The Pensions Regulator has issued a press release which is centred on the fact that the Fraud Compensation Fund has now paid out £81.5 million in compensation to 58 pension schemes in respect of more than 2,000 victims of pension scams.

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that proof of disclosure to third parties is not required for data protection law breaches and that individuals’ rights are breached by unlawful “processing” alone.

The 2025 Budget date has been announced: Wednesday November 26. As pensions seem to be considered low-hanging fruit for the Treasury, there are some changes that could be on the cards.

On September 1, 2025, a lengthy paper was published detailing over 200 proposed amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill. The changes are currently being considered at the committee stage where the line by line reading of the Bill began the following day and is due to conclude on October 23, 2025.

The Pensions Regulator published a regulatory intervention report, on August 26, 2025, on its involvement in the Edinburgh Woollen Mills Ltd Retirement Benefits Scheme, a DB pension scheme for the employees of Edinburgh Woollen Mills Ltd (EWM). EWM collapsed during the COVID-19 pandemic and administrators were appointed in November 2020.

In a recent determination, the Ombudsman rejected a scheme member’s claim that the trustees should have conducted due diligence on the receiving scheme before making a transfer in in 2014, as there was no duty of care on the trustees at the time of transfer.

Singapore launched its National Hydrogen Strategy on 25 October 2022. The Singapore government believes that low-carbon hydrogen has the potential to be a major decarbonisation pathway to support Singapore’s accelerated transition towards net zero by 2050, while strengthening its energy security and resilience. It foresees low-carbon hydrogen playing an important role in:

Malaysia, where fossil fuels make up 96.6 percent of the country’s energy supply and whereby 2022 emissions reached 291 million tons of carbon dioxide, are working to play its part in the global fight against climate change and in the world’s sustainability endeavours and net zero ambitions

Pacific Island nations face existential threats from climate change, particularly from rising sea levels that risk submerging ancestral lands and displacing entire communities.

We discuss latest developments and trends regarding the UK national security regime under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act), including proposed reforms to the NSI Act regime.

This webinar will look at the implementation roadmap for the Employment Rights Bill indicating when the government intends that consultations will be published and proposals come into force.

The insurance industry is facing a rapidly changing litigation environment. Emerging risks, regulatory developments, and technological advancements are reshaping how insurers approach underwriting, claims, and risk management. Below is an overview of the most significant trends impacting the sector.

We provide an update on proposed changes to the regulatory landscape including under the Leeds Reforms and following the Chancellor’s speech at Mansion Speech.

Two recent decisions of the Federal Court demonstrate how complex environmental assessment regimes operate under Commonwealth laws governing gas and water resources.

The EU aims to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, targeting a 55 percent reduction by 2030 compared to 1990, and climate neutrality by 2050.

On 4 September 2025, the Law Commission published details of ten projects for the Fourteenth Programme of Law Reform, including a project in relation to deeds.

The Government has tabled several amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill, including changes which aim to address issues raised by the 2024 Court of Appeal decision in the Virgin Media case. The proposals are due to be discussed during the Committee Stage of the Bill’s process through Parliament, which ends on October 23, 2025.

We will look at AI agents and how they differ from other generative AI applications.