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In this article, we’re sharing our key takeaways from an important court decision on the impact of Russian sanctions on business carried out under English contracts. This case has significant implications for international trade – particularly if your business spans borders and involves the manufacturing or sale of industrial goods.

The Strategic Defence Review (SDR), launched on 2 June 2025, is a clear signal that the UK’s defence landscape is changing—and you need to be ready. It marks a clear pivot from periodic equipment-focused updates to a holistic reappraisal of threats, from high-intensity peer conflict to hybrid warfare, and sets out a blueprint for adapting the Armed Forces to a rapidly evolving security environment.

The UK Government’s Cyber Governance Code of Practice puts boards at the centre of your organisation’s cyber resilience. This isn’t just an IT issue anymore. With cyber threats escalating, the responsibility to prepare, respond, and recover now sits squarely with the board.

The EU Commission has now proposed that, subject to the adoption of the required EU legislation, the EUDR will come into force on 30 December 2025 for large and medium companies (but with a grace period of six months for checks and enforcement), followed by coming into force for micro and small enterprises on 30 December 2026.

GridCo sharing arrangements are widely regarded as being a robust and bankable solution, enabling multiple parties to share and use grid capability and grid infrastructure effectively.

If you’re a content owner or AI developer, the judgment highlights a number of key points you need to consider for future business practices involving generative AI.

Security – whether in relation to technology and data, or in relation to geopolitics and its effect on supply chains, sites or staff – is high on the manufacturing board agenda, alongside tech innovation and the ongoing drive for sustainability, transparency and accountability.

Tech innovation, cybersecurity, geopolitical tensions, and the drive to decarbonise are all impacting the day job for logistics operators and developers. Our Logistics Horizon Scanner provides an ‘at a glance’ overview of key developments within the industry, and our sector-focused specialists can help you keep up-to-date and compliant, while you get the job done.

From sustainability to financial reporting, from equality and diversity to digital IDs, from cybersecurity to the latest in robotics, and covering all-manner of developments in between, our regular Legal Horizon publication highlights the news you need to keep your business informed and up to date.

This month we’re focusing on cybersecurity, tech innovation in the North East and how to protect your business from ransomware attacks.

This month we're focusing on landmark data protection rulings, international collaboration on AI and supercomputing, and major UK government funding initiatives aimed at driving innovation and safeguarding digital infrastructure.

Ransomware attacks will target an organisation’s IT systems through a variety of different methods, gain access and then encrypt their files and demand a ransom in order for the files to be released back. In those circumstances, a business is faced with the very difficult decision of whether they try and co-operate with the attacker by paying the ransom or don’t co-operate and see if they can isolate the attack from the rest of the network. Here’s what you need to know to protect your organisation and what to do in the event of an attack.