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Court of Appeal rules criminal earnings count as income for ESA purposes

Criminal activity constitutes work and generates income for benefits assessment purposes.

Alpha Anne v Great Ormond Street Hospital: Indirect discrimination and TUPE transfers

Post-transfer pay disparity constitutes unlawful indirect race discrimination despite TUPE complications.

Edozo Limited v Valos (UK) Limited: functionality of computer programs not protected by copyright

Software functionality copying does not infringe underlying source code copyright in UK law.

Mahadevan Krishnamohan v Secretary of State: planning permission validity and procedural compliance

Certificate of lawfulness rejected after attempt to circumvent Green Belt occupancy conditions fails

Williams v Information Commissioner: NCND policy upheld for asylum accommodation locations

Tribunal confirms Home Office entitled to neither confirm nor deny holding information about asylum seeker transport to protect vulnerable individuals.

Arbor Law names Simon Marshall CMO

Arbor Law has appointed Simon Marshall as Fractional CMO to drive growth and transformation initiatives

The United States’ Reactivation of Deep-Seabed Mining Under DSHMRA and Executive Order 14285

President Trump’s 2025 executive order has reactivated a long-dormant US legal regime for deep seabed mining, raising profound legal, environmental and geopolitical questions for advisers operating beyond national jurisdiction

Preparing for the Great Wealth transfer

As wealth passes between generations, early planning and cross-generational engagement are becoming critical to effective estate administration.