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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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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Original news Mrs R ( CAS-13126- Z0N2)—3 December 2025 Summary The Deputy Pensions Ombudsman has found in favour of a complaint concerning a disagreement about whether an alleged transferring or receiving scheme remained liable to deliver a member’s accrued benefits. The Deputy Pensions Ombudsman concluded that the absence of proof—no transfer application or discharge—substantiating any transfer indicated that no transfer actually occurred, and that responsibility therefore stayed with the original scheme. This decision demonstrates the stance the Pensions Ombudsman will adopt when resolving factual disputes. What were the facts? Mrs R was a deferred member of the HSBC UK Bank Pension Scheme (the Scheme). She exited the Scheme in 1990 and was sent transfer paperwork stating a transfer value of £5,287. The Scheme’s ledger subsequently noted that her benefits, including guaranteed minimum pension ( GMP), were transferred in 1992 to a Liberty Life Personal...
In this issue: Sustainable finance and ESG round up Case round-up Real estate finance Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information Sustainable finance and ESG round up Sustainable finance and ESG round-up— January– March 2026 In this edition, the Finance Group’s Sustainable finance and ESG round-up highlights: (1) HM Treasury has issued a Good Practice Guide on TCFD reporting; (2) the Commission is inviting feedback to simplify EU taxonomy criteria; and (3) the International Capital Market Association ( ICMA) has released a position paper on SFDR 2.0 to support the EU co-legislation process. For more information, see News Analysis: Sustainable finance and ESG round-up— January– March 2026. Case round-up Banking & Finance— March 2026 case round-up For a summary of the Banking & Finance matters we flagged in March 2026, see News Analysis: Banking & Finance— March 2026 case...
In this issue: Planning applications and decisions Planning judicial and statutory review Planning policy Heritage and natural environment Lex Talk® Planning: a Lexis Nexis® community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Planning applications and decisions MHCLG publishes new planning consultation direction for England The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG) has issued the Town and Country Planning ( Consultation) ( England) Direction 2026, made under the Town and Country Planning ( Development Management Procedure) ( England) Order 2015, SI 2015/595. Under this Direction, local planning authorities ( LPAs) must approach the Secretary of State before turning down planning consent for schemes of 150 or more dwellings or flats, where the application remains undetermined before 11 May 2026. See: LNB News 31/03/2026 29. MHCLG publishes planning committee reform response alongside consultation on draft regulations MHCLG has released its reply to the 2025 technical consultation on planning committee reform, together with the...
In this issue: Practice and procedure Public children Private children Financial provision Costs International children Lex Talk®Family: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content New Q& As Useful information Practice and procedure Sir Andrew Mc Farlane’s final View from the President’s Chambers The closing View from Sir Andrew Mc Farlane, as President of the Family Division, sets out the nationwide implementation of the Child Focused Model, underpinned by £82 million, as a step-change in private law children work. It brings forward child-centred evidence, ensures more routine input from domestic abuse specialists, and shifts the programme from pilot status to standard practice. The President also notes better system outcomes, with case lengths falling even as demand grows, while calling for unwavering robust case management and firm...
In this issue: Cases and decisions UK Regulation EU Regulation Cases tracker Dates for your diary Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Cases and decisions Uni Credit Bank Gmb H, London Branch v Constitution Aircraft Leasing ( Ireland) 3 Ltd; Uni Credit Bank Gmb H, London Branch v Celestial Aviation Services Ltd. The Supreme Court unanimously rejected the appellants’ appeal and upheld the respondent’s cross‑appeal, deciding that reg 28(3)(c) of the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ( SI 2019/855) prevented payments under the letters of credit until UK licences were secured; consequently, both the payment obligation and the accrual of statutory interest were paused. The court also concluded that section 44 of the Sanctions and Anti‑ Money Laundering Act 2018 supplies a defence in civil proceedings, which would have...
In this issue: Data protection e Privacy Cybersecurity Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025 ( Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 SI 2026/386: These Regulations amend 39 pieces of UK primary legislation, 16 pieces of UK secondary legislation, and five pieces of assimilated direct legislation concerning data protection. They introduce a range of changes arising from sections 117, 118 and 119(1) of the Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025 ( DUAA 2025). Made under the DUAA 2025 in relation to assimilated law, they commence partly before DUAA 2025, s 119 is fully in force, and take full effect once DUAA 2025, s 119 (transfer of functions to the Information Commission) is wholly commenced. ( Updated from draft on 31 March 2026.) See: LNB News...
