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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: Lending Security Real estate finance Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Derivatives Regulation for derivatives lawyers Regulation for banking lawyers Sanctions Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Lending Cabinet Office publishes its reply to the consultation on the National Security and Investment Act 2021 ( Notifiable Acquisition) ( Specification of Qualifying Entities) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/1264. The paper collates stakeholder feedback from the consultation and details the government’s planned amendments to each schedule of the Notifiable Acquisition Regulations. It also focuses on suggested changes to the National Security and Investment Act 2021 ( NSIA 2021). See LNB News 12/03/2026 56; source: Consultation on the NSI Act Notifiable Acquisition Regulations... Security Companies House reports resolution of a Web Filing security incident identified on 13 March 2026, which may have enabled signed-in users to view and alter parts of other companies’ information without permission. The service was taken offline at 1.30 pm on 13 March 2026 and,...
In this issue: Probate Trusts Elderly and vulnerable clients UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Regulatory compliance for Private Client Budgets and Finance Bills Charity and philanthropy 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 Probate Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 ( SI 2026/237): these Regulations create a new statutory entitlement for an employee to take time off to care for a child during the first year following birth, placement for adoption, or arrival in Great Britain for an overseas adoption, where the child’s primary carer has died (bereaved partner’s paternity leave). They take effect on 6 April 2026. See: LNB News 15/01/2026 18. Trusts Representation orders in Public Trustee v Cooper applications ( Cator v Thynn): this application, brought within a Public Trustee v Cooper claim, sought to add an...
Financial services developments FCA sets out 2026 priorities for Wholesale Buy Side and for Wholesale Markets The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) has outlined its regulatory priorities for the Wholesale Buy Side and Wholesale Markets. The publications describe the FCA’s planned actions in 2025 and the year ahead, together with what it expects of firms under each theme. The FCA also advises Buy Side firms to consider its Pensions and Consumer Investments Regulatory Priority publications, which contain aligned reforms. The FCA’s Wholesale Markets priorities are: reinforce the resilience of firms and markets: amid heightened risks, firms should elevate standards of operational resilience, keep trading controls robust, and strengthen liquidity management promote efficient, competitive and innovative markets: a broad programme of reforms is under way to ensure markets function effectively, foster innovation and back economic growth support the safe and responsible use of new...
Mergers Court of Justice dismisses appeals by German energy utility companies regarding Commission’s decision to approve the acquisition by E. ON of the distribution and retail energy business as well as certain general assets of Innogy The Court of Justice has handed down its judgments in joined appeals C-171/24 P, C-172/24 P, C-173/24 P, C-174/24 P, C-175/24 P, C-176/24 P, C-177/24 P, C-178/24 P, and C-179/24 P, brought by German energy utilities against the Commission. These challenges targeted the General Court’s rulings that had rejected actions seeking annulment of the Commission’s decision conditionally authorising a related transaction involving E. ON and RWE’s assets. Each appeal was dismissed by the Court of Justice. The nine appeals concerned the General Court’s judgments in cases T-53/21, T-55/21, T-56/21, T-58/21, T-59/21, T-61/21, T-62/21, T-64/21, and T-53/21, which upheld the Commission’s 17 September 20219 decision...
In this issue: Key developments Air emissions and climate change Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental assessment Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental information Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat protection Marine Waste Waste producer responsibility Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments European Affairs Committee launches inquiry into UK- EU dynamic alignment The House of Lords European Affairs Committee has opened a call for evidence for a fresh inquiry into dynamic alignment, as part of the parliamentary scrutiny of the government’s UK- EU reset. As the tenth anniversary of the Brexit vote nears, the inquiry will assess the implications of prospective UK- EU arrangements under which the UK would align with specified areas of EU law, engage in EU law decision-shaping processes, and make financial contributions to relevant EU activities. It will also examine dynamic alignment and related matters, including how it would be...
The Court of Appeal ruled that BHP would not have to face a claim for criminal contempt of court brought by a group of Brazilian municipalities, holding that BHP could not be in contempt for seeking anti-suit relief from an overseas court. In a unanimous written judgment of three justices, Lord Justice Andrew Popplewell confirmed that asking a foreign court for lawful anti‑suit relief cannot be criminal contempt simply because it risks disrupting proceedings already on foot in England. Anti‑suit injunctions are intended to restrain litigation in other jurisdictions, and the moment BHP chose to pursue such relief did not transform permissible action into contempt. As he explained, if procuring the claim at the outset would not, as a matter of principle, amount to criminal contempt — as is rightly accepted — mere timing cannot alter that...
In this issue: Brexit headlines Brexit SIs Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Equality and human rights State accountability and liability 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 European Affairs Committee launches inquiry into UK- EU dynamic alignment The House of Lords European Affairs Committee has issued a call for evidence for a new inquiry into dynamic alignment, forming part of parliamentary scrutiny of the Government’s UK– EU reset. As the ten-year anniversary of the Brexit vote approaches, the inquiry will consider the implications of prospective UK– EU arrangements under which the UK would align with specified areas of EU law, engage in EU...
