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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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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In this issue: e Privacy Data protection Lex Talk® Information Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content e Privacy The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has levied a £200,000 penalty against sole trader Bharat Singh Chand after 966,449 marketing texts were sent without permission between 3 December 2023 and 3 July 2024. Promoting debt solutions and energy-saving grants, the messages prompted 19,138 complaints via the 7726 spam reporting service and breached the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 ( SI 2003/2426) due to the absence of valid consent. The ICO has also served an enforcement notice requiring Chand to stop dispatching marketing communications without appropriate consent. Investigators reported evasive tactics, including the use of false company names during follow-up calls. Chand has appealed the ICO’s decision. See: LNB News 30/10/2025 21. Data...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Capacity Market, balancing services and energy system flexibility Nuclear energy Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change New and updated content New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Energy resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk®Energy: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing DBT issues outcome to NCC Scheme compensation uplift consultation The Department for Business and Trade ( DBT) has released its reply to the July 2025 consultation proposing an increase in compensation on charges for eligible energy‑intensive industries ( EIIs) under the Network Charging Compensation ( NCC) Scheme, moving from 60% to 90%. It confirms the higher level will apply from 1 April 2026. Application windows will also run for two months, from Q2 2026, with the next window opening on 30 June 2026. See: LNB News 31/10/2025 43. Ofgem seeks views on gas...
Shoib Khan, director for insurance supervision at the Bo E’s Prudential Regulation Authority ( PRA), said that draft rules on captive insurance will be published by the summer of 2026. Captives are specialist insurers created solely to underwrite a parent company’s liabilities. Up to now, many UK-based businesses have set up captives in offshore jurisdictions, such as the British dependencies of Guernsey or the Isle of Man. But in July 2025 the government stated it intends to create new regulation that would allow captives to be set up......
In this issue: Criminal procedure and evidence Sentencing Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions Money laundering Corporate Crime in Scotland Lex Talk®Corporate Crime: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Criminal procedure and evidence Courts and Tribunals Judiciary publishes updated AI guidance for judicial office holders The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary ( CATJ) has issued refreshed Artificial Intelligence ( AI) guidance, superseding the April 2025 version. The revision enlarges the AI terminology glossary and intensifies cautions about training-data bias and AI hallucinations that may output inaccurate material....
Maile and another v Maile and others [2025] EWHC 2494 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? Beyond the judge’s observations on assurances, which he said must amount to clear, binding promises proved by cogent evidence rather than statements liable to differing readings or merely reflecting the testator’s then intentions for the estate, he also found the claimants’ alleged period of reliance to be very brief, and their cross-examination did not demonstrate reliance at all. When, in 2016, they learnt the deceased had altered her Will so the Farm would no longer pass to them, their conduct was unchanged. They continued to farm in partnership with the deceased and went on withdrawing substantial cash from the partnership by way of drawings. The decision is a sharp reminder that, when advising on proprietary estoppel, practitioners should ask whether the person would, in truth, have...
In this issue: Healthcare Social housing Education Planning Governance Public procurement Children's social care Social care Pensions Licensing Environmental law and climate change Lex Talk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& As Healthcare Supreme Court rules that hospital car parking charges are subject to VAT ( Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v HMRC) In Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v HMRC, the Supreme Court held that an NHS Trust’s provision of hospital parking attracts VAT. The Trust was found to be acting as a taxable person, and not exercising public authority powers, when running the car parks. The conclusion turned on the fact that the legal framework governing the Trust’s supplies did not differ, by virtue of its status as a public...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Transferring property Property management Residential property Property development Property taxes Property in Scotland Lex Talk®Property: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New Q& A Key developments and horizon scanning Renters’ Rights Act 2025 As previously reported, the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 ( RRA 2025) secured Royal Assent on 27 October. A small number of procedural measures took effect on 27 October 2025, while the remainder will commence by regulations on dates yet to be appointed. See: LNB News 04/11/2025 7. The Law Society has welcomed the RRA 2025, but emphasises that its success depends on government investment in the courts so they can manage the anticipated increase in contested hearings. See: LNB News 29/10/2025 34. Source: Renters’ Rights Act levels the playing field for tenants and...
