The Legal Update

This month Iain Larkins, Founder of Radius Law, and Sandra Martins, a Senior Lawyer at Radius Law, discuss: Revised UK consumer laws - Tougher enforcement and higher fines for unfair practicesExtended Producer Responsibility - New packaging compliance costs from October 2025Employment Rights Bill - Zero-hours reforms, fire and rehire restrictions, day-one rightsInformal messages binding - WhatsApp and emails can create legal contractsCyber security priority - Government urges CEOs to make it ...

This month we discuss: WhatsApp messages = binding contracts - Court confirms informal chats create legal obligationsApple fined £1.5bn - Plus fashion brands hit with €157m for price-fixingUK cookie laws changing - Moving to opt-out model, diverging from EUCyber attacks prompt CEO warning - Government demands board-level actionHarassment liability widened - Employers liable even outside workplace hours

This month we discuss: The duty to prevent fraudICJ's landmark climate opinionICO fines 23andMe £2.3m for data breachThe EU Data ActChanges to the Employment Rights Bill