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19 October 2016
Issue: 7719 / Categories: Legal News
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Budapest hosts UIA

Privacy and data protection, and the challenges and opportunities of compliance for the legal profession will be discussed by more than 1,000 legal professionals from around the world at this year’s Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) annual congress. The congress, in Budapest from 28 October to 1 November, features more than 300 speakers. One of the main discussions will be on whether there can be an international regulatory approach for mass surveillance and profiling. Art law, robotics, food law, immigration law, contract law, banking and financial services are some of the other topics of discussion.

 

Issue: 7719 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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