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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: EU fundamentals Competition and state aid Corporate Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Energy Environment Life sciences TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals European Commission adopts 2026 Work Programme The Commission has approved its 2026 Work Programme, Europe’s Independence Moment, presenting a refreshed roadmap for Europe’s sustainable prosperity, competitiveness and resilience. Building on the 2024–2029 Political Guidelines, the 2026 plan prioritises stronger technological autonomy, energy security and social cohesion, while advancing simplification and sharpening competitiveness across all sectors. See: LNB News 22/10/2025 13. Commission publishes evaluation of 2014 EU Public Procurement Directives The Commission has issued an assessment of Directive 2014/23/ EU, Directive 2014/24/ EU and Directive 2014/25/ EU ( EU Public Procurement Directives), finding they have only partly fulfilled their aims. The review...
In this issue: Security Guarantees Aviation finance Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Derivatives Structured products and securitisation Restructuring Sanctions Claims and remedies Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Security Pagden (as Security Trustee under a Security and Intercreditor Deed dated 24 December 2015) v Ridgley [2025] EWHC 2674 ( Ch). The court refused an appeal from an order that had dismissed the appellants’ objections to the respondent’s remuneration and expenses as administrator of Orthios Eco Parks ( Anglesey) Limited and Orthios Power ( Anglesey) Limited. It held that r 18.34 of the Insolvency ( England and Wales) Rules 2016 ( SI 2016/1024) did not confer jurisdiction to challenge an administrator’s fees paid from proceeds derived from assets subject to a fixed charge, as those proceeds are not within the...
Paul Philip, chief executive of the Solicitors Regulation Authority ( SRA), told the watchdog’s annual compliance officers conference that the regulator will issue 'further guidance' for the profession. He gave this assurance after the High Court ruled in September 2025 that non-solicitors and staff without specific litigation rights cannot conduct litigation. The ruling has threatened the financial viability of firms that depend on paralegals, trainees and members of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, known as CILEX......
In this issue Building safety Adjudication Standard form contracts Construction disputes Construction procurement Construction sector news Daily and weekly news alerts Construction trackers Building safety Defects, damages, and the Defective Premises Act ( Mallas v Persimmon Homes) The Technology and Construction Court in Mallas v Persimmon Homes Ltd [2025] EWHC 2581 ( TCC) granted compensation to the claimant for deficiencies affecting a residential property. The court addressed how to assess and quantify loss for substandard building works in contract and under the DPA 1972, and considered the ambit of the DPA 1972 requirement that dwellings be ‘fit for habitation’. See News Analysis: Defects, damages, and the Defective Premises Act ( Mallas v Persimmon Homes). BSR publishes building control application data showing Gateway 2 progress The BSR has released its October 2025 quarterly update on Gateway 2 building control approval submissions, outlining national and regional progress for new build and remediation activity. As at 1 October 2025, the BSR was...
Private actions CAT issues judgment concerning class action finding Apple abused its dominant position in i OS app distribution and in-app payment services The Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled in Dr Rachael Kent v Apple Inc. and Apple Distribution International, a collective claim brought by Dr Rachael Kent against Apple Inc. and Apple Distribution International Ltd (together, Apple), alleging breaches of the Chapter II prohibition in the Competition Act 1998 and Article 102 TFEU (before 31 December 2020). The Tribunal found Apple abused its dominant position over app distribution and in-app payment services, breaching Chapter II of the Competition Act 1998 and Article 102 TFEU. Background In May 2021, the Class Representative, Dr Rachael Kent, applied to commence collective proceedings under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998 against Apple......
In this issue: Company law, governance and regulatory matters New content Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Company law, governance and regulatory matters HM Treasury Regulation Action Plan includes simplified remuneration reporting and discontinuance of IA register The UK Government has set out sweeping measures to streamline corporate reporting under its Regulation Action Plan. The package targets a 25% reduction in business red tape (£5.6bn a year) and a modernised reporting regime, with legislation to strip out duplication across company accounts and directors’ reports. Planned headline changes include: companies will no longer need to prepare a directors’ report; some requirements will be abolished outright, with others repositioned elsewhere within the annual report, and most medium-sized private companies and wholly owned subsidiaries will no longer have to produce a strategic report These sit alongside implemented reforms that widen company size...
