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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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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Antitrust AG considers ECN Cooperation Notice does not give rise to legitimate expectations in metal packaging cartel appeal Advocate General ( AG) Biondi delivered his opinion in Case C- 855/24, Crown Holdings, Inc. and Crown Cork & Seal Deutschland Holdings Gmb H v Commission, an appeal to the Court of Justice from the General Court’s judgment dismissing Crown’s action for annulment of the Commission’s decision in the metal packaging cartel ( AT.40522). Focusing on the first ground of appeal, as requested by the Court of Justice, the AG advised that it be rejected, dismissing Crown’s reading of the ECN Cooperation Notice (the Notice) and its reliance on the principle of legitimate expectations. Background On 12 July 2022, the Commission adopted a decision finding that Crown had participated in a single and continuous infringement of Article 101 TFEU in the German metal packaging sector between 2011 and 2014 and...
In this issue: Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Free movement, employment and immigration Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers and horizon scanners Competition and state aid Antitrust— General Court awards damages for Commission’s failure to pay interest following annulment of Airfreight cartel decision The General Court delivered its rulings in Cases T-310/21 Air Canada v Commission and T-313/21 SAS Cargo Group and Others v Commission, seeking damages and, in the alternative, annulment, arising from the Commission’s refusal to pay interest after the General Court set aside its 2010 Airfreight cartel decision in 2015 by that court. Accordingly, the General Court partially upheld the claims for compensation. See News Analysis: EU Competition law—daily round-up...
Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—26 March 2026 In this issue: Data protection Sanctions Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection ICO updates data protection guidance following DUAA 2025 and publishes guidance on recognised legitimate interest The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has refreshed three key guidance documents: Guidance on data protection principles, updated to incorporate changes made by the Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025 ( DUAA 2025), including specific provisions on compatibility and the re-use of personal information Guidance on the legitimate interests lawful basis, revised to reflect amendments introduced by DUAA 2025 and also aligned with the ICO’s latest style guide Purpose limitation guidance, amended to reflect DUAA 2025, including specific provisions on compatibility and the re-use of personal information, and aligned with the ICO’s latest style guide The ICO has also...
In this issue Sanctions, complaints, data protection, daily and weekly news alerts, trackers, and new and updated content. Sanctions OFSI grants General Licence INT/2026/9247168 for Kazakh oil activities The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has issued General Licence INT/2026/9247168 under regulation 64 of the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ( SI 2019/855), authorising the supply, purchase, transport and delivery of Kazakh oil. The licence runs from 19 March 2026 to 18 March 2028. See: LNB News 20/03/2026 13. FCDO releases guidance on sanctions exceptions and licences The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, together with OFSI, the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation and the Export Control Joint Unit, has published guidance on using exceptions and licences to comply with UK sanctions. It explains...
In this issue: Key R& I law developments Restructuring Insolvency litigation The office-holder Tax and insolvency International restructuring and insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals New content Key R& I law developments Insolvency Service publishes February 2026 enforcement outcomes management information The Insolvency Service has refreshed its enforcement outcomes management information tables for February 2026. Figures indicate 114 director disqualifications, together with eight bankruptcy and debt relief restrictions. See: LNB News 19/03/2026 36. Insolvency Service launches consultation on corporate civil enforcement reforms The Insolvency Service has opened a consultation on corporate civil enforcement reforms, seeking feedback on 11 proposals to update the director disqualification and company winding-up framework. Headline reforms comprise mandatory disqualification where public interest winding-up orders are made, creation of a new director restrictions regime for less serious misconduct, and moving disqualification decision-making from the courts to the Secretary of State, with a right of appeal to a...
In this issue: Data protection Cybersecurity Reputation management Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection ICO updates data protection guidances following DUAA 2025 and publishes guidance on recognised legitimate interest The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has refreshed three guidance documents. Updates include: its data protection principles guidance, incorporating changes from the Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025 ( DUAA 2025), such as rules on compatibility and reusing personal data its guidance on the legitimate interests lawful basis, revised to reflect DUAA 2025 amendments and to align with the ICO’s current style guide its purpose limitation guidance, updated for DUAA 2025 changes — including compatibility and the reuse of personal information — and aligned to the ICO’s latest style guide See: LNB News 24/03/2026 70. Ofcom publishes statement on age assurance and...
In this issue: New technologies Internet Data protection Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Media 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 Creation of criminal offence for unsafe AI chatbots gets UK lawmakers’ backing MLex reports that, late on 18 March 2026, UK legislators approved amendments establishing a criminal offence for AI chatbots judged unsafe, endorsing campaigner-driven proposals over the government’s preferred regulatory route. Inserted into the Crime and Policing Bill in the House of Lords, the provisions would oblige businesses to identify and reduce risks, with breaches attracting custodial sentences of up to five years. The Bill now proceeds to the House of Commons, where the government’s sizeable majority could see ministers attempt to overturn the revisions. See: Creation of criminal offence for unsafe AI chatbots gets UK lawmakers’ backing. WIPO launches Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Interchange...
PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—26 March 2026 In this edition: Clinical negligence Employer’s liability Abuse and criminal injuries Claims involving a mentally incapacitated claimant Catastrophic claims Limitation Part 36 offers Costs Other PI news New and updated content Lexis Nexis® Quantum Portal Lex Talk® PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis® Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Lexis Nexis® Webinars Useful information Clinical negligence Clinical Negligence Bill advances to second reading in the House of Commons. Introduced by Catherine Mc Kinnell MP under the Ten- Minute Rule, this Private Members’ Bill would bring in a fixed recoverable costs regime for specified clinical negligence claims, oblige periodic reviews of cost thresholds, make amendments to the Law Reform ( Personal Injuries) Act 1948, and require a report on reform options for...
In this issue: Wills Court of Protection Elderly and vulnerable clients UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Regulatory compliance for Private Client Family businesses and ownership structures Digital assets and cryptoassets Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International Question of the week Additional 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 Useful information Wills Will challenge dismissed for lack of evidence ( Woolfson v Woolfson) The Chancery Division dismissed the claimant’s case and entered summary judgment for the defendants in probate proceedings concerning her late mother’s estate ( Ms Banks). Karen Woolfson contested the validity of her mother’s Will of 11 June 2018 and pursued various remedies, including declarations about rights to property. The central questions were whether she had advanced any arguable case with a real prospect of success based on lack of...
In this issue: Securing, delivering and varying planning permission Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 New towns Housing When planning consent is required Planning policy Planning conditions, obligations and CIL Planning and flood risk Planning for nationally significant infrastructure Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Obtaining, implementing and amending planning permission Consultation on reforms to planning application fees and local fee setting in England. On 23 March 2026, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG) released the consultation Fees for planning applications. The consultation addresses a significant and continuing funding gap in local planning authority services in England, estimated at around £330m in 2024/25, and follows previous fee rises and the introduction of new local fee‑setting powers under the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025......
In this issue: Cases and decisions Cases tracker Dates for your diary Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Cases and decisions Novitas Loans Ltd (formerly Amtrust Europe Ltd) v Amtrust Europe Ltd (trading as Sompo International); Amtrust Specialty Ltd (formerly Amtrust Europe Ltd) v Endurance Worldwide Insurance Ltd (trading as Sompo International) The Commercial Court resolved preliminary questions arising from the collapse of a litigation funding arrangement encompassing 20,000 consumer actions. Am Trust Specialty Limited ( Am Trust) wrote ATE cover for the Scheme. Endurance Worldwide Insurance Limited ( Sompo) provided PI insurance to two solicitors’ practices, Pure Legal Limited ( PLL) and High Street Solicitors Limited ( HSS), which advanced claims within the Scheme. After the Scheme failed, Am Trust reached a £48.5m settlement with Novitas Loans Limited and pursued Part 20...
In this issue: Building safety Payment Environmental issues Planning Procurement in construction Arbitration Construction industry news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Building safety Scottish Government publishes cladding remediation guidance and programme update The Scottish Local Government and Housing Directorate, together with the Cladding Remediation Directorate, has issued fresh guidance on checking cladding remediation building warrant applications. This material underpins the rollout of the Building ( Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 ( SI 2022/136), which from 1 June 2022 prohibit combustible cladding on buildings exceeding 11 metres. Under these provisions, products must meet European Classification A1 or A2-s1, d0 in line with BS EN 13501-1:2018 standards. Separately, the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Mairi Mc Allan, has confirmed that Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, Barratt Redrow and Springfield have executed the Developer...
In this issue: Intellectual property Data protection and life sciences Commercialisation Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Research and development Advertising of medicines Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers and horizon scanning Useful information Intellectual property KEY CASE Judgment Alert: Laboratorios Leon Farma SA v The Comptroller- General of Patents [2026] EWHC 663 ( Ch) The Chancery Division rejected Laboratorios Leon Farma SA’s ( Leon) appeal against the UK Intellectual Property Office ( UKIPO) decision refusing SPC application SPC/ GB22/02 for the oral contraceptive ‘ Slynd’, which has drospirenone as its sole active substance. The Recorder concluded the Hearing Officer was right to find Leon’s filing did not meet Article 3(d) of Regulation ( EC) 469/2009 (the SPC Regulation), which requires the marketing authorisation ( MA) relied on to be ‘the first authorisation to place the product on the market as a...
In this issue: Proceeds of crime Sentencing 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 International Other corporate crime news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Proceeds of crime CPS announces UWO and freezing order over £81 million London property portfolio The Crown Prosecution Service ( CPS) confirmed it has secured an unexplained wealth order ( UWO) alongside an interim freezing order ( IFO) concerning a London property portfolio valued at more than £81 million, made up of flats across central and south London. The orders apply to a Chinese national and connected UK companies suspected of using illicitly obtained funds to purchase the properties, which remain frozen while a civil recovery investigation continues to determine whether they represent the...
In this issue: UK private actions UK mergers UK market studies UK competition policy EU mergers EU antitrust Antitrust State aid Daily and weekly news alerts Caselex UK private actions UK private actions CAT refuses Amazon strike-out application in ACSO collective proceedings The CAT has delivered its judgment in Association of Consumer Support Organisations Ltd v (1) Amazon.com, Inc., (2) Amazon Europe Core S.À. R. L., (3) Amazon EU S.À. R. L., (4) Amazon U. K. Services Ltd., and (5) Amazon Payments U. K. Limited, addressing an application by Amazon.com, Inc, Amazon Europe Core SÀRL, Amazon EU SÀRL, Amazon UK Services Ltd, and Amazon Payments UK Limited (together, Amazon) to strike out collective proceedings brought under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998 ( CA 1998) by the Association of Consumer Support...
Background These linked appeals address how a UK sanction against Russia bears on obligations arising under aircraft leasing arrangements. The pertinent measure is the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ( SI 2019/855), regulation 28(3)(c). In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, regulation 28(3)(c) was amended with effect from 1 March 2022 so that a person must not, directly or indirectly, provide financial services or funds in pursuit of, or in connection with, an arrangement whose object or effect is to make restricted goods or restricted technology available, whether directly or indirectly, (i) to a person connected with Russia, or (ii) for use in Russia. The amendment expanded a prohibition that had previously focused on military goods and military technology, bringing within scope specified civilian goods, including critical‑industry goods such as aircraft. The appellants are...
J Hosking v HMRC [2026] UKFTT 406 ( TC) This case concerned an appeal against HMRC’s determination assessing the appellant to IHT under IHTA 1984, s 222, for IHT purposes, arising from gifts of roughly £1.7m made over 2011–2016 to pro‑ Brexit bodies outside the party system. He argued that the sums were exempt transfers: either as normal expenditure out of income under IHTA 1984, s 21, or as political donations within IHTA 1984, s 24, interpreted so as to align with the European Convention on Human Rights ( EHCR). The FTT dismissed both grounds. Relying on Bennett v IRC [1995] STC 54, the tribunal concluded that ‘normal expenditure’ demands a settled pattern, evidenced by periodic payments or an antecedent commitment dictating future outgoings. On the evidence, there was no demonstrable commitment and no discernible pattern in the giving overall......
In this issue: WTO Free trade agreements Safeguards Lex Talk®International Trade: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content WTO UK Mission to WTO announces £14m Aid for Trade package at MC14 conference At the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the UK Mission to the World Trade Organization ( WTO), the UN and other Geneva‑based international bodies in Geneva unveiled a £14m Aid for Trade programme. Of this, £13m in Official Development Assistance is allocated across seven projects, with a further £1m redirected to the WTO Fisheries Fund. See: LNB News 25/03/2026 72. WTO forecasts slowing global trade growth amid Middle East conflict risks According to its Global Trade Outlook and Statistics, the WTO says worldwide trade growth will cool in 2026 after a...
In this issue: Arbitration in England and Wales Institutional and ad hoc arbitration International arbitration Investment treaty arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Arbitration in England and Wales Fraud challenge under English Arbitration Act—restrictions on appeal upheld The Court of Appeal in K1 v B [2026] EWCA Civ 261 determined it lacked jurisdiction to grant permission to appeal from a decision under section 68(2)(g) of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the Act). Section 68 allows a challenge to an award ‘on the ground of serious irregularity affecting the tribunal, the proceedings or the award’, while section 68(4) limits any permission to appeal from such decisions to the first instance judge. This outcome underscores the Act’s emphasis on finality and efficiency, constraining appellate...
In this issue: Brexit headlines Brexit SIs Equality and human rights Public procurement Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review State security and intelligence Subsidy control and State aid Information law Other Public Law news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit headlines Cabinet Office updates UK Common Frameworks programme with three new fully implemented frameworks The Cabinet Office has refreshed the UK Common Frameworks programme, moving three frameworks from provisional to fully operational status. Now in force are: the Department for Business and Trade’s Late Payment Common Framework, and two Department of Health and Social Care frameworks—one on blood safety and quality, and another on organs, tissues and cells (excluding embryos and gametes). Developed during the EU exit...
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