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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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 mining group and its ex- Chief Executive, Ivan Glasenberg, sought to stop Glencore shareholders from gaining access to papers directly tied to a Dutch criminal investigation in their lawsuit, which alleged the company hid its role in coordinating a worldwide bribery programme. Judge Simon Bryan remained unconvinced that Glencore or Glasenberg risked prosecution if they produced materials from the Dutch Public Prosecutors Office and the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service. The August decision is the latest in a series of unsuccessful bids brought by companies including Standard Chartered and Euro Chem. Courts have been sceptical of broad-brush assertions that releasing information from criminal and regulatory probes would, in practice, open them up to overseas prosecution. Firmly throwing out Glencore’s application underlines the pattern that it is ‘really hard to win these applications’, said Beth Seborg, a partner at Wallace LLP. ‘ These...
Original news Mr Y ( CAS-99766- L5X6)—30 April 2025 Summary The Pensions Ombudsman dismissed a grievance concerning discretionary uprating of pensions. A scheme newsletter had explained its intention to award RPI-linked rises, capped at 10% for members. The employer declined to approve inflation‑matching uplifts, arguing this was necessary to safeguard the Scheme’s long‑term financial position and stability. The Ombudsman concluded that the Scheme had applied the governing rules appropriately and in accordance with them. It further decided the employer’s refusal to grant any uplift was neither perverse nor irrational in the circumstances. The decision underscores the importance of robust due process whenever such determinations are made. What were the facts? Mr Y was a member of the Smiths Industries Pension Scheme (the Scheme)......
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See: Fraudulent trading claims under sections 213 and 246ZA of the Insolvency Act 1986—flowchart. Refer to the flowchart on claims for fraudulent trading pursuant to sections 213 and 246ZA of the Insolvency Act 1986......
On 11 September 2025, Lloyd’s of London stated that firms in the newest Lloyd’s Lab Accelerator programme would help support creating a more data-led and future-ready insurance market. The next group will represent the 15th cohort to pass through the programme, which was introduced in 2018 as part of a modernisation initiative for the 330-year-old marketplace......
UK companies face uncertainties in cybersecurity regulation UK businesses remain unsure about forthcoming cyber security rules as lawmakers step up pressure on the government to bring forward the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill as soon as possible, following attacks on high-profile British companies. A draft is anticipated in Parliament within the next few weeks, yet the schedule could shift due to the recent ministerial reshuffle. When challenged by opposition politicians on 9 September 2025 and 10 September 2025, Labour lawmakers speaking for the government declined to give a firm date, stating that new legislation would arrive “when parliamentary time allows”. The Bill is intended to refresh the UK’s cyber security framework to align with the NIS 2 Directive. A policy statement from April 2025 indicates it would bring further sectors and their suppliers into the scope of mandatory regulatory duties, tighten oversight, and raise...
Ravfox Ltd v Bexmoor Ltd [2025] EWHC 1313 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling is chiefly pertinent to arbitrations launched before 1 August 2025, when the Arbitration Act 2025 (‘the 2025 Act’) took effect. Section 6(3) introduces a new sub‑clause 61(1A) into the 1996 Act, expressly confirming that a tribunal may award costs even where it has determined it lacks substantive jurisdiction. Put differently, a finding of no substantive jurisdiction does not preclude a costs award. The judgment also makes plain that a successful party cannot pursue costs in court if they have not sought costs from the arbitral tribunal. It further offers reminders that parties must act swiftly and use the correct procedure, and that the scope for appeals can be constrained, even where an error of law is alleged. even if a tribunal errs in law, an appeal may not be...
The EU plans to significantly ramp up liquefied natural gas purchases from the US and is willing to remove regulatory hurdles in order to make this happen, Energy and Housing Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said on 11 September 2025 following a meeting with US Energy Secretary Chris Wright. During their Brussels meeting, the two energy leaders discussed tightening the squeeze on Russia by ensuring the EU meaningfully scales back Russian energy imports, with US shipments set to substitute for them. ‘ It is intolerable that Europe still buys gas, oil and nuclear fuel from Russia,’ Jørgensen told reporters at a press briefing. ‘ We must bring in more LNG from the US, and I am delighted the American administration backs this.’ Expanded LNG inflows, alongside oil and nuclear materials, are included in the EU– US trade agreement concluded in July 2025. The US is...