In this issue: Cases and decisions Insurance types UK Regulation Cases tracker Dates for your diary New and updated content Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Cases and decisions Managed Legal Solutions Ltd v Hanison (trading as Fortitude Law) In the Commercial Court, HDI Global Specialty SE’s bid to be joined as a second defendant to the claim by Managed Legal Solutions Limited against Mr Darren Hanison (trading as Fortitude Law) succeeded. The Court held HDI had a proper interest as Mr Hanison’s professional indemnity insurer, notably on the question of whether Fortitude owed MLS a standalone tort duty. It concluded the application engaged CPR 19.2, not CPR 19.6, because no limitation period affecting HDI had expired. Joinder was considered ‘desirable’ due to a conflict of interest between HDI and Mr Hanison (who had been...
In this issue: Key PI and clinical negligence developments Clinical negligence Claims involving a fatality Public authorities and the state Road traffic accidents Costs Artificial intelligence developments 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 Firms in ‘purgatory’ as regulators respond to Mazur fallout A recent court judgment confirming that trainees and paralegals may not conduct litigation, even with supervision, has left some practices ‘in purgatory’, as they confront a ruling which, lawyers caution, could render large areas of work unsustainable. See News Analysis: Firms in ‘purgatory’ as regulators respond to Mazur fallout. Law Society publishes practice note on conduct of litigation following Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys The Law Society has issued guidance to solicitors, firms and legal businesses on ensuring that only those authorised under the Legal Services Act 2007 undertake the conduct of...
In this issue: Disputes and regulatory enforcement Medical devices Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Commercialisation Research and development Advertising of medicines Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Disputes and regulatory enforcement Judgment Alert: R (on the application of Medis Pharma Ltd) v NHS Resolution [2025] EWHC 2616 ( Admin) In the King’s Bench Division, Administrative Court ( London), the Claimant’s judicial review of a Primary Care Appeals decision—provided by the Defendant—was dismissed. The claim targeted the 25 November 2024 decision declining inclusion in the pharmaceutical list for distance selling premises under the National Health Service ( Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013, SI 2013/349, reg 25. The court concluded the committee’s decision was neither irrational nor inadequately reasoned. It was open to the committee to find the application failed to set out sufficient safeguards for the safe delivery of...
On 20 October 2025, High Court Judge Richard Meade stated that Inter Digital Inc. had at first acknowledged that its anti-suit injunctions (obtained in the Unified Patent Court ( UPC) and in the German national courts) did not preclude Amazon.com Inc's bid for a UK judge to set a final licence on reasonable and non-discriminatory ( RAND) terms. However, Inter Digital then engaged in 'a good deal of to-ing and fro-ing' over whether final RAND relief was still on the table in the UK action, Judge Meade observed. He said he was, provisionally, particularly struck by what he considered to be Inter Digital's extremely tactical and shifting stance on whether final relief properly falls within the scope of these proceedings, or could be restrained by the anti-suit injunctions, the judge added......
Find the statement below. The agreement is enclosed. Today, the DPC has executed a Cooperation Agreement with Coimisiún na Meán. In addition, the DPC and Coimisiún na Meán have released a joint statement, in which both regulators emphasise their dedication to enhancing child safety and safeguarding children’s personal data online. Cooperation agreement Both the DPC and Coimisiún na Meán reaffirm their intent to build an effective working partnership, by nurturing a culture of cooperation and collaboration across both organisations......
In this issue: Planning conditions Planning applications and decisions Planning for nationally significant infrastructure Heritage and natural environment Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Planning conditions Supreme Court rules that national planning policy cannot displace rights granted by outline planning permission. In C G Fry & Son Limited v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2025] UKSC 35, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal in part, confirming that regulation 63 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, SI 2017/1012 (the Habitats Regulations), extends to subsequent stages of the planning process, including the discharge of conditions. However, the Court allowed the appeal on the distinct issue that national planning policy cannot cut across rights already bestowed by an outline planning permission......
In this issue: Key R& I law developments Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Restructuring Directors and insolvency The office-holder International restructuring and insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals Key R& I law developments Insolvency Service publishes monthly insolvency statistics for September 2025 The Insolvency Service has released its monthly figures for September 2025 covering corporate and personal insolvencies across England and Wales. It covers company and individual procedures across England and Wales during the period, as set out therein. The figures show 2,000 corporate insolvencies, broadly matching August 2025 (2,046) and the level recorded a year earlier (1,967 in September 2024). For individuals, total insolvencies in September 2025 stood at 11,101, down 3% on August 2025 but 7% above September 2024. See: LNB News 17/10/2025 29. Corporate insolvency...