In this issue: Sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Further Practice Compliance updates this week Lex Talk®Practice Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community News alerts—daily and weekly Trackers Fresh and revised content Sanctions OFSI updates General Licence INT/2024/5394840 The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ( OFSI) has revised General Licence INT/2024/5394840. The licence enables relevant institutions to handle payments made in 2022 from, or routed via, a designated credit or financial institution, provided the original sender and the originally intended recipient are not designated persons. Expiry extended to 7 November 2027. Updated definition of a designated credit or financial institution. Amended reporting obligations. Under the new reporting terms, relevant institutions must notify HM Treasury within 14 days after the end of each calendar month, detailing any payments processed under the licence for that month. Reports must set out:...
In this issue: IP and technology Copyright & associated rights Patents Designs Lex Talk®IP: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information IP and technology Getty secures a pyrrhic success in the UK Stability AI dispute ( Getty Images v Stability AI Ltd). In Getty Images ( US) Inc v Stability AI Ltd [2025] EWHC 2863 ( Ch), a London judge on 4 November 2025 accepted that AI heavyweight Stability AI produced a small number of images infringing the stock library’s trade marks, yet Getty could not demonstrate that the underlying model breached its IP in this landmark matter. See: [2025] EWHC 2863 ( Ch) and News Analysis: Getty gets pyrrhic victory in UK stability AI case... Copyright & associated rights Where the postcodes are— High Court finds database right...
Haley v Newcold Ltd [2025] Lexis Citation 2783 What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment offered an unusual chance for the court to grapple with causation where it is said the claimant behaved unreasonably, thereby aggravating injury after the defendant’s negligence. The court addressed core questions of factual and legal causation. It contains an analysis of when a novus actus interveniens arises and the fairness test to defendants articulated in Corr v IBC Vehicles Ltd [2008] 1 AC 884 and related authorities. Beyond the doctrinal points, defence practitioners will note the probative material marshalled by the defence to convince the judge that the claimant’s choice to proceed to amputation constituted a novus actus not prompted by unendurable pain. Extensive surveillance was pivotal, as was the lack of prescribed analgesia in the medical notes, together with the range of leisure pursuits...
In this issue: Residential tenancies Disputes and remedies Contractual issues Service charges Trespass and adverse possession Property Disputes in Scotland Additional Property Disputes updates Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Residential tenancies MHCLG publishes guidance on electrical safety standards for rented sectors The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG) has issued guidance clarifying how the electrical safety standards regime applies to landlords, tenants and local authorities across England’s private and social rented sectors. It addresses the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector ( England) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/312, which were extended in 2025 to cover the social rented sector by the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (...
In this issue: Company law, governance and regulatory matters New content Useful information Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Company law, governance and regulatory matters FRC updates guidance on UK Corporate Governance Code in relation to remuneration The Financial Reporting Council has revised the section of its UK Corporate Governance Code guidance covering non-executive directors’ remuneration to clarify the position on share-based pay for NEDs. The Code itself is unchanged, but the guidance underscores that the existing ‘ Comply or Explain’ principle gives companies latitude when designing NED fee arrangements; nevertheless, performance-related pay for NEDs remains unacceptable. These changes follow last month’s HM Treasury announcement—within its Regulation Action Plan—that the FRC would update its guidance to confirm that paying NEDs in shares is appropriate (see News Analysis: Share Incentives weekly highlights—23 October 2025— Company law,...
In this issue: Immigration Prohibited conduct (discrimination etc) Diversity and gender pay gap Data protection and employee information Corporate Governance Financial services and banking: employment issues Employment Tribunals Dates for your diary Trackers Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Immigration Home Office announces increase in enforcement activity targeting illegal working The Home Office reports intensified action against unlawful working, undertaking more than 11,000 operations between October 2024 and September 2025. Through Operation Sterling, this activity produced over 8,000 arrests—a 63% uplift on the prior year—and led to the removal of upwards of 1,050 people from the UK who were found to be working without lawful authorisation. The department also indicates that a mandatory digital ID scheme will be in place before the end of the current...
