The Employment Rights Bill was approved and finalised on 18 December 2025, after many rounds of parliamentary “ping pong”, becoming the Employment Rights Act (ERA) 2025. Its final form is substantively very similar to previous versions, with one important exception: the retention of a qualifying period for unfair dismissal rights (albeit reduced from two years to six months) and the removal of any cap on unfair dismissal compensation.
Although we now have a finalised ERA 2025, many key areas of detail are subject to consultations and further regulations. This article summarises the Act’s key provisions, the areas of outstanding detail, anticipated timelines (as set out in the government’s updated timeline on 4 February 2026), and what organisations could or should be doing now to prepare.

The Product Risk Radar is our online content hub for the latest important legal developments in product regulatory and liability risk affecting the UK and EU (including some specific content for Germany). Through our hub, we will post regular updates to help you navigate this increasingly challenging landscape.

On 5 September 2018, the UK Court of Appeal (CA) overturned the 2017 High Court ruling in SFO v ENRC [2017] WLR(D) 317 (ENRC Decision) and held, among other things, that notes of interviews with company employees are protected by litigation privilege even if a formal criminal investigation has not been commenced…

Charles Thomson and Henry Garfield of Baker & McKenzie LLP look at the Serious Fraud Office’s recent performance and developments in the internal and external environment in which it operates.

It is our pleasure to present the first edition of Baker McKenzie’s Global Overview of Anti-Bribery Laws Handbook (“Handbook”). Given the success of last year’s Overview of Anti-Bribery Laws in EMEA, we have now expanded our coverage to legislation and developments in 47 jurisdictions this year. We appreciate that it…

The UK Serious Fraud Office’s annual report for the year ended March 31, 2015 reports, among other things, a 78% conviction rate, 16 new investigations while 30 defendants await trial. These statistics represent an upward trend from the previous year. Details of enforcement 1. The SFO has opened 16 new…