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This record has been archived and is no longer being updated. This Timeline sets out the principal milestones linked to Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17) (the Whistleblowing Directive). Member States had to implement the Whistleblowing Directive’s provisions in domestic law by 17 December 2021. As the Whistleblowing Directive was not carried across into EU retained law after IP completion day (31 December 2020), it does not apply in the UK. 2021 29 June 2021 — Council of the EU — Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on the Proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 The Council of the EU released the EDPS’s opinion, dated 24 June 2021, on the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation on markets in cryptoassets and for amendments to the EU Whistleblowing Directive; the EDPS expressed support for the proposal and also outlined several suggested revisions...

This Checklist This Checklist outlines the key matters a principal should weigh up when engaging a sales and marketing agent to sell and/or promote goods or services. It reviews relevant preliminary, commercial and legal points that principals may wish to tackle when both drafting and negotiating a sales and marketing agency agreement. It covers commercial agents under the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 (the Commercial Agents Regulations), SI 1993/3053 and the appointment of agents that are not commercial agents. For more guidance on appointing a sales and marketing agency, see Practice Note: How to appoint a sales and marketing agent...

ARCHIVED: This archived checklist summarises how the 2014 edition of the UK Corporate Governance Code differed from the 2012 edition of the UK Corporate Governance Code. It is no longer maintained and is provided for background purposes only and for reference. Checklist—2012 UKCG Code and 2014 UKCG Code compared In September 2014, the Financial Reporting Council issued a new, updated version of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the 2014 UKCG Code) following its biennial consultation on potential amendments to the UK Corporate Governance Code (UKCG Code), which began in April 2014. The 2014 UKCG Code took effect for companies with accounting periods starting on or after 1 October 2014. The following summary shows how the 2014 UKCG Code diverged from the version published in 2012: Provision — 2012 UKCG Code — 2014 UKCG Code compared Preface: Wording specific to the 2012 edition and the earlier review of the UKCG Code was removed, and the section as a whole revised. The Main...

In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Contamination and pollution Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental information Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Air emissions and climate change Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR)-UK government publishes Business Model documentation On 27 August 2025, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) released a suite of papers on its proposed Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) Business Model and accompanying policy. The Lexis+ Energy team, working with Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Senior Lecturer in Climate Law at the University of Edinburgh Law School, set out the context for the GGR Business Model; its relationship with the Power BECCS Business Model; the technologies the GGR framework intends to encompass; its legal footing and principal features; and how...

In this issue: Budgets and Finance Bills UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Family businesses and ownership structures Contentious trusts and estates Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments International Question of the week Daily and weekly news alerts LexTalk®Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Trackers Latest Q&As Useful information Budgets and Finance Bills Finance Bill 2026 published Finance (No 2) Bill 2024–26 was released on 4 December 2025 with explanatory notes. Also known as Finance Bill 2026 (FB 2026), it was presented in the House of Commons and received its first reading on 2 December 2025. For insights into the principal Private Client measures in FB 2026, see News Analysis: Private Client—publication of Finance Bill 2026. For commentary on the key Tax provisions, see News Analysis: Tax—publication of Finance Bill 2026. For comprehensive tracking of FB 2026—covering a...

R (on the application of UYR) v Derby City Council & others [2025] EWHC 2081 (Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? The claimant’s only disputed application related to interim relief. A dispute arose and continued between the two local authorities (Derby CC and Manchester CC) over which authority ought to accommodate the claimant. The decision underscores the importance of securing professional supporting evidence before inviting the High Court to apply well-established principles governing age disputes. Deputy High Court Judge Karen Ridge was persuaded by three principal items of evidence: A decision by A&E staff to admit the claimant to a children’s ward and to make a safeguarding referral to the local children’s services authority; A decision by the local children’s services authority to accommodate the claimant with other children in line with their ChA 1989, s 20 duty; Evidence that the claimant’s mental health had likely worsened as a result of being treated as an adult. Taken...

Scope of this Practice Note This Practice Note sets out the main types of radioactive waste and examines disposal against the EU-defined waste hierarchy. It places contemporary management of radioactive waste within the historical development of the nuclear industry from a planning standpoint. Principal policy documents are reviewed to chart the evolution of government thinking over time. Geological disposal of Higher Activity Waste (HAW) under the Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008) is compared with alternative disposal routes under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) and the Planning (Wales) Act 2015. Consultation duties, application processes and required consents are identified for both regimes. Notable planning appeals and judicial review cases are highlighted before looking at international approaches to radioactive waste. What is radioactive waste? In the UK, radioactive waste arises—and will arise—from past, current and future programmes for electricity generation from nuclear fission, the reprocessing of nuclear fuel, the development of nuclear weapons, the nuclear submarine fleet and wastes from radioactive materials used for civil...

