In-House Insights

In January 2026, the UKJT (an "industry-led initiative, tasked with promoting the use of English law and UK's jurisdictions for technology and digital innovation") published a draft Legal Statement on "Liability for AI Harms Under English Private Law". This Legal Statement forms the basis for a public consultation on how English law can, and should, impose liability for losses caused by the use of AI.

Various aspects of data protection and eprivacy reforms take effect in the UK on 5 February 2026.

New advertising restrictions on "less healthy" foods are now in force. They impose a 9pm watershed for advertising less healthy food and drink products on TV and a complete ban on paid-for online advertising of such products, aimed at tackling childhood obesity.

The Supreme Court has provided helpful guidance on the operation of the termination clause in the JCT Design and Build Contract, and broader guidance on the approach to interpreting industry-wide standard form contracts.

In this case concerning renovated and converted AGA cookers, the Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that UK Innovations Group Ltd had infringed AGA's trade marks, specifically through the way in which it marketed and sold refurbished AGA cookers (as opposed to the acts of refurbishment themselves).