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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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 Competition Appeal Tribunal ( CAT) is weighing where to send leftover settlement funds from Justin Gutmann’s £25m agreement with Stagecoach, after rail customers drew down just £216,000 in pay-outs. At the hearing, Woodsford, the litigation funder, together with the after-the-event insurers and Gutmann’s firm, Charles Lyndon, stepped in to address how close to £10m in unclaimed damages ought to be distributed. CAT chair Hodge Malek KC informed counsel present that the tribunal does not welcome tussles of this sort between funders and class representatives, urging them to collaborate and treat one another fairly. He remarked that it was “not great” to be confronting another row between a claim’s backer and legal team so shortly after the high-profile fallout that followed Walter Merrick’s £200m settlement with Mastercard. The tribunal head added that the court had already made plain its...
CCC v AAC [2025] HKCFI 2987 What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment reaffirms the Hong Kong court’s strong stance on the finality of arbitral awards, signalling that enforcement will be declined only where the statutory grounds are truly met—for example, where there is cogent proof of fraud or a breach of due process. It also underscores the centrality of notice in online arbitration, particularly in moneylending contexts. First, parties must ensure the borrower is alerted to the availability of arbitration in the dispute resolution clause. Here, the court criticised the applicant for failing to furnish the respondent with the agreement containing that clause, and this omission was reflected in the costs order. Second, the court emphasised that adequate notice of the arbitration itself is just as vital in digital proceedings as it is in conventional arbitrations......
Antitrust Commission accepts commitments offered by Microsoft in relation to abusive tying of Teams The Commission has publicly confirmed it decided to accept commitments put forward by Microsoft to tackle concerns that it had abused its dominant position by tying or bundling its communications and collaboration tool, Teams, with its business suites Office 365 and Microsoft 365. By way of context, on 27 July 2023 the Commission opened a formal antitrust investigation, following an initial complaint by Slack Technologies, which was later joined by a complaint from alfaview Gmb H. In its preliminary assessment, it concluded that, since at least April 2019, Microsoft abused its dominant position in the market for Saa S productivity applications for professional use by tying Teams to its productivity applications, breaching Article 102 TFEU. To address the Commission’s competition concerns, Microsoft initially proposed a number of...
The Prudential Assurance Company Ltd v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2025] UKSC 34 Background This appeal addresses how section 43 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 ( VATA 1994), which governs VAT groups, interacts with domestic and EU rules fixing the moment at which services between companies are treated as supplied for VAT. Under VATA 1994, s 43, companies within the same corporate group may elect to be regarded as a single taxable person for VAT. Consequently, where one group member provides goods or services to another member, no VAT is charged on that intra-group transaction. This follows from the statutory direction that, within a VAT group, any supply by one member to another is to be ignored for VAT purposes. The issue arises where there is a gap between carrying out the services and issuing or paying the VAT...
Federal Government of Nigeria and another v Williams [2025] EWHC 2217 ( Comm) What are the practical implications of this case? As an unprecedented decision of its type, Henshaw J’s ruling is poised to have considerable practical impact. The following points particularly emerge from the judgment: Namely: a potential expansion of anti-enforcement relief to restrain execution of English judgments; and the decisive role of comity where enforcement abroad is in play. These themes guide subsequent applications in England Wider use of anti-enforcement injunctions A clear takeaway is that, in appropriate circumstances, anti-enforcement injunctions may restrain a party from executing an English court’s own judgment, and are not confined only to attempts to block the enforcement of a foreign judgment. Comity Comity denotes a principle whereby courts, as a matter of courtesy and reciprocity rather than strict legal obligation, recognise and give effect to one another’s...
The National Security Act 2023 The NSA 2023 received Royal Assent on 11 July 2023. Part 1 introduces new criminal offences, such as espionage ( NSA 2023, ss 1–3), sabotage ( NSA 2023, s 12) and foreign interference ( NSA 2023, ss 13–16), and commenced on 20 December 2023. Part 4, titled ‘ Foreign activities and foreign influence registration scheme’, came into effect on 1 July 2025 via the National Security Act 2023 ( Foreign Activities and Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: Publication) Regulations 2025, SI 2025/675, and the National Security Act 2023 ( Foreign Activities and Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: Information and Disclosure) Regulations 2025, SI 2025/408. The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme FIRS aims to improve openness regarding foreign influence in UK politics, and to deliver greater confidence about the actions of foreign powers that present the highest risk to the UK. FIRS obliges...
