DECEMBER 2025

Pannone x IHL

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Designed to bring you the latest news and legal developments for in-house lawyers. If there are any areas you would like more information on or if you have any questions or feedback, please do not hesitate to let us know via our feedback form or get in touch with any member of our team.

Latest articles

Commercial top tips: What is standard?

Our commercial team has produced this handy guide of top tips to consider when drafting and negotiating standard terms and conditions for the sale of goods and services.

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Three stripes and you’re out

Adidas is famously known as the brand with three stripes, and it enforces that brand fiercely. However, in October 2025, its long-running battle with Thom Browne came to a close with the Court of Appeal invalidating six of Adidas’ position marks.

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Fraud – failure to prepare, and prepare to fail (and be fined!)

In one of the most significant reforms to company law, we will discuss the new corporate offence of ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’ under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) which came into force on 1 September 2025.

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In the IHL seat

Next up in the IHL seat, we introduce Kate Standring. Kate is Head of Legal at Swissport, the Swiss aviation services company providing airport ground and cargo handling services and lounge hospitality. We learn more about Kate’s career journey, her fleeting visit to private practice and how she got the aviation bug!

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Pannone x IHL Conference Q&A

Thank you to all who attended our annual IHL conference on 4 November 2025 hosted in partnership with BCL Legal Recruitment. To those who were unable to join us, we run this conference annually every Autumn and we look forward to seeing you at a future event.

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