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In this issue: Brexit Headlines Brexit SIs Constitutional and administrative law Equality and human rights Judicial review Public procurement State security and intelligence State accountability and liability Information law Other Public Law news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Free webinars Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit Headlines UK and EU reaffirm commitment to citizens’ rights under Withdrawal Agreement Following the 18 December 2025 meeting of the Specialised Committee on Citizens’ Rights, the Cabinet Office confirmed that the UK and the EU restated their pledge to fully deliver the citizens’ rights provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement. The session examined progress on Part Two (Citizens’ Rights) and considered continuing matters impacting EU nationals in the UK and UK citizens living in EU member states. The co-chairs welcomed recent legislation clarifying aspects of status for certain EU nationals within the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS),...

In this issue: Probate Trusts Court of Protection UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Budgets and Finance Bills Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts LexTalk®Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q&As Useful information Probate HMCTS Probate application processing times continued to improve to the end of 2024 HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has released figures showing that probate application processing times kept improving across the year to December 2024. In December 2024, the average wait was a little over four weeks, a striking turnaround from the end of 2023, when applicants typically faced 12 weeks for their applications to be dealt with. Digital submissions, which represent...

In this issue: Public procurement Governance Education Social housing Children's social care Social care Healthcare Local government finance Environmental law and climate change Planning Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Public procurement Damages are an adequate remedy in a procurement dispute despite no sufficiently serious breach (Millbrook Healthcare Ltd v Devon County Council) In Millbrook Healthcare Ltd v Devon County Council, the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) determined that, at the interim stage of a procurement claim, whether a breach is “sufficiently serious” is not directly relevant to the question of adequacy of damages; damages can still be the proper remedy. The TCC reviewed established authorities confirming that damages are available in procurement challenges only where the contracting authority’s breach is “sufficiently serious”, a test grounded in EU law. The issue was recently examined in Braceurself v NHS England, where the TCC held that the “sufficiently serious” assessment...

Where a company has been struck off, an application can sometimes be made to the registrar of companies to reinstate it to the register through administrative restoration. This Practice Note sets out the restoration process by administrative restoration under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Why restore a company to the register? Common reasons for using the administrative restoration procedure include: the company was still trading or otherwise in operation when the registrar struck it off the company held property at the time of strike-off and dissolution, which has now vested as bona vacantia What is administrative restoration? Introduced by the Companies Act 2006, administrative restoration offers a simpler way to place back on the register a company struck off under the registrar of companies’ powers, without the need to...

Why restore an LLP to the register? If a limited liability partnership (LLP) has been removed from the register, an application can often be made to the Registrar of Companies to reinstate it through the administrative restoration process. Typical reasons for seeking administrative restoration are: the LLP was still trading or in operation when the Registrar struck it off, and the LLP still owned property at strike-off and dissolution, which has since vested as bona vacantia. Application of CA 2006 to LLPs An LLP is a corporate entity created under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 (LLPA). In practice, most rules governing LLPs derive from modified company law rather than partnership law (see Practice Note: The nature of a limited liability partnership and its legal framework). The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 set out which provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) apply to LLPs, with suitable modifications, including those dealing with administrative restoration. ...

Bona vacantia denotes ‘ownerless goods’. Under section 1012 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006), any assets not otherwise disposed of and still held by a company at the time of a company’s dissolution pass to the Crown as bona vacantia. This Practice Note examines the enforcement of security—whether by a mortgagee’s sale or by appointing a receiver—over property that has vested in the Crown bona vacantia, following dissolution. It addresses bona vacantia property, disclaimer, escheat, the role of the Crown/Government Legal Department and the HM Land Registry’s guidance. It looks at these matters collectively and in an overview. How is a company struck off? Broadly, a company can be struck off the register of companies in two ways: voluntarily, on an application by the directors by the Registrar of Companies—the Registrar may strike off and dissolve companies the Registrar considers are not carrying on business Often, this will be because the company has failed to file required statutory information by...