Petersen Energia Inversora SAU v The Argentine Republic Handed down on 18 August 2025, Justice Eileen Roberts rescinded ex parte permission to serve proceedings out and refused jurisdiction to enforce a ruling of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which, with accrued interest, tops $17.5bn—the largest sum that court has ever awarded to date. The outcome turns on a rigorous and disciplined application of Order 11 of the Rules of the Superior Courts, an emphasis that service out is an exceptional jurisdiction that demands a properly constituted case, and the requirement for a ‘solid practical benefit’ where an Irish court is invited to undertake enforcement with no domestic foothold. Though the dispute stems from the widely known controversy over the 2012 nationalisation of YPF SA by the Argentine Republic, the Irish decision does not examine the merits of the New York...
As previously noted, the PA 2023 go-live has activated the core elements of the new UK public procurement framework for covered procurements. This encompasses public contracts awarded by central government, local authorities and other public sector bodies for the acquisition of goods, services and works above the relevant financial thresholds. This piece follows our earlier coverage of the PA 2023 go-live—see News Analysis: Procurement Act 2023 ‘go live’—what happens next? For additional background, see Practice Note: Introduction to the Procurement Act 2023— PA 2023. Key legislation Subject to the applicable savings and transitional provisions, PA 2023 repealed and replaced the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ( PCR 2015), SI 2015/102; the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 ( UCR 2016), SI 2016/274; the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 ( CCR 2016), SI 2016/273; and the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 ( DSPCR 2011), SI...
Two decades have passed since the Criminal Procedure Rules were first brought in to simplify, codify and clarify criminal procedure. In 2009, the then Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales, Lord Justice Leveson, stressed that everyone involved in criminal cases — including Magistrates, District Judges and Justices’ Clerks — must adhere to and apply the Criminal Procedure Rules. They are not simply guidance; compliance is obligatory. The term ‘must’ in the Rules means precisely that. That remains the position today. What are the key changes? The main revisions to Crim PR 2020, SI 2020/759, made by Crim PR 2025, SI 2025/909, capture the nine subsequent sets of amendments to Crim PR 2020 and undertake wider housekeeping: removing the glossary from Crim PR 2025, updating cross references within the rules, promoting consistent wording, and renumbering earlier provisions. These steps are intended to make Crim PR 2025 more...
In this issue: Designs Trade marks/passing off General IP Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information IPO launches consultation on modernising UK design protection system The UK Intellectual Property Office ( IPO) has begun consulting on reforming design protection to modernise the regime and back the £100bn design industry. Views are sought from independent designers, luxury brands, tech companies and legal practitioners on overlapping rights, design theft and post- Brexit challenges. Plans include simplifying procedures, easing access to justice for small businesses, and updating rules for digital developments such as CAD files and AI-generated designs. Closes 27 November 2025. See: LNB News 04/09/2025 16 and News Analysis: IPO weighs protection for AI-generated designs. Court of Justice says experts not needed to weigh design rights in Lego Law360, London: In LEGO A/ A v Pozitív Energiaforrás Kft, Case C-211/24, Europe’s highest court ruled on 4...
In this issue: UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Authorisation, approval and supervision Prudential requirements Financial crime and sanctions Conduct requirements Complaints, compensation and claims management Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of capital markets Sustainable finance and ESG Consumer credit, mortgage and home finance Regulation of insurance FSMA regulated pensions activity Payment services and systems Fintech and cryptoassets Lex Talk®Financial Services: a Lexis®Nexis community Financial Services Enforcement Database Daily and weekly news alerts Intraday news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary UK, EU and international regulators and bodies HMT consults on proposed integration of PSR functions into FCA framework HM Treasury ( HMT) has launched a consultation proposing to fold the Payment Systems Regulator’s ( PSR) remit into the Financial Conduct...
In this issue: Equity capital markets Directors Share capital Financial services Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Equity capital markets CP25/24: FCA consultations include PISCES penalties, UKLR buy-back notifications and contactless payment limits The FCA has issued its 49th quarterly consultation ( CP25/24), setting out suggested amendments to the Handbook across nine topics. Proposals cover applying its sanctions framework to the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System ( PISCES), bringing UK Listing Rules ( UKLR) share buy-back announcement deadlines into line with Market Abuse Regulation ( MAR) obligations, and scrapping the £100 ceiling for contactless payments. Comments are requested by 15 October 2025. See LNB News 10/09/2025 19. Directors Judgment Alert: Gable Insurance Ag (incorporated in Liechtenstein) (in liquidation) v Dewsall [2025] EWHC 2280 ( Ch) The dispute chiefly...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Cross-border disputes Evidence and disclosure Civil appeals New content Dates for your diary Useful information Lex Talk®Dispute Resolution: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Chancery Guide September 2025 update to the Chancery Guide and accompanying Practice Note The Chancery Guide and its related Practice Note have been revised. Updates include, amongst other matters: amendments to Chapter 6 on case and costs management in Part 7 claims, adding material to reflect the introduction of Practice Direction 51ZG1; changes to Chapter 10 on Alternative Dispute Resolution, now noting that the court may direct the parties to take part in ADR without granting a stay shortly before trial; and a refreshed Appendix M on the form of freezing order and proprietary and freezing order, which...
