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What are the practical implications of this case? There are three areas of broader relevance, each connected to one of the five tests for issuing a CN under PeA 2004, s 38 (outlined below): As to the ‘material detriment test’, where (as here) the scheme remains in operation and the employer continues to trade and support it, it may seem challenging to show that a step has adversely affected the likelihood of the scheme delivering promised benefits. Surely any negative funding effect could be rectified by future employer contributions, enabling benefits to be paid? The UT held otherwise, stating the test involves qualitative as well as quantitative evaluation, and observing that the cash drawn from the employer’s finance facility equated to about one-third of its total net assets at the time. That, together with the scheme’s significant deficit, meant the act ‘greatly increased the risk’ of benefits not being funded...

In this issue Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Business, investment and non-sponsored work Preventing illegal working Family routes Long residence, discretion and human rights EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement International Daily and weekly news alerts Immigration Highlights 2024/2025 New and updated content Key developments Future developments—Immigration calendar Our Immigration calendar highlights key forthcoming changes for business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works UKICE comment on Home Office delay on eVisa implementation amid widespread concerns Professor Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello, writing for UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE), examine difficulties with the eVisa rollout. They note the government has deferred the 31 December 2024 deadline for moving to a fully digital immigration system due to significant implementation issues. Main worries include poor awareness among visa holders, obstacles for certain groups in obtaining eVisas,...

Both committees reviewed the following proposed negative SIs and made no suggestion to upgrade: Public Procurement (Revocation) Regulations 2025 Energy (Euratom Decisions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2025 Latest Commons select committee recommendations Here are the most recent papers from the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee and the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee: Votes and Proceedings, 1 April 2025—Select Committees: Reports, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Votes and Proceedings, 2 April 2025—Select Committees: Reports, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Latest SLSC recommendations Here is the newest report from the SLSC: SLSC—22nd Report of Session 2024–25, 3 April 2025 Instruments of interest The SLSC noted the following Brexit-related instrument as of interest, though it was not brought to the special attention of the House: REACH Fees and Charges (Amendment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 340/2008) Regulations 2025, SI 2025/299...

Court of Appeal—professional negligence ARCHIVED : This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. The Court of Appeal upheld an appeal in a claim against solicitors, holding that the loss of a chance head of damage was too remote. At first instance, the judge concluded that Lewis Silkin LLP had fallen below the required standard by not advising their client to include a jurisdiction provision in his employment agreement with a franchisee involved in the Indian Premier League’s Twenty20 competition. Because no jurisdiction clause appeared in the contract, when the client later issued proceedings against the franchisee over a severance entitlement, he faced jurisdictional challenges (ultimately dismissed) brought by the franchisee, which postponed his obtaining judgment for £10 million in severance. The client’s case was that, with proper advice on jurisdiction, the contract would have contained an exclusive jurisdiction clause. On that footing, he said, he would have secured judgment for the severance sum sooner (as there would have been no hold‑ups arising from jurisdiction objections) and...

Introduction Climate change describes prolonged shifts in global temperatures and weather patterns. These may occur naturally, for example through changes in the solar cycle. Since the 1800s, however, human activity has been the principal driver of climate change, chiefly through burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. Their combustion releases carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4), which trap heat in the atmosphere and are commonly called greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Clearing land and forests also releases CO2 that would otherwise remain stored in trees and soils. Energy, industry, transport, buildings, agriculture and land use are among the largest GHG sources. Rising global temperatures are bringing more extreme weather, including heatwaves, drought, and increasingly intense, devastating storms, occurring more often. In turn, these lead to water scarcity, severe fires, melting polar ice and flooding. The impacts are felt by people and nature at local, regional and global scales. Climate change is complex. It encompasses a wide array of inter-related impacts: direct and indirect, secondary and cumulative,...

Banking & Finance glossary A Auditing and Accounting Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) The foremost Islamic, international, autonomous, independent, not-for-profit corporate body that develops and issues accounting, auditing, governance, ethics and Shari’ah benchmarks and standards for Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs) and the wider Islamic finance sector. Founded in Bahrain in 1991, it is backed by a number of institutional members across more than 45 countries, including central banks and regulatory authorities, financial institutions, accounting and auditing practices, and legal firms. Its pronouncements are currently applied by leading Islamic financial institutions across the world and have advanced a progressive and gradual harmonisation of global Islamic finance practice. It also delivers professional qualification programmes—notably Certified Islamic Professional Accountant (CIPA), Certified Shari’ah Adviser and Auditor (CSAA), and the corporate compliance programme—in efforts to strengthen the industry’s human capital and governance frameworks. For further details, see Practice Note: Key participants in the Islamic finance industry—Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). Acceleration Acceleration is the formal action...