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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: Sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Cybersecurity Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Lex Talk®Risk & Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Sanctions OFSI has imposed a £152,750 penalty on Colorcon Limited, a UK-registered subsidiary of Colorcon Inc. and supplier to the pharmaceutical sector, for breaching the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019. Colorcon’s Moscow office executed 79 payments totalling £128,277.72 to accounts at designated Russian financial institutions, contravening UK measures linked to Russia’s unlawful 2022 invasion of Ukraine. While 44 payments were initially covered by General Licence INT/2022/2055384, the firm failed to meet the licence’s reporting duties and continued transactions after it expired. OFSI assessed the case as serious, pointing to deficient internal controls, delayed...
Editor’s note Welcome to the third issue of the Public Law case law quarterly for 2025, spanning the third quarter of the year. Marking 25 years to the day since the Human Rights Act 1998 came into effect, we open with close scrutiny of recent human rights case law and closely connected considerations, starting with the Supreme Court’s judgment in Shvidler v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. In that appeal, the Court ultimately rejected claims brought by individuals and companies challenging the UK’s post‑ Brexit sanctions framework as a disproportionate interference with their rights. The ruling carries significant consequences for future judicial review of executive measures adopted for foreign policy and security purposes, and is essential reading for practitioners across sanctions, constitutional and human rights law. This edition also covers the Supreme Court’s judgment in Department for Business and Trade v...
In this issue: New technologies Internet 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 New technologies MHRA establishes National Commission to develop AI healthcare regulation framework The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ( MHRA) has set up the UK National Commission on the regulation of AI in healthcare to shape a fresh regulatory framework for AI within the sector. Its core aim is to turn the NHS into the world’s most AI-enabled health service. See: LNB News 26/09/2025 25. Commission launches consultation on serious incident reporting under Article 73 of the EU AI Act The European Commission has opened a consultation on draft guidance and a reporting template covering serious incidents tied to high-risk AI systems under Article 73 of the EU AI...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Cross-border disputes Injunctions Litigation Evidence and disclosure New content Dates for your diary Useful information Lex Talk®Dispute Resolution: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Supreme Court UKSC announces amendments to UKSC and JCPC Practice Directions: The UK Supreme Court ( UKSC) has confirmed revisions to its Practice Direction and that of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ( JCPC) for Michaelmas Term 2025. Described as minor, the updates mainly refine internal references and citations to CPR rules, together with some procedural alterations of substance. For more detail, see: LNB News 29/09/2025 4— UKSC announces amendments to UKSC and JCPC Practice Directions. Hague Evidence Convention Working Group dedicated to the Model Forms for Chapter II of the 1970 Evidence Convention meeting update: On 26 September 2025, the second meeting of the working group dedicated to the Model Forms for Chapter II of the 1970...
Mergers The Commission has authorised: American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc to obtain sole control of Dowlais Group plc ( M.11981) following a phase I inquiry—see further, Midday Express Centrica plc and Bridgepoint Group to take joint control of National Grid Grain LNG and Thamesport Interchange Limited ( M.12155) after a phase I review—see further, Midday Express The Commission has also received notifications in: LBO France Gestion/ EMZ Partners/ Heroiks ( M.12167) (simplified merger procedure) Temasek/ Brookfield/ Luminace ( M.12179) (simplified merger procedure) NOTE— For all live merger investigations before the Commission, see further, EU...
In this issue: UK antitrust UK mergers UK competition policy EU antitrust Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts UK antitrust CMA advises replacing assimilated EU TTBER with a new UK TTBEO The CMA has set out its recommendation to the Secretary of State to supersede the assimilated EU Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation ( Regulation 316/2014) ( TTBER), which is due to expire on 30 April 2026. Background The CMA proposes substituting the TTBER with a UK Technology Transfer Block Exemption Order ( TTBEO) lasting 12 years. The TTBEO would cover the same categories of technology transfer agreements as the TTBER, albeit with some adjustments. Proposed changes exclude utility models from the scope of ‘technology rights’ include ‘copyright in a database’ and ‘database rights’ within ‘technology rights’ and ‘intellectual property rights’ permit market share assessment to use a three-year average where single-year data is not...