In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency and buildings Energy efficiency of products Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental permits and consents Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Lex Talk®Environment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Air emissions and climate change EA issues guidance on funding applications for coastal adaptation pilots The Environment Agency ( EA) has released guidance on applying for funding for coastal adaptation pilots. This follows a £30m package announced jointly with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 28 January 2026. The guidance explains that £12m is allocated for coastal...
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales Institutional and ad hoc arbitration International arbitration Investment treaty arbitration section Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments New and updated content Useful information Lex Talk®Arbitration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Arbitration in England & Wales Commercial Court remits award under AA 1996, s 68, arbitrator denied reasonable opportunity to address implied term In Stonegate Farmers Ltd v Chucks Farm Ltd [2026] EWHC 742 ( Comm), the Commercial Court sustained Stonegate’s challenge to Award 2 under the Arbitration Act 1996 and directed that the matter be remitted to the arbitrator. Stonegate argued the damages award (circa £145,000 plus ongoing weekly losses) turned entirely on an implied obligation that, once the egg supply agreement ended, Stonegate would release—or at least not block the transfer of— Chucks Farm’s Lion Code...
In this issue: Pension Schemes Bill: DC consolidation Finance Act 2026: pensions IHT Pensions Dashboard Scheme governance Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Pension Schemes Bill: DC consolidation TPR intensifies call for DC trustee action after releasing fresh consolidation guidance and revising winding up guidance In a blog posted on 31 March 2026, the Pensions Regulator ( TPR) pressed trustees of smaller defined contribution ( DC) occupational pension schemes to take action now and carefully review their future position amid accelerating consolidation and impending legislative reform under the Pension Schemes Bill. TPR also notes it has issued new consolidation guidance to assist trustees weighing a move into a larger arrangement, for example a master trust, and refreshed its guidance on winding up or transferring a DC scheme for schemes where shutting down could be the more...
In this issue: Horizon scanning Employment Rights Act 2025 Pay Tax Employment tribunal equality claims Data protection and employee information Northern Ireland Europe- EU 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 Key employment law changes— April 2026 The Lexis+® Employment team have compiled an overview of the principal employment law updates coming into force in April 2026. Alongside the customary annual uprating of statutory rates and other routine adjustments, several reforms will also give effect to elements of the Employment Rights Act 2025 ( ERA 2025)......
In this issue: New technologies Information technology Internet Data protection Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Reputation management 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 The European Parliament has set out its stance on the Digital Omnibus proposal amending the EU AI Act, endorsing postponement of certain obligations for high‑risk AI and backing a prohibition on AI ‘nudifier’ tools. To improve certainty and predictability, MEPs fix application dates: high‑risk AI listed in the regulation to apply from 2 December 2027; AI falling under EU sectoral safety and market surveillance regimes from 2 August 2028; and providers to meet watermarking duties for AI‑generated content by 2 November 2026. See: LNB News 26/03/2026 37. BEUC warns that Parliament’s EU AI Act Omnibus would narrow consumer protections. After the 26 March 2026 vote, the European Consumer Organisation cautions that the proposed revisions could markedly weaken consumer...
Summary The Deputy Pensions Ombudsman has dismissed a grievance about an erroneous benefit statement. The claimant only experienced a loss of expectation and sustained no financial detriment. He would have chosen to retire even had he been supplied with the correct figures at the time. Accordingly, the complaint was not upheld. This decision underscores that a benefit statement is not a binding contract and, in the absence of estoppel or a change of position, a member is entitled only to the benefits provided under the pension scheme rules. What were the facts? Mr H was a member of the Airways Pension Scheme (the Scheme). In March 2020, he received an accurate retirement quotation from the Scheme calculated on a 1 May......
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Long residence, discretion and human rights EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Lex Talk®Immigration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar and Immigration White Paper Note that our Immigration calendar highlights significant upcoming developments for business immigration advisers. Separately, our Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025—summary, tracker and resources delivers a refreshed panoramic overview of developments tied to the May 2025 White Paper ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, including the ‘ Earned settlement’ proposals. It condenses the principal planned changes for business immigration practitioners, offers commentary on their possible implications, and follows their implementation on a continuing basis. It also provides links to associated resources. UK immigration control: how it works Home Office calls for evidence on establishment of Independent Appeals Body The Home Office has begun a call for...