In this issue: Brexit SIs Constitutional and administrative law State security and intelligence Judicial review Equality and human rights Public procurement Information law State accountability and liability Projects and infrastructure Other public law news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit SIs Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions ( Overseas Territories) Order 2025 SI 2025/1092: This Order extends, with modifications, the Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025 ( SI 2025/902), as amended from time to time, to all British overseas territories bar Bermuda and Gibraltar, which implement sanctions via their own legislative amendments. It took effect on 16 October 2025. See: LNB News 17/10/2025 11. Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Oil and gas International energy New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Energy resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Ofgem consults on licence modifications to implement RESP Ofgem has opened a consultation on draft licence changes intended to deliver the Regional Energy Strategic Plan ( RESP). It targets four licence categories: the electricity system operator licence, the gas system planner licence, the standard conditions of the electricity distribution licence, and part D of the standard special conditions of the gas transporters licence. The consultation is scheduled to end on 28 November 2025. See: LNB News 16/10/2025 23. Electricity Code Modifications NESO’s Modification Tracker now brings together information on all live changes to the CUSC, the Grid Code (...
In this issue: UK digital markets UK competition policy UK mergers UK private actions EU antitrust EU competition policy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Caselex UK digital markets CMA designates Apple and Google with SMS in mobile platforms under DMCCA 2024 The CMA has issued its final determinations, naming Apple and Google as holding strategic market status ( SMS) in relation to their respective mobile ecosystems under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 ( DMCCA 2024). The authority confirmed that both firms possess substantial and entrenched market power in the provision of their mobile platforms—covering operating systems, app distribution, browsers and browser engines—and that each holds a position of strategic importance and significance within the UK digital economy. Apple’s platform (i OS, i Pad OS, the App Store) together with the Safari...
In this issue: Probate Powers of attorney and advance decisions Court of Protection UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Insolvency— Private Client Contentious trusts and estates Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International Question of the week Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Useful information Probate Amendments to Non- Contentious Probate Rules 1987 in force 3 November 2025 As noted in Private Client weekly highlights—11 September 2025— Probate, the Non‑ Contentious Probate ( Amendment) Rules 2025, SI 2025/1004 take effect on 3 November 2025. They revise the Non‑ Contentious Probate Rules 1987 ( NCPR 1987), SI 1987/2024, including to reflect that applications by trust corporations must now be made via the online portal. The changes also modify NCPR 1987/2024, r 27 to introduce an order of priority where individuals of the same degree contest entitlement to a grant of...
In this issue: Criminal liability Criminal procedure and evidence Proceeds of crime Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Food safety and hygiene offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Insolvency offences and Companies Act offences Local authority prosecutions Money laundering Other corporate crime and crime related news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Criminal liability Environment Agency publishes modern slavery report 2022–25 The Environment Agency ( EA) has released its modern slavery report covering September 2022 to March 2025, produced in accordance with section 54(5) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 ( MSA 2015). The report showcases the EA’s work with the Slave- Free...
These measures pursue a straightforward aim: to strip away the friction that frequently stops customers moving between cloud providers. It brings in compulsory contractual commitments and openness duties intended to dismantle technical, commercial and contractual hurdles that foster vendor lock-in. That spans lengthy terms, punitive exit charges and constraints on data export, each of which must now be carefully dealt with explicitly within customer agreements......
In a High Court defence dated 9 October 2025 and only recently disclosed to the public, David Crisp, former chief executive of Valorem Group, contends the allegations against him ought to be struck out as an abuse of the court’s process and a ‘contrivance’, and should therefore be dismissed. The firm alleges he breached his duties by continuing to sell products in Russia despite sanctions. His defence asserts Valorem’s High Court claim is disingenuous and the ‘culmination of a campaign’ to ‘drain the defendant financially and emotionally through prolonged court proceedings so he would be compelled to dispose of his shares at a markedly undervalued price’. It further states that Valorem itself kept trading in Russia while sanctions were in force, with chairman David Garofalo’s knowledge and awareness. Accordingly, he says, it cannot amount to a breach of duty for Crisp to have acted...
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