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Smriti Sriram Partner Tim Blanchard Partner Elizabeth Jordan Senior Counsel Nick Ames Nick is a Senior Counsel in our Disputes and Investigations group. Autumn Budget 2025 Hub On 26 November 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the Autumn Budget.  Following months of speculation, the Chancellor opted for a broad range of narrower, targeted measures including changes to reliefs, new anti-avoidance rules and a sha... Smorgasbord not showstopper: the UK Budget 2025 The November 2025 budget is here at last. During the months of speculation in the run-up to the big day, two possible futures emerged: a slate of headline-grabbing tax rises, or a broad range of narrower, targeted measures. Today the Chancellor opted firm... Autumn Budget 2025: UK Listing Relief for Stamp Duty Reserve Tax Amidst the broader UK stamp taxes on shares modernisation efforts (discussed here and here), today in her Autumn Budget 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves MP) turned her attention to UK stamp duty's younger sibling: stamp duty reserve ta... Gen AI and copyright in Europe – Munich Regional Court seeks to determine the rules of the playing field In the recent Getty Images v Stability AI decision, the UK High Court rejected Getty’s claim for secondary infringement of UK copyright on the basis that (i) an “infringing copy”, for the purposes of secondary infringement, must be “a copy” and (ii) Stabi... The proposed Italian taxation of portfolio dividends and the principle of non-(reverse) discrimination The proposed reform of the taxation of portfolio dividends is a seemingly marginal adjustment to the Italian tax system, but akin to Lorenz’s “butterfly effect” will have far-reaching consequences. On 22 October 2025, the Italian Government approved the d... How GenAI risks are reshaping the E&O insurance market insurance industry Ross Francis-Pike, Fernanda Dias, Natalie Donovan  The insurance market’s understanding of the risks around generative AI (GenAI) is developing, particularly as its use can impact multiple policies.  The main challenge for the sector is how “carriers” - t...