In this issue: Local government reorganisation Public procurement Planning Education Governance Social housing Healthcare Children's social care Adult social care Pensions Lex Talk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Local government reorganisation MHCLG publishes implementation letters for unitary local government reorganisation The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG) has issued implementation correspondence to council chief executives in Suffolk; Norfolk; Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton; and Essex, Southend-on- Sea and Thurrock. The letters outline precise expectations for delivering the agreed shift to unitary local government, setting out required actions for councils, funding provisions, and the forthcoming steps in the programme. See: LNB News 31/03/2026 17. If G insight paper examines mismatch between public service reform aims and...
In this issue: Company incorporation and constitution Directors and company secretaries Environmental, social and governance issues Audit Accounts and reports Equity capital markets Share capital Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Company incorporation and constitution DBT launches consultation on corporate re-domiciliation regime The Department for Business and Trade ( DBT) has opened a consultation on shaping a UK corporate re-domiciliation regime. It invites views on a framework that would permit overseas-incorporated companies to re-domicile to the UK while preserving their legal identity. The proposals are, in broad terms, informed by the Independent Expert Panel on Corporate Re-domiciliation and follow an initial consultation undertaken in 2021. The emphasis is on an inward-only route, intended to streamline the shift of a company’s place of...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Residential property Statutory compliance Agricultural property Property development Environment, energy and buildings Property insolvency Transferring property Property in Scotland Lex Talk®Property: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Key developments and horizon scanning Housing minister confirms leasehold reform implementation delayed until approximately 2028 The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has released oral evidence from its pre-legislative review of the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill, featuring testimony from the Minister for Housing and Planning, Matthew Pennycook, and MHCLG officials. Pennycook indicated that central leasehold reforms may not take effect until late 2028. He attributed the slippage to correcting significant defects in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, delivering a...
In February 2026, the SFO stated it was re-examining a further 20 in total of its past cases owing to concerns regarding its legacy software utilised for the disclosure of evidence within prosecutions. The authority said it had identified additional faults with its former ‘e-discovery’ platform, Autonomy, during a review into issues that first surfaced in 2022, which triggered the collapse of a prominent prosecution of Serco executives. A report by Global Investigations Review ( GIR) on 27 March 2026 asserted that the SFO had handed over previously unshared material to an unnamed convicted individual arising from an SFO case......
In this issue: UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Prudential requirements Risk management and controls Operational resilience Financial crime and sanctions Complaints, compensation and claims management Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of capital markets Sustainable finance and ESG Banks and mutuals Investment funds and asset management Consumer credit, mortgage and home finance Regulation of insurance Payment services and systems Fintech and cryptoassets Regulation of AI in FS Dates for your diary New and updated content Financial Services Enforcement Database Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Financial Services: a Lexis®Nexis community UK, EU and international regulators and bodies ESAs publish spring 2026 joint risk update The three European Supervisory Authorities—the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, and the European...
Although substantial claims have not, as yet, reached the courts, solicitors report a pronounced upswing in advisory mandates as businesses scrutinise their contractual exposure across supply networks, energy markets and cross-border transactions. Mark Molyneux, a partner at Addleshaw Goddard LLP, has described the position as a 'hybrid' of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic. The present turmoil fuses the pandemic’s supply chain disruption with energy price shocks and sanctions regimes tied to the conflict in Ukraine. This overlap is already exerting pressure on several important dispute categories. Disruption in supply chains, notably relating to raw materials and rare earth minerals, is emerging as an early flashpoint for parties. At the same time, sustained volatility in energy markets is affecting contractual performance across sectors, including aviation, transport and manufacturing. There are also questions over sanctions, tariffs and regulatory constraints from clients at present too. ' Given the...
In this issue: Criminal procedure and evidence Decision to prosecute and alternatives to prosecution Appeal and judicial review Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Environmental offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Food safety and hygiene offences International 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 Bar Council responds to government criminal justice reforms in favour of specialist courts The Bar Council and the Criminal Bar Association ( CBA) are pressing ministers to honour fully the 2024 Labour manifesto commitment by creating dedicated sexual and domestic abuse courts at every Crown Court across England and Wales. They contend this route is better than curbing jury trials as a way to...
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