A conversation with Diana Lupu, associate, at GRATA International on key issues on FDI control in Moldova 1. What is the applicable legislation? The principal statute regulating control of foreign direct investment (FDI) is Law No. 174/2021 on the mechanism for examining investments of significance for state security. It sets the conditions under which investors may undertake investment activities in areas considered important to state security, and defines the means of state oversight to bolster the transparency of such investments. 2. Which government or other body (or bodies) reviews foreign investments? The Council for the Promotion of National Importance Investment Projects (the Council), created by Government Decision No. 585/2016, is the body that assesses investment projects of national security significance, and is responsible for promoting, monitoring and evaluating these projects. 3. What is the scope of the foreign investment regime? Is it limited to particular sectors or investor categories (e.g. foreign or...

ESPS (ESPS) is a trust-based arrangement created by an Electricity Council resolution on 20 January 1983 as an industry-wide pension for employees of the nationalised electricity sector. It remained a single scheme at privatisation on 31 March 1990, after which it was divided into separate sections or ‘Groups’. The rules are not publicly accessible. For further information on statutory protections for ESPS members following privatisation, see Practice Note: —Protected Persons. Each principal electricity company participating in the ESPS forms its own Group; there are currently 23 Groups. Some Groups have a single participating employer, while others have several. Each Group is actuarially independent, with its assets and liabilities assessed on a standalone basis... Although a common scheme-wide benefit structure applied at the point of privatisation, since then each Group has been able to offer different benefits to its members. The ESPS rules comprise a central set of clauses and provisions governing matters that apply across the scheme, with Group-specific rules appended as Schedules. This Practice Note outlines the...

[ insert Principal’s name ][ insert Principal’s address ] Dear [ insert name ], Agency Agreement dated [ insert date ] (the ‘Agreement’) [ This correspondence records our recent discussions. ] In line with clause [ insert number of clause containing termination provision ], please treat this correspondence as [ immediate OR [ insert figure ] days’ ] notice bringing the Agreement to an end...

ARCHIVED: These archived training resources offer details on Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 concerning public procurement, which superseded Directive 2004/18/EC. Provided purely for background reference, they are not maintained or updated. The materials comprise sample PowerPoint decks and accompanying notes that may serve as the foundation for one or more training sessions, presenting the principal features of public procurement law under Directive 2014/24/EU, the Public Contracts Directive, given effect in England and Wales through the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, SI 2015/102. Policy drivers underpinning the Directive Core elements of the procurement processes Fundamental principles...

This Agreement is dated [ date ] and is between the following parties: 1 [ Council ], whose principal place of business is at [ address ] (the Council); 2 [ Developer ], whose registered office is at [ address ] (the Developer); and 3 [ the Guarantor ], whose registered office is at [ address ] (the Guarantor). BACKGROUND The Council is the local authority for the area within which the Site is located. The Council and the Developer together propose to develop the Site. The Council and Developer have both been endeavouring to acquire the land and/or rights needed to develop the Site but have not managed to secure all of such land and/or rights...

A mortgage by demise A mortgage by demise is an uncommon variety of mortgage whereby the borrower demises the property to the lender as security for a loan of money. Its arrangement is comparable to a lease, but for an exceptionally long duration (typically 3000 years). The mortgage will contain provisions for redemption. In the ordinary course, upon settlement of the principal amount and the interest, the mortgage will determine and the demised term thereby comes to an end...

Section 33 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (LG(MP)A 1982) This provision addresses how local authorities can enforce certain land-related covenants. It applies where a principal council and another person are parties to an instrument under seal that is executed for specific purposes relating to land in which that person has an interest. The section is engaged where the instrument is: executed to secure the carrying out of works on land within the council’s area in which the other party holds an interest; or executed to regulate the use of, or is otherwise connected with, land either within or outside the council’s area in which that party has an interest; and only where the instrument is neither executed to facilitate, nor otherwise connected with, the development of the relevant land. LG(MP)A 1982, s 33(2) sets out powerful enforcement provisions...