Feed-in tariff meaning

For more practical, step-by-step guidance on solar projects, including viewpoints from several jurisdictions, consult the textbook also: Solar Power: A Practical Handbook. Negotiating a rooftop lease for solar PV panels When arranging a rooftop lease for solar PV panels, the matters at stake will differ according to the interests of the party you represent. Those issues shift depending upon whether one acts for the landlord, the occupier, or the solar tenant. Here, 'landlord' describes the owner of the freehold or a long lease of the relevant building; 'occupier' means the party in occupation; and 'solar tenant' is the entity proposing to install and own the panels. The solar tenant may equally be the building’s occupier, or could be a dedicated solar developer. A growing number of landlords are fitting solar panels to their properties—either via the same corporate vehicle that holds the building, or through a related solar company. This note addresses rooftop leases and, accordingly, assumes a structure in which the solar tenant is a distinct legal...

The Pre-Action Protocol for Personal Injury Claims Below the Small Claims Limit in Road Traffic Accidents (RTA Small Claims Protocol) is engaged for collisions taking place on or after 31 May 2021. For RTA personal injury matters, the small claims track cap for general damages—covering pain, suffering and loss of amenity (PSLA)—now stands at £5,000, save for exceptions in CPR 26.10 and CPR 26.11. The protocol is intended for situations where a person has sustained injuries in a road traffic accident (including, though not confined to, whiplash) and wishes to pursue compensation, provided the sum claimed for the injury does not exceed £5,000 and the value of the case does not exceed £10,000. It operates for claimants pursuing personal injury compensation from RTAs within these injury and overall value limits. For additional guidance on using the RTA Small Claims Protocol, consult Practice Note: The road traffic accident small claims protocol...

The Lloyd's Market Association (LMA), an industry body, warned that tariff-driven rises in the cost of fixing equipment and facilities may see the burden ultimately shifted to policyholders. The insurance sector is becoming ever more sensitive to trade volatility, particularly across personal-lines offerings such as motor vehicles, which rely on low-cost supplies of car parts to keep repair costs down today...

As an initial move, the incoming administration, Trump promised, will set up an external revenue authority to collect import tariffs and duties. Core to his campaign is tariffs as high as 60% on goods from China and 25% on products from other economies, including Canada and Mexico. He intends to channel proceeds from these duties into cuts in income tax for US citizens. ‘I will at once commence a transformation of our trade regime to safeguard American workers and families nationwide...

Trump approved the order on the evening of 20 February 2026, introducing a 10% levy due to apply from 24 February 2026 until 24 July 24 2026 under section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 (TA 1974). Under this provision, the President may impose a baseline tariff of up to 15% on every country for no more than 150 days, unless Congress authorises a longer period. Many classes of products are carved out from the section 122 charge, covering imports already facing particular sectoral duties, plus items not widely produced at home, including food, books and textiles, per a White House fact sheet. On 21 February 2026, Trump posted on Truth Social that he would promptly lift the Section 122 tariff to the statutory ceiling of 15%, immediately and in full as announced there...

Introduction to the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement This Practice Note summarises the key features of the UK‑EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) that affect trade in goods between the UK and the EU. It covers customs and export duties and other charges, and outlines the preferential rules of origin operating between the parties. It also considers import and export restrictions and licensing, customs valuation, trade remedies and tariff rate quotas. Further topics include sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, and measures on customs and trade facilitation. On 24 December 2020, UK and EU negotiators concluded an accord shaping their future relationship. The UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement is a wide‑ranging instrument arising from the UK’s departure from the EU’s internal market (Brexit) and extends beyond trade in goods and services. It also covers a range of other Brexit‑related matters, including: investment competition state aid tax transparency air and road transport energy and sustainability fisheries data...

PI & Clinical negligence horizon scanner—July 2025 [Archived] ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and is not maintained. It summarises the principal legal developments relevant to personal injury and clinical negligence practitioners as at July 2025. For developments predating this horizon scanner, see PI and Clinical Negligence horizon scanning and key cases—overview. Key PI and clinical negligence developments The personal injury discount rate—a review In late 2024, the Lord Chancellor, Shabana Mahmood MP, revealed the outcome of her five‑month review of the discount rate, initiated in July 2024. One month after the new +0.5% discount rate took effect, Thea Wilson (barrister at 12 King’s Bench Walk) assesses its impact on cases, the responses from claimant and defendant representatives, and the consequences of the change for legal practitioners. See News Analysis: The personal injury discount rate—a review. MoJ announces reduction in CFO’s interest rates The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced lower interest rates for the Courts Funds Office’s (CFO) special and basic accounts...

Structure of the WTO agreements The Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation (Marrakesh Agreement) functions as the umbrella WTO Agreement, as it provides the institutional and legal framework. The next layer of instruments sits in Annex 1 to the Marrakesh Agreement. Three agreements - the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994), the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) - set out the core principles on liberalising trade in goods, services and intellectual property rights, respectively, together with any exceptions. This Practice Note introduces those principles and exceptions. It should be noted that, for GATT 1994 and GATS, two additional layers must be considered to obtain a comprehensive view of trade in goods or services. Under GATT 1994 there are further agreements or annexes regulating particular sectors or specific aspects of trade in goods, such as the Agreement on Agriculture and the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures....