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R (Greyhound Board of Great Britain Ltd) v Welsh Ministers [2026] EWHC 670 (Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? The ruling reinforces the constitutional divide between the courts and the legislature. It explains that the scheme and framework of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (GWA 2006) embody that separation of powers, and that any judicial attempt to recognise and enforce a common law obligation on Welsh Ministers to consult prior to introducing legislation in the Senedd would trespass upon that boundary. This is not a departure from established principle; case law has already upheld comparable rules for lawmakers in Scotland and at Westminster. However, this is the first express confirmation of the position for Welsh lawmakers, and the first time this dimension of the GWA 2006 has been analysed in such depth. The court examined earlier
The solution arrived through the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), a quasi‑judicial body handling mass claims, created under UN Security Council Resolution 687. By addressing environmental harm—most notably via its ‘F4’ claim class—the UNCC set a seminal benchmark shaping how international law and contemporary arbitral panels allocate financial responsibility for wartime ecological devastation. With present-day wars in areas such as Eastern Europe and the Middle East bringing dam breaches, strikes on chemical facilities, and the burning of farmland, the UNCC’s legacy endures as an essential reference point for states, global investors, and companies engaged in post‑conflict arbitration. The F4 claims: Quantifying the unquantifiable Prior to the 1990s, mechanisms in international law for war reparations overwhelmingly favoured property loss, foregone earnings, and bodily injury. The natural world was commonly treated as a mute, non-compensable victim of armed hostilities...
Understanding the farming business as a business Many farms still use long-standing structures that arose by habit, not strategy. Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common. While once effective, such setups can cause major issues around succession, tax planning and involving the next generation. A corporate team can take a fresh, business-led view of the farm, asking: Who owns the land and other critical assets? Who manages daily operations? Who carries the risk and who enjoys the return? What is the enduring plan for succession? From this review, the team can confirm whether the current setup is fit for purpose or if an alternative — for example an updated partnership agreement, a company, a limited liability partnership, or a blended model — would better meet the family’s aims. Tax efficiency through joined-up advice Tax sits at the centre of most
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The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford has published a briefing on UK asylum accommodation According to the briefing, the share of asylum seekers placed in hotels has dropped sharply, sliding from 41% at the end of 2023 to 21% by March 2026. This change mirrors both lower overall demand and a move back towards dispersal housing. Over the same window, those receiving accommodation support reduced from 112,000 to 98,000 across the system......
In this issue Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Long residence, discretion and human rights Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Citizenship applications International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments- Immigration calendar and Immigration White Paper. Our Immigration calendar highlights key forthcoming milestones for business immigration advisers. Alongside this, our Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025-summary, tracker and resources delivers an updated, panoramic overview of developments linked to the May 2025 White Paper ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, including the ‘ Earned settlement’ plans. It distils the main proposed reforms for business immigration practitioners, offers commentary on their potential effects, and monitors their implementation on a rolling basis. It also provides links to relevant resources. UK immigration control: how it works Home Office issues new...
UK in a Changing Europe ( UKICE) has released a blog from Professor Jonathan Portes exploring why net migration is a poor proxy for immigration and how it can validate racialised political complaints. Portes highlights the gap between net migration and real inflows, stressing that the net figure-immigrants minus emigrants-may mask important distinctions in how different sections of the population move across multiple demographic and nationality groups over time......
The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association ( ILPA) Blog has issued a briefing describing the intricate legal obstacles confronting Afghan nationals who acted as interpreters with the British Armed Forces......
UK net migration Drawing on ONS statistics, the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford has released an overview of UK net migration, tracing patterns from the early 2000s and developments under the post‑ Brexit immigration regime. Net migration in 2025 stood at 171,000-far beneath typical 2010s levels and markedly lower than the record 944,000 in the year to March 2023. Non‑ EU inflows declined to 627,000 in 2025, around one‑fifth down on 2024. Among these arrivals, 67% were admitted for employment or study. Close to seven in ten came to study at universities (44%), take up jobs (11%), or accompany work migrants as partners or children (12%); asylum seekers made up 14%. Indian citizens formed the largest cohort at 17% of all immigration, with Pakistani and Chinese nationals each contributing 7%. By June 2024, 19% of the UK population was born...
The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association ( ILPA) ILPA has issued a statement about the Chișinău Declaration, endorsed by member states of the Council of Europe on 15 May 2026. It stresses that the Declaration is a political text without legal force, does not revise the European Convention on Human Rights ( ECHR) and cannot dictate how the European Court of Human Rights ( ECt HR) interprets the ECHR. Nevertheless, ILPA recognises that political pronouncements of this kind may, in time, influence the way the ECt HR situates and contextualises its judgments......
The House of Commons Library has issued a research briefing on the EU’s Entry/ Exit System ( EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorisation System ( ETIAS), measures that will impact non‑ EU travellers, including UK nationals, heading to most EU and Schengen destinations. It sets out that EES will supersede manual passport stamps with automated enrolment and biometric border controls, while ETIAS will bring in a pre‑departure authorisation for visitors who do not need a visa. The paper highlights roll‑out challenges at certain crossing points, amid fears of queues at UK departure hubs such as Dover, Eurostar and Eurotunnel terminals......
In this issue Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Business, investment, and non-sponsored work Students Long residence, discretion and human rights EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar and Immigration White Paper Our Immigration calendar highlights key upcoming milestones for business immigration advisers. Separately, the Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025—summary, tracker and resources offers a regularly updated overview of measures linked to the May 2025 White Paper ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, including the ‘ Earned settlement’ plans. It distils the main proposed changes for business immigration practitioners, adds commentary on likely implications, and continually tracks implementation, with links to relevant resources. UK immigration control: how it works CTA guidance amended for mutual recognition of ETAs The Home Office has revised Common Travel Area caseworker guidance to reflect that the Crown...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar and Immigration White Paper Our Immigration calendar highlights the main forthcoming milestones relevant to business immigration advisers. In parallel, our Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025—summary, tracker and resources delivers an updated, wide‑angle overview of progress on the May 2025 White Paper ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, including the ‘ Earned settlement’ plans. It distils the principal proposed changes for business immigration practitioners, offers commentary on possible impacts, and follows their roll‑out on a continuing basis. It also provides links to associated resources. UK immigration control: how it works Director of British Future examines the earned settlement plans UK in a Changing Europe ( UKICE) has issued...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Long residence, discretion and human rights EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Lex Talk®Immigration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar and Immigration White Paper Note that our Immigration calendar highlights significant upcoming developments for business immigration advisers. Separately, our Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025—summary, tracker and resources delivers a refreshed panoramic overview of developments tied to the May 2025 White Paper ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, including the ‘ Earned settlement’ proposals. It condenses the principal planned changes for business immigration practitioners, offers commentary on their possible implications, and follows their implementation on a continuing basis. It also provides links to associated resources. UK immigration control: how it works Home Office calls for evidence on establishment of Independent Appeals Body The Home Office has begun a call for...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Family routes Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar and Immigration White Paper Our Immigration calendar highlights upcoming changes of note for business immigration advisers. In parallel, the Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025—summary, tracker and resources delivers an updated, panoramic overview of progress on the May 2025 White Paper ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, including the ‘ Earned settlement’ proposals. It sets out the principal suggested reforms for business immigration practitioners, offers commentary on possible implications, and tracks implementation on a rolling basis, with links to relevant resources. UK immigration control: how it works Many visa fees to rise from 8 April 2026 The Home Office has issued its visa fees table for applications made on or after 8 April 2026. The schedule confirms that a wide range of visa and...
The limits of Article 8 ( IA & others v SSHD) IA and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1516 What are the practical implications of this case? The case confirms that adult brothers and sisters will only rarely be able to show family life, and then only where there are extra features of dependency going beyond ordinary emotional bonds. This is a fact-sensitive inquiry. Practitioners should heed the court’s conclusion that dependency signifies a substantial relationship and exceeds the mere presence of support, even where that support is described as real, committed or effective. Whether there is real, committed and effective support may inform the analysis of dependency, but it does not amount to the legal test. The bar to be cleared is a demanding one. The judgment contains a careful survey of the leading...
In this issue Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Long residence, discretion and human rights EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar and Immigration White Paper Our Immigration calendar details key forthcoming steps for business immigration advisers. Separately, the Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025—summary, tracker and resources supplies an updated, comprehensive overview of developments linked to the May 2025 White Paper ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, including the ‘ Earned settlement’ proposals. It condenses the principal suggested changes for business immigration practitioners, offers commentary on their possible implications, and monitors implementation on an ongoing basis. It also contains links to relevant resources. UK immigration control: how it works HC 1691—additional analysis This analysis reviews aspects of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 1691 that were not covered in the...
For our first overview of HC 1691, concentrating on matters addressed in the EM, see LNB News 05/03/2026 54. Suitability All changes apply to decisions made on or after 26 March 2026. Extension of para SUI 11.3 to entry clearance applications In a notable development omitted from the EM, the discretionary basis for refusing permission to enter and stay applications at para SUI 11.3—introduced when Part 9 was replaced by Part Suitability on 11 November 2025—has now been extended to entry clearance applications. As set out in the Practice Note: Suitability grounds for refusal and cancellation of permission, this provides the Home Office with an additional basis to refuse an entry clearance application where an individual is, or has been, in breach of immigration laws, even if the mandatory, time-limited re-entry bans in para SUI 12.1 have expired, and even where the applicant has not taken steps to...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Business, investment, and non-sponsored work EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Preventing illegal working Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar and Immigration White Paper Our Immigration calendar highlights major upcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. Alongside this, the Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025—summary, tracker and resources delivers an up-to-date, panoramic overview of activity around the May 2025 White Paper ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, featuring the ‘ Earned settlement’ proposals. It distils the headline planned changes for business immigration practitioners, offers commentary on potential implications, and follows progress as implementation unfolds. It also connects readers to associated resources. UK immigration control: how it works New Statement of Changes reforms refugee leave and makes miscellaneous amendments On 5 March 2026, the Government presented...
How will the right to work regime be extended? Under the present right to work regime, employers are obliged to carry out checks on every employee to avoid civil penalties where someone is discovered to be working unlawfully. These penalties can reach £45,000 for a first breach, rising to £60,000 for subsequent breaches. If an employer knows, or has reasonable grounds to suspect, they are employing an illegal worker, further criminal exposure may arise, potentially extending to officers and directors. For sponsor licence holders, the Home Office expects right to work checks to be completed for all workers, contractors and self-employed individuals as part of meeting sponsor obligations. BSAIA 2025, s 48 broadens this obligation so it applies to every employer, whether or not they hold a sponsor licence, and it encompasses: workers who are not employees ...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Business, investment, and non-sponsored work Family routes Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Preventing illegal working Lex Talk®Immigration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar and Immigration White Paper Our Immigration calendar highlights forthcoming milestones of interest to business immigration advisers. Separately, the Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025—summary, tracker and resources delivers an up-to-date, panoramic overview of progress on the May 2025 White Paper ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, including the ‘ Earned settlement’ plans. It condenses the principal proposals for business immigration practitioners, adds commentary on likely implications, and continually tracks their implementation, with links to supporting materials. UK immigration control: how it works HASC publishes Home Office letter on commencement of Sentencing Act 2026 deportation provisions The House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee ( HASC) has released a letter from the...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Work sponsorship: sponsors Family routes EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar and Immigration White Paper Please note that our Immigration calendar sets out key forthcoming developments for business immigration advisers. In addition, our Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025—summary, tracker and resources provides an up-to-date panoramic overview of activity linked to the May 2025 White Paper ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, including the ‘ Earned settlement’ plans. It distils the principal proposed changes for business immigration practitioners, offers commentary on their potential implications, and monitors implementation on a rolling basis. It also signposts relevant resources. UK immigration control: how it works Advocacy groups urge Home Office to delay ETA enforcement for British dual...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work EU law rights and the EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar and Immigration White Paper Note that our Immigration calendar highlights key forthcoming milestones for business immigration advisers. Separately, our Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025—summary, tracker and resources supplies an updated, broad overview of activity tied to the May 2025 White Paper ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, including the ‘ Earned settlement’ plans. It distils the principal proposed reforms for business immigration practitioners, offers commentary on likely implications, and tracks delivery on a rolling basis. It also links to relevant resources. UK immigration control: how it works Home Office updates guidance to introduce three-tier prioritisation for public funds access The Home Office has revised its guidance on Permitting Access to Public Funds and...
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