Edwin Coe Newsletter – Summer Edition 2019

Inside this issue:

Intellectual property law

All change – UK set to become an importer of data

When Brexit finally happens (if it ever does) then one of the major impacts is likely to be on the ability of European based businesses to transfer personal data into the UK. This does of course depend on the terms that the UK leaves the EU, but it looks set to be a major change which businesses need to prepare for now.

Property law

Updating the Lease Code

The Lease Code was formally launched in 2007 as a voluntary code to achieve fairness between landlords and tenants in a lease, and greater flexibility in commercial lease terms.

Corporate and commercial law

Inward investment trends in the UK

The UK continues to distinguish itself from other countries as an attractive prospect for inward investment. The UK was recently ranked first place in the global consultancy firm EY’s 2019 annual survey of investment trends to be the world’s top investment destination, beating the US for the first time in a decade.