In this issue: Trusts Court of Protection UK taxation for private clients HMRC manual updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Family enterprises and ownership frameworks Charity and philanthropy Disputed trusts and estates Pensions, insurance and tax-efficient investments Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International Question of the week Further Private Client updates this 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 Trusts Help! We can’t find the Trust Deed ( In re Fassam deceased) When the original trust deed could not be located, yet other deeds made by the deceased for similar settlements were to hand, the court inferred the missing terms probably matched them—namely, an equal division between the two children. On that footing, the court permitted the trustees to release the trust fund to the deceased’s only surviving child, acting on the provisional assumption (which might later be shown to be mistaken) that he is the sole...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Key developments and materials Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Energy: a Lexis®Nexis community Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Electricity Code Modifications All current changes to the Connection and Use of System Code ( CUSC), the Grid Code ( GC), the System Owner— Transmission Owner Code ( STC) and the Security and Quality Supply Standard ( SQSS) are now brought together on NESO’s Modification Tracker. It explains the purpose of each modification, which stakeholders are affected, Panel views on prioritisation, and its stage in the review process. For more information, see:...
In this issue: Enforcing security and property insolvency Service charges Disputes and remedies Repairing obligations and dilapidations Residential tenancies Rent and rates Contractual issues 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 Latest Q& As Enforcing security and property insolvency Applications for possession and sale of the family home in bankruptcy ( Armstrong v Temblett) The matter involved an application by Mr Armstrong, acting as trustee in bankruptcy (the trustee), seeking an order for possession and sale of Mrs Vanessa Temblett’s London property, jointly owned with her husband (the London property). The court determined that, under section 335A of the Insolvency Act 1986 ( IA 1986), the trustee was entitled to possession and sale, as no...
In this issue: Horizon scanning Status and worker categories Immigration Data protection and employee information New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Horizon scanning House of Lords to consider Employment Rights Bill on 28 October 2025 On 28 October 2025, the House of Lords is due to examine amendments from the House of Commons to the Employment Rights Bill, a move expected to represent the final step in its passage. Royal Assent is anticipated in early November. See LNB News 30/09/2025 47 and the Employment Rights Bill—tracker... Government launches consultation on the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body and fair pay agreement On 30 September 2025, the government opened a consultation on the fair pay agreement framework for adult social care,...
In this issue: Practice and procedure Domestic abuse Public children Financial provision Lex Talk®Family: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information Practice and procedure HMCTS enables barristers to access the family private law digital service platform HM Courts and Tribunals Service ( HMCTS) confirms that, from 23 September 2025, barristers will be able to use the family private law digital service for cases under section 8 of the Children Act 1989 ( Ch A 1989) and Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 ( FLA 1996). The update widens the online platform to counsel instructed in private family matters, letting them upload documents, draft and amend orders, and view the application, party information and papers filed for their client. Direct access barristers remain excluded, and only a single barrister can be added for each party. Before an...
In this issue: Investment Boundary between guidance and advice Public sector pensions Dates for your diary Trackers Trackers Investment Pensions UK issues technical guidance on updated vote reporting template to better assist trustees track investment voting Pensions UK has released comprehensive technical guidance to accompany the industry’s standardised shareholder vote reporting template, originally produced in March 2025 alongside the Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) and the industry-led Vote Reporting Group ( VRG). Expanding on the FAQs published in March 2025, the guidance offers granular, field-by-field clarifications for asset managers, proxy advisers and asset owners, covering data requirements, formatting and interpretation. Pensions UK confirms updates have been made to the template since March 2025 and advises all users to review both the revised template and the full guidance. The final template, built by the industry for the industry, centres on the VRG...
London litigators are preparing for revisions to transparency rules London litigators are gearing up for changes to transparency rules that would widen the pool of court papers easily accessible to the public and the press. The pilot was initially flagged to commence with the new court term on 1 October 2025. Practitioners are still awaiting clarity on the drafting—no practice direction for the pilot has yet been issued. Most agree the scheme is a positive move towards open justice, though it would further highlight the divide between litigation and arbitration. Andrew Herring, a partner at Pinsent Masons LLP, warned that simplifying non-party access to otherwise confidential, commercially sensitive material in court cases could push sophisticated users towards arbitrators, whose processes are private. He added there is broad consensus that open justice in the courts of England and Wales is crucial and must be...