Herstmonceux Museum Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Another [2025] EWHC 1863 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling reinforces how rigorously the courts insist on procedural exactitude in planning litigation, especially in relation to enforcement notices and related challenges. For developers, it stresses the need to grasp the narrow jurisdictional pathways: where a ground (a) appeal results in a deemed planning application, any challenge lies, if at all, under TCPA 1990, s 289 and not under TCPA 1990, s 288. Starting proceedings on the incorrect statutory footing invites the claim being dismissed at the threshold. Any attempt to proceed under the wrong statutory route risks the claim being struck out at the very outset. For both developers and local planning authorities, the decision equally exemplifies the austere character of procedural...
On 1 September 2025 the government published a consultation inviting further views on streamlining the infrastructure planning system. It builds on earlier reform efforts, including the NSIP Action Plan ( February 2023), the Planning Reform Working Paper ( February 2025), and the Planning and Infrastructure Bill ( PIB). The paper reflects on recent successes and shortcomings, and puts forward broad changes across each stage of NSIP consenting. Together, the proposals are intended to support the government’s objective of consenting 150 infrastructure projects during this term. There is a great deal for stakeholders to consider, and developers in particular should watch for key updates on topics highlighted in this article. Pre-application consultation A notable NSIP change is the PIB’s removal of the statutory pre-application consultation requirement (the Bill is still before Parliament). Nevertheless, developers are expected to continue engaging with...
Paul Collingwood v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 1065 ( TC) The taxpayer entered into sponsorship contracts to deliver promotional services for two brands and a professional body, and purported to transfer the benefit of those contracts, together with his intellectual property rights and comparable intangible rights, to his company. The FTT concluded that nothing within the assignments granted the company any entitlement to supply the taxpayer’s personal services. In addition, two of the sponsorship contracts could not be assigned without the sponsors’ written consent, yet the taxpayer provided no evidence to demonstrate that such consent was obtained or that the benefits were validly assigned. Although the sponsorship receipts were recorded in the company’s accounts, there was likewise no evidence that the......
This data protection impact assessment ( DPIA) relates to view and prove, one of three online services that lets people with an immigration status confirm and share their status online. This DPIA relates to ‘view......
On 11 September 2025, Pensions Minister Torsten Bell informed the Public Bill Committee that Plaid Cymru MP Ann Davies’s new clauses 18 and 19 to the Pension Schemes Bill ‘would not work’. The tabled proposals were intended to ensure that compensation paid through the PPF and the FAS to people with pension rights built up before 1997 would be uprated with inflation, mirroring the treatment applied to post‑1997 benefits. The amendments further suggested that those receiving compensation via the FAS should be paid arrears for the annual increases they ought to have received as a result of these adjustments. The FAS......
Zubarev and another v Singh and others [2025] EWHC 2242 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling supplies practical direction on how a judgment creditor can pursue recovery from a debtor by accessing the debtor’s personal pension at a stage when the member’s benefits remain uncrystallised. The creditors’ strategy was twofold: first, to seek a third party debt order under CPR Part 72; and second, to obtain an order under SCA 1981, s 37 compelling the debtor to take every step required to crystallise their interests under the relevant pension arrangements, thereby creating an entitlement to a monetary payment to which the third party debt order could attach. The court held that, in this setting, a section 37 order is not merely auxiliary; rather, it is the mechanism by which scheme assets can, to the extent...
