UK law UK government issues update on AI action plan for justice The Ministry of Justice has issued an update on the first year of progress against the AI Action Plan for Justice and priorities for the year ahead. Published in July 2025, the AI Action Plan for Justice set out the Ministry of Justice’s…
The Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network has launched action related to nine video games companies, with the aim to strengthen protection of gamers’ rights. The CPC Network is made up of national consumer law regulators. It is coordinated by the European Commission and acts against consumer law breaches that affect many people and involve more…
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Andy Burnham and Ursula Van der Leyen give speeches in New York on AI and child online safety The Prime Minister and European Commission President have given speeches in New York. Andy Burnham presented AI and disinformation as increasingly interconnected national-security and democratic-resilience challenges, describing how bots, fake websites, falsified media and other techniques spread…
The European Parliament has issued a resolution which calls for stronger EU-wide measures to protect children and young people online, including restrictions on addictive design, greater algorithmic transparency, privacy-preserving age assurance and tighter controls around AI companions and synthetic intimate content. MEPs called for an “integrated European strategy” under which responsibility for online safety would…
UK law Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal strikes off lawyer for use of AI (among other things) In SRA Ltd v Abhishek Kumar (Case 12884), the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ordered Kumar to be struck off the register of Registered Foreign Lawyers, following findings relating both to a criminal conviction for knowingly employing a person disqualified from employment…
The High Court recently issued its judgment in Montres Breguet SA & Ors v Samsung Electronics Co Ltd & Anor [2026] EWHC 2228 (Ch). It concerned the assessment of damages following an earlier finding that Samsung had infringed several Swatch Group trade marks through watch-face apps available in the Samsung Galaxy App Store. The liability…
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UK law Social Media Platforms (Ofcom Licensing) Bill introduced to House of Lords The Social Media Platforms (Ofcom Licensing) Bill has been introduced to the House of Lords. The Bill would require social media companies operating in the United Kingdom to obtain a licence from Ofcom, empower Ofcom to set and enforce binding conditions on…
Speech by the Master of the Rolls: John Lehane Memorial Lecture In his 2026 John Lehane Memorial Lecture, Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, argued that the legal profession and judiciary must embrace artificial intelligence to improve efficiency, reduce costs and enhance access to justice, while ensuring that AI-generated work is always subject to…
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled in Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM) v Google Ireland Limited (Case C-421/24) that Google may be unable to rely on the hosting exemption under the E-Commerce Directive (2000/31/EC) where, under a commercial partnership with a content creator, it reviewed the essential content of…
The European Commission has set out two sets of binding specification measures to Google under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The aim of the first set of measures is to make sure that Google’s competitor AI services can compete with its own AI services, such as Gemini, by having equal access to features on Google’s…
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