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 practices
• Extended Producer Responsibility - New packaging compliance costs from October 2025
• Employment Rights Bill - Zero-hours reforms, fire and rehire restrictions, day-one rights
• Informal messages binding - WhatsApp and emails can create legal contracts
• Cyber security priority - Government urges CEOs to make it board-level

This month we discuss:

• WhatsApp messages = binding contracts - Court confirms informal chats create legal obligations
• Apple fined £1.5bn - Plus fashion brands hit with €157m for price-fixing
• UK cookie laws changing - Moving to opt-out model, diverging from EU
• Cyber attacks prompt CEO warning - Government demands board-level action
• Harassment liability widened - Employers liable even outside workplace hours