Whiplash Injury Regulations: minor psychological injury The Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021, SI 2021/642, set a tariff fixing the overall damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity that a court may grant for road traffic whiplash lasting up to two years, together with any minor psychological effects arising at the same time. It concerns pain, suffering and loss of amenity for injuries lasting up to two years in traffic accidents. Following the first three-year statutory review of those Regulations, the Lord Chancellor issued a report on 21 November 2024. Among the outcomes was an intention to seek ways of offering further guidance on how ‘minor psychological injuries’ should be defined. Although section 1 of the Civil Liability Act 2018 provides the meaning of a ‘whiplash injury’, the expression ‘minor psychological injury’ has not been defined. The Explanatory Memorandum to the Whiplash Injury...
In a report released on 12 August 2025, Mimecast stated that fraudsters had been sending emails claiming to be from the Home Office to UK organisations, with fake urgent warnings about compliance issues or suspensions of sponsorship licences......
Restraining the presentation of winding-up petitions ( SKS Justa & Co Ltd v Justa Ltd) SKS Justa & Co Ltd and another company v Justa Ltd [2025] EWHC 2120 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? Those practising in this area know that the presence of even a single genuine dispute on substantial grounds about a pivotal issue will usually make insolvency proceedings inappropriate, and underpins a successful bid to restrain the presentation or advertisement of a winding-up petition. That principle is widely understood and continues to anchor applications of this kind. This ruling is a timely reminder of how far the court may properly probe an applicant’s case to discern whether it is merely advancing the familiar ‘cloud of objections’ without real substance, or whether there is in truth a genuine dispute. The decision underscores the permissible scope of such...
R (on the application of Anaesthetists United Ltd and others) v General Medical Council [2025] EWHC 2270 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? The practical consequences are these: Physician associates (‘ PA’) and Anaesthesia Associates (‘ AA’) will not be bound by GMC-imposed national limits on practice. The Royal Colleges will issue additional guidance on Associates’ scope of practice, and employers, via local clinical governance, will ensure Associates are practising safely. With the medical model adopted for Associates, those involved in professional discipline can expect a fitness to practise framework the same as, or closely akin to, that which applies to doctors......
Mergers After a phase I review, the Commission approved Tata Auto Comp Systems Limited obtaining sole control of the assets of International Automotive Components Group Sweden AB; Tata Auto Comp is ultimately owned by Tata Sons ( M.11987). See Midday Express for details. The Commission also received notifications in: Mowi/ Nova Sea ( M.11914) under the normal merger procedure; and Platinum Equity Group/ NCH ( M.12055) under the simplified merger procedure. Before the General Court, an application has been filed in Case T-503/25 CISPE v Commission challenging the Commission’s decision in Broadcom/ VMware ( M.10806), seeking to annul the conditional approval of Broadcom, Inc.’s acquisition......
R (on the application of Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, Kent Branch) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Others (transcript) [2025] EWHC 1781 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment marks the first time the High Court has addressed the correct construction of the amended CRWA 2000, s 85( A1) duty, and how it should be applied when a planning decision bears upon an AONB. The principal points are: The revised CRWA 2000, s 85( A1) obligation, which requires authorities to ‘seek to further’ the objective of conserving and enhancing the natural beauty of AONBs, is a stronger requirement than the previous s 85(1) duty merely to ‘have regard’ to that objective. However, the terms in which the duty is framed are qualified. It does not impose an obligation to deliver any particular outcome. Nor, even in its...
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This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews mechanisms used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order consists of a consent order paired with a schedule. It operates to stay proceedings on terms that have been agreed. The provisions contained in the schedule may remain confidential. This Practice Note describes the scope of confidentiality attaching to the schedule and sets out how it differs from a standard consent order. Sample wording for a Tomlin order is included, alongside links to precedents, as well as guidance on court approval. It also addresses varying, setting aside and enforcing a Tomlin order, including the considerations the court will take into account when handling applications for each. Further guidance is provided on interpreting and applying the relevant provisions of the CPR; however, some courts and divisions impose very specific requirements for both drafting and approval, and for approaching the schedule and confidentiality issues. Accordingly, you must consider the particular rules and court guide provisions in the forum where your claim is proceeding when drawing up the Tomlin order...
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