In this issue: Emergency procedures Private children Public children Financial provision International Medical treatment Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Useful information Emergency procedures Fact-finding and domestic abuse ( ER v NT) In ER v NT [2025] EWHC 2146 ( Fam), the High Court allowed an appeal from a ruling of HHJ Godwin declining to list a fact‑finding hearing in private law proceedings about child arrangements for a child born in 2023. The father’s application under Part II of the Children Act 1989 sought contact with the child. The mother resisted contact, alleging a sustained course of domestic abuse, comprising coercive and controlling behaviour, physical violence and emotional harm. The court below decided a fact‑finding was unnecessary, placing weight on the father’s limited admissions, his completion of an anger management programme, and worries about delay. On...
In this issue: WTO Free trade agreements Customs Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content WTO WTO announces Thailand's safeguard investigation submission deadlines The World Trade Organization ( WTO) has set Thailand’s deadlines for submissions to its safeguard inquiry on polypropylene imports, referenced as G/ SG/ N/6/ THA/7. The inquiry will assess whether rising polypropylene imports are causing, or threatening to cause, serious harm to Thailand’s domestic industry. This mechanism is consistent with WTO safeguard rules, which allow temporary import measures only where serious injury, or the risk of it, is proven. Interested parties, including importers and exporters, are invited to provide written evidence and observations by 24 September 2025 if submitting within Thailand, or by 1 October 2025 if submitting from abroad. See: LNB News 10/09/2025 5......
Original news Ms Y ( CAS-87387- G9Y9)—4 April 2025 Summary The Deputy Pensions Ombudsman has partly upheld a complaint relating to a pension sharing order. There was no obligation on the Scheme to alert the parties to a statutory time limit for implementing a pension sharing order. Nevertheless, the Scheme’s failure to recognise that the divorce was subject to Scots law—which differs from English law in divorce cases—constituted maladministration, and the complainant was awarded compensation for significant distress and inconvenience. This decision highlights the need for pension schemes to have appropriate procedures for any Scottish members. What were the facts? Ms Y’s spouse ( Mr Z) was a member of the Friends Provident Pension Scheme (the Scheme). Ms Y and Mr Z divorced and their divorce was governed by Scots law. Under Scots pensions legislation......
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Consumer protection Contracts E-commerce International Sale and supply of goods Supply of services Lex Talk®Commercial: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA Rulings—10 September 2025 The Advertising Standards Authority upheld two complaints about alcohol promotions, forming part of a wider focus on alcohol advertising. The decisions followed investigations prompted by the ASA’s Active Ad Monitoring system, which applies AI to spot potentially non-compliant online ads. See: LNB News 10/09/2025 14. Consumer protection CMA publishes guidance for online review sites on compliance with consumer law The Competition and Markets Authority has issued new guidance for businesses that host online reviews, explaining how to comply with consumer protection law. It emphasises publishing all authentic, relevant and lawful...
In this issue Planning conditions, obligations and CIL When planning permission is needed Securing, varying and implementing planning permission Planning for nationally significant infrastructure Planning policy Daily and weekly news updates New and revised content New Q& As Related documents Planning conditions, obligations and CIL Court quashes permission where section 106 agreement not published pre-decision ( Chidswell Action Group v Kirklees Council) In Chidswell Action Group v Kirklees Council [2025] EWHC 2256 ( Admin), the High Court set aside the permission because the local planning authority did not publish the section 106 agreement before issuing the decision notice, breaching the DMPO 2015 and denying the public a fair chance to comment. Building on Greenfields [2024] EWHC 2107 ( Admin), the ruling reinforces that developers and LPAs must ensure draft obligations are made available in good time for...
Competition policy The CMA has issued papers on competition policy and the UK’s industrial policy. The CMA has released two publications examining how competition policy can bolster the UK government’s industrial strategy: a policy discussion paper assessing the role of competition policy in helping UK scale-ups to grow; a review by the CMA’s Microeconomics Unit of existing academic literature on the links between investment and competition throughout the business lifecycle......
In this issue: EU fundamentals Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals Commission President delivers 2025 State of the Union speech The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, set out the 2025 State of the Union in Strasbourg on 10 September 2025, underlining that Europe must remain cohesive and defend its principles, democracy and sovereignty amid a more hostile international landscape. She drew attention to pressures from worldwide climate and public health emergencies, rising living costs, and the conflict in Ukraine. The address urged Europe to assume greater responsibility for its own defence, security, technology and energy supply, and appealed for solidarity among Member States, EU...
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