4b637232a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 20 March 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2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9b35eb021d4711f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8f4aa4417ed11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8f4aa4417ed11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 6 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8f4aa4417ed11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8ae385712fe11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8ae385712fe11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTWe have updated our resources for trainees, new joiners and those putting together training materials for them.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8ae385712fe11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7b79570417c911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7b79570417c911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTOn 4 March 2026, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) published a case study indicating an approach to conducting a subsidy control principles assessment, under the Subsidy Control Act 2022, in relation to a subsidy of particular interest.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7b79570417c911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7883e1b413d011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7883e1b413d011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTThe Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published updated guidance on the research, archiving and statistics provisions for public consultation. This follows the changes introduced by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. The consultation will remain open until 27 April 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7883e1b413d011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I205f8820127911f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I205f8820127911f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 CSTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 27 February 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I205f8820127911f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ifcccac090cc811f1b4bafd5f4135974b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ifcccac090cc811f1b4bafd5f4135974b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 CSTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 20 February 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ifcccac090cc811f1b4bafd5f4135974b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0b8192880bfc11f18086beb24ce176bb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0b8192880bfc11f18086beb24ce176bb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 CSTWe have published three new resources: Practice notes, Data transfers: restricted transfer conditions (UK), Data transfers: adequacy, safeguards and exceptions (UK), and Data transfers: global treaties and frameworks (UK).https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0b8192880bfc11f18086beb24ce176bb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7de522be083211f1b4bafd5f4135974b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7de522be083211f1b4bafd5f4135974b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 CSTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 13 February 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7de522be083211f1b4bafd5f4135974b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icb00aeae01d711f18086beb24ce176bb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icb00aeae01d711f18086beb24ce176bb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 CSTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 6 February 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icb00aeae01d711f18086beb24ce176bb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I90a0e745fc4911f08086beb24ce176bb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I90a0e745fc4911f08086beb24ce176bb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 CSTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 30 January 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I90a0e745fc4911f08086beb24ce176bb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I714223a5fb7111f0b4bafd5f4135974b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I714223a5fb7111f0b4bafd5f4135974b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 CSTThe UK government has responded to the House of Lords European Affairs Committee report on the government's progress in achieving its objectives to reset the UK-EU relationship.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I714223a5fb7111f0b4bafd5f4135974b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie2ebfdeff6ee11f0b51e808fc78c239b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie2ebfdeff6ee11f0b51e808fc78c239b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 CSTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 23 January 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie2ebfdeff6ee11f0b51e808fc78c239b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I181b5c38f56611f0bc29ee412aedc12c/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I181b5c38f56611f0bc29ee412aedc12c/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 CSTWhen determining whether the 80% activity threshold is satisfied for the in-house or vertical exemption under Article 12(3)(b) of the Public Contracts Directive (2014/24/EU), the ECJ has clarified that, if the controlled legal person is part of a wider commercial group, the turnover of other entities belonging to that group must also be taken into account. This is of potential relevance in interpreting the vertical exemption under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102), and also possibly the Procurement Act 2023.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I181b5c38f56611f0bc29ee412aedc12c/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iabd8b9acf15011f0b51e808fc78c239b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iabd8b9acf15011f0b51e808fc78c239b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 CSTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 16 January 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iabd8b9acf15011f0b51e808fc78c239b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I63b143e3f22411f0bc29ee412aedc12c/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I63b143e3f22411f0bc29ee412aedc12c/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 CSTThe Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published updated and some new guidance on international data transfers to make it quicker and easier for organisations to comply with the requirements of the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I63b143e3f22411f0bc29ee412aedc12c/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29