In this issue: Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Equality and human rights Public procurement Public sector contracts Subsidy control and State aid Information law State security and intelligence Management and strategic planning Other public law news Lex Talk® Public Law: a Lexis Nexis® community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit SIs Aviation Safety ( Amendment) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/1150: This instrument revises two elements of assimilated direct civil aviation law. It is brought forward using powers in the Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 ( REUL( RR) A 2023) and in Regulation ( EU) 2018/1139, insofar as they relate to assimilated law. The provisions take effect on 1 December 2025. ( Revised from draft as at 14 November 2025.) Please refer to: LNB News 17/07/2025 45 for details......
Following a 205-page judgment that shed little light on the contentious question, lawyers have stepped up calls for the government to issue guidance and, if needed, update long-established copyright law so rightsholders and AI developers are not left uncertain. Gill Dennis, a partner at Pinsent Masons LLP, noted that the ruling makes it more urgent than ever to decide whether training AI on copyrighted works amounts to infringement, and that the onus is now firmly on the government to deliver clear, prompt policy direction Getty Images commenced proceedings in 2023, alleging that Stability AI trained its Stable Diffusion model on millions of copyright-protected images taken from the stock image company’s own website and from its subsidiary, i Stock. It further claimed that its trade mark rights were breached when Stable Diffusion generated images displaying watermarks for both Getty Images and i Stock......
In this issue: Key PI and Clinical Negligence developments Road traffic accidents Public authorities and the state Clinical negligence Other PI and Clinical Negligence news Lex Talk®PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Lexis Nexis® Webinars Useful information Key PI and Clinical Negligence developments AI in personal injury rehabilitation Artificial Intelligence ( AI) is swiftly reshaping countless parts of contemporary life, advancing faster than most anticipated. Yet in personal injury, one thing endures: rehabilitation’s impact. For claimants, it offers a route to maximise potential and pursue the greatest independence and quality of life achievable. For defendants, it may lessen dependency and consequently diminish a claim’s overall worth. Against this backdrop, considering ways AI could augment—rather than supplant—the rehabilitation pathway is both opportune and vital. Authored by Pamela- Jane Riley, legal director in the...
Mergers The CMA released the full published text of its Phase 1 decision relating to the anticipated acquisition by Global Payments Inc...
In this issue: Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Medical devices Pricing and reimbursement Research and development Advertising of medicines Intellectual property Lex Talk®Life Sciences: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ( MHRA) has released a policy paper setting out plans for a new regulatory model to accelerate the development and authorisation of rare disease treatments. Created with input from the newly formed Rare Disease Consortium, the framework is due to be finalised in 2026, following a public consultation slated for early 2026. See: LNB News 05/11/2025 60. The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations ( EFPIA), together with eight other healthcare associations, has challenged the European Chemicals Agency’s ( ECHA) approach to its proposed universal...
In this issue: Media Internet Databases Data protection Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Telecommunications Lex Talk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Media Getty gets pyrrhic victory in UK stability AI case Law360, London: On 4 November 2025, Getty Images persuaded a London court that artificial intelligence ( AI) developer Stability AI had produced a small number of images infringing the stock image company’s trade marks. However, the court was not convinced that the model itself breached the photo giant’s intellectual property in this landmark dispute. See: Getty gets pyrrhic victory in UK stability AI case. Internet Ofcom launches call for evidence on age assurance effectiveness and app store safety under OSA 2023 Ofcom has opened a call for evidence to inform two...
In this issue: VAT Share sales Taxes management and litigation Budgets and Finance Bills International Individuals and income tax Financial services Lex Talk®Tax: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information VAT FTT rules biscuits were zero-rated as they were not partly chocolate-covered ( Ferrero UK Ltd v HMRC). As highlighted last week, in Ferrero UK Ltd v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 1202 ( TC), the tribunal concluded the taxpayer’s biscuits were not in part coated with chocolate and therefore qualified for VAT zero-rating. See News Analysis: FTT rules biscuits were zero-rated as they were not partly covered in chocolate ( Ferrero UK Ltd v HMRC). Supreme Court confirms hospital car parking charges carry VAT ( Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v HMRC). As noted in...
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