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In this issue: Competition and state Data protection and cybersecurity Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Energy Environment Insurance and reinsurance Life sciences Regulatory TMT International trade LexTalk®EU Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Competition and state Mergers-Commission withdraws Article 22 guidance The Commission has rescinded its 2021 communication that offered direction on the application of the Article 22 EUMR referral mechanism to particular categories of cases (the Guidance). Following a review of the EUMR’s turnover-based jurisdictional thresholds, the Commission issued the Guidance in March 2021, outlining a revised approach to Article 22. This approach permitted any Member State to invite the Commission to scrutinise a merger without an EU dimension where it nonetheless (i) affects trade within the Single Market and (ii) threatens to significantly affect competition within the territory of the Member State(s) making the request. See...

In this issue Budget 2025 Brexit SIs Post-Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law State accountability and liability Equality and human rights Judicial review Public procurement Projects and infrastructure Information law Other Public Law news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Free webinars Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Budget 2025 Budget 2025—key Public law announcements In the Autumn Budget 2025 on 26 November 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, outlined a series of measures relevant to Public Law professionals. Headline themes included cross-government efficiency and public sector reform; oversight of coronavirus (COVID-19)-era procurement and fraud; devolution with new integrated settlements for mayoral authorities; justice and sentencing reform; planning and infrastructure delivery (including changes to judicial review); public procurement and the Balance Sheet Framework; and investment in defence and security. See: LNB News 26/11/2025 51. ...

In this issue: Commercial Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Energy Environment Insurance and reinsurance Life sciences Regulatory Restructuring and insolvency TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers and horizon scanners Commercial BEUC warns the Parliament’s Digital Omnibus on AI dilutes consumer safeguards The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) says that, after Parliament set out its stance on the Digital Omnibus on AI on 26 March 2026, it warns the draft would markedly erode consumer protections just months after the EU AI Act was finalised. Under Parliament’s approach, numerous consumer-facing AI systems would no longer fall within the EU AI Act’s high-risk tier, as many would be reclassified. As a result, AI-enabled products might escape key compliance obligations and core conformity requirements in practice. BEUC adds that, rather than streamlining the framework, this...

Everyone knows that value added tax (VAT) is a levy that pushes up the cost of goods and services purchased by UK consumers. For a tax lawyer, before delving into precisely when it bites and the way it is run, it is vital to appreciate more about what it is intended to achieve. Where does VAT come from? There are numerous varieties of value added or sales taxes worldwide. The UK’s VAT regime stems from the European Union (EU). The EU’s common framework for VAT is contained in Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (the VAT Directive). It is described as common because it requires EU member states to enact domestic laws giving effect to the system. Nevertheless, within that structure there are several areas where member states may choose whether, and in what manner, to implement it. The most notable of those options concerns the rate of VAT. The common VAT framework set out in the VAT Directive...

The current administration of the agricultural subsidy schemes in Scotland The management of Scotland’s farm subsidy programmes is run by the Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspections Department (RPID), also referred to as the Agriculture Food and Rural Communities Directorate (AFRCD). RPID oversees a range of EU and National subsidy schemes, largely through the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS)—hence the term ‘IACS Forms’. Despite ongoing computer difficulties, applicants must still complete the necessary forms, in hard copy or online, typically each year and by scheme-specific closing dates, to secure subsidy. Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, the Scottish Government has had to establish its own legal framework to adjust the effect of retained EU law related to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and to facilitate the collection and processing of agricultural data. Sections 1–12 of The Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 (A(REULD)(S)A 2020) concern retained EU law and regulations, being those carried into domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act...

ARCHIVED : This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This Practice Note compiles principal appellate cases (ie rulings of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court and, where applicable, selected judgments of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU)) that we have covered, to make it simpler for users to locate those decisions. You can navigate the material via the collapsible table of contents on the left-hand margin and/or by using the hyperlinks listed below. The cases are arranged under these headings: Key DR Developments Brexit Applicable law Rome I Jurisdiction Jurisdiction and choice of court agreements Stays and disputing the court’s jurisdiction Brussels I (EC regulation) Brussels I (recast) (EU regulation) Service Service in the jurisdiction Service...