In this issue: Sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Data protection Cybersecurity Other Practice Compliance updates this week Lex Talk®Practice Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Sanctions OFSI issues £152,750 penalty on Colorcon for Russia sanctions breaches OFSI has fined Colorcon Limited, a UK-registered subsidiary of Colorcon Inc. and supplier to the pharmaceutical industry, £152,750 for breaching the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The matter concerns 79 payments totalling £128,277.72 made by Colorcon’s Moscow office to accounts at designated Russian financial institutions, contrary to the UK financial sanctions linked to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Although 44 payments fell within General Licence INT/2022/2055384 before it expired, Colorcon did not fulfil the licence’s reporting duties and continued making transactions after expiry. OFSI assessed the case as serious, citing weak internal controls, delayed disclosure, and reliance on third‑party screening without...
Banking & Finance— August and September 2025 case round-up LLC Eurochem North- West-2 and another company v Societe Generale S. A. and other companies [2025] EWHC 1938 ( Comm) Ralli Bros principle—‘place of performance’—on-demand bonds—sanctions The High Court examined application of the Ralli Bros principle to on-demand bonds. Under that principle, an English law governed contract is unenforceable if performance would contravene the law of the place where it must be carried out. The banks argued that EU asset-freezing provisions in EU Regulation 269/2014 prevented payments under certain on-demand bonds. On the facts, the court held the Ralli Bros principle did apply. The judgment considers what counts as the ‘place of performance’ for on-demand bonds. The claimants said Russia, relying chiefly on the rule that ‘the debtor must follow the creditor’: where no place of payment is stated, payment is due where the creditor is based. As Euro Chem...
See: Insolvency claims and sections 21 and 32 of the Limitation Act 1980. For a synopsis on claims by an insolvent estate or its office-holder, see: Claims by an insolvent estate or its insolvency office-holder—overview......
Competition policy Co-operation memorandum on enforcing competition signed by CMA and JFTC. The CMA has agreed a formal memorandum of co-operation ( Mo C) with the Japan Fair Trade Commission ( JFTC)......
WIM’s collapse ranks among the UK fund management industry’s most notable and widely reported disasters. Its repercussions still influence regulatory focus and the confidence and trust of investors across the market. See: FCA publishes Decision Notices against Neil Woodford and Woodford Investment Management over liquidity management failures in WEIF, LNB News 05/08/2025 32. Background Woodford set up WIM in 2014, unveiling the headline Woodford Equity Income Fund amid heavy publicity. At that point, he was widely seen as a star stockpicker, after substantial success during his tenure at Invesco Perpetual. In 2019, as anxieties about illiquidity rose and large outflows hit the portfolio, WIM halted investor redemptions. Roughly 300,000 savers found themselves unable to access their money, sparking public anger and intense media attention. The fund stopped dealings in June 2019 and was later placed into wind-up. The failure left hundreds of thousands bearing...
Ministry of Justice ( Mo J) On 30 September 2025, the Ministry of Justice ( Mo J) revealed it had found at least 500 cases where the appropriate level of pension contributions was not collected from members of the judiciary. It has begun a consultation on new regulations that would permit it to recover the unpaid sums, either via a lump-sum payment or by making further deductions from salary or pension income. In its consultation statement, it said the amendments are intended to expand the range of powers available to the Ministry of Justice to obtain pension contributions from members of the judicial pension schemes. The mistakes arose when either a judicial office-holder was not correctly enrolled into the judicial pension scheme, or when a cap on pensionable earnings was applied incorrectly to a member of the scheme......
Antitrust General Court dismisses Laudomotion action against Commission’s rejection of Article 101 TFEU complaint The General Court delivered its judgment in Case T‑1026/23, Laudamotion v Commission, concerning a challenge to the Commission’s decision of 2 August 2023 to refuse a complaint filed by Laudamotion Gmb H ( Laudamotion). That complaint alleged an infringement of Article 101 TFEU by Lufthansa and Air Berlin on routes serving Vienna Airport ( Case AT.40612). The General Court dismissed the action in its entirety. Background By letter dated 25 September 2018, Laudamotion submitted to the Commission a complaint under Article 7(2) of Council Regulation 1/2003, requesting the opening of an investigation into an alleged anti‑competitive arrangement between Lufthansa and Air Berlin. In its submission, Laudamotion pointed out that, following notification by Lufthansa and Air Berlin, the Commission, the German competition authority and the Austrian competition authority had each concluded that a 2016 wet...
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