In this issue: Practice Compliance forecast Sanctions Fraud Data protection Cybersecurity Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Practice Compliance forecast New Practice Compliance forecast as at 17 March 2026 The latest Practice Compliance forecast (dated 17 March 2026) is now available. This edition highlights: (1) the government’s Fraud Strategy for 2026–29, (2) the Home Office’s call for evidence on economic crime information-sharing gateways, (3) the ICO’s intention to issue refreshed guidance on special category data, and (4) the forthcoming SRA keeping of the roll exercise. See News Analysis: Practice Compliance forecast as at 17 March 2026. Sanctions OFSI blog sets out updated approach to assessing reasonableness in sanctions licensing applications The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ( OFSI) has released a blog describing its revised method for judging reasonableness in licence applications across all UK financial sanctions regimes. The change...
In this issue: Key PI & Clinical Negligence developments Clinical negligence Psychiatric and occupational stress Settlement CPR updates Other PI & Clinical Negligence news New content Lexis Nexis® Quantum Portal Lex Talk® PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Lexis Nexis® Webinars Useful information Key PI & Clinical Negligence developments The Senior Courts Costs Office, before Senior Costs Judge Rowley, has addressed the recoverability of Medical Reporting Organisation fees in two personal injury matters, JXX and HLA. During detailed assessment, the court considered charges raised by Medical and Professional Services Limited and Premex Services Limited in their roles as Medical Reporting Organisations. The central issue was whether such fees should be categorised as outsourced solicitors’ work—necessitating a breakdown akin to time-costed solicitors’ charges—or treated as...
In this issue: Investigating criminal conduct Criminal procedure and evidence Proceeds of Crime Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Insolvency offences and Companies Act offences Local authority prosecutions Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Investigating criminal conduct NCA publishes National Strategic Assessment 2026 and proposes National Police Service creation The National Crime Agency ( NCA) has issued its National Strategic Assessment 2026, with Director General Graeme Biggar stating that the overarching threat from serious and organised crime rose in 2025. The assessment makes clear that technology no longer simply enables offending; it is transforming it by...
Mergers CAT dismisses Spreadex’s challenge to CMA’s remittal decision on counterfactual in sports spread betting merger The CAT has delivered its judgment in Spreadex Limited v CMA, a claim by Spreadex Limited ( Spreadex) seeking review of the CMA’s remittal final report connected to the CMA’s phase 2 inquiry into Spreadex’s completed purchase of the B2B arm of Sporting Index Limited ( Sporting Index). The Tribunal endorsed the CMA’s assessment that, without the merger, Sporting Index would most probably have been bought by another acquirer and remained an active competitor, and so the deal gave rise to an SLC. Background Spreadex and Sporting Index both supply fixed odds betting and sports spread betting to UK-based customers. Spreadex also operates in financial spread betting and casino betting. They are the only two providers of licensed online sports spread betting services. In November 2023, Spreadex acquired Sporting Index’s B2C...
In this issue: Planning policy Permitted development Environmental impact assessment Planning judicial review Planning enforcement Planning for nationally significant infrastructure Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Planning policy Government publishes Land Use Framework The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has released England’s first Land Use Framework. It explains how land can be used more efficiently to strengthen the resilience of housing, communities, infrastructure and food systems, while accelerating development and restoring nature. It sets out a 2050 vision for future landscapes, guiding principles for land-use decisions, and actions to enable change. See: LNB News 19/03/2026 22. Mayor of London publishes London Infrastructure Framework to 2050 The Mayor of London, working with London Councils, has issued the London Infrastructure Framework ( LIF). It provides a long-term plan to unlock growth by addressing rising pressures on transport, energy, water, waste and digital connectivity. The LIF identifies 51 priority projects across key sectors to...
In this issue: Data protection Cybersecurity Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection Commission and EDPB publish responses to consultation on draft EU DMA- GDPR joint guidelines The European Commission and the European Data Protection Board ( EDPB) have released the submissions received to their October 2025 consultation on draft joint guidelines examining the relationship between the EU Digital Markets Act ( DMA) and Regulation ( EU) 2016/679 ( General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR)). More than 100 responses were lodged, indicating broad endorsement of the initiative and a desire for stronger cross-regulatory cooperation. The Commission and the EDPB are now assessing the feedback to decide whether, and in what manner, to refine the draft guidelines, with final adoption anticipated in Q4 2026. The aim is to deliver greater legal clarity and certainty for businesses and citizens across the EU,...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Agency and distribution Consumer protection Contracts Contractual joint ventures Lex Talk®Commercial: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Horizon Scanners and Trackers Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA rulings—18 March 2026 Two complaints were made to the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) asserting that the basis of a price comparison and the end‑of‑life handling of coffee pods were misleading. The ASA upheld both complaints. See: LNB News 18/03/2026 25. IAB Tech Lab releases Co MP framework for AI content licensing agreements The Interactive Advertising Bureau ( IAB) Tech Lab has announced the release of the Content Monetization Protocol ( Co MP) Specification v1.0 for public consultation. This standardised framework seeks to lock in commercial terms before artificial intelligence ( AI) systems crawl...
In this issue: Key DR developments Costs and funding Cross-border disputes Enforcement Evidence and disclosure Settlement Scottish Dispute Resolution New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Civil Procedure Rule Committee CPRC has issued its 2024–2025 annual report: The Civil Procedure Rule Committee ( CPRC) has released its 2024–2025 annual report, setting out the committee’s rule-making work for the period. It records two statutory instruments and 17 updates to Practice Directions, delivering notable procedural changes. Among the initiatives is a pilot on access to documents already in the public domain, which commenced on 1 January 2026 and is slated to run until 31 December 2027. Further highlights include a new pilot providing automatic referral of civil claims to a free, one-hour mediation session. For...
In this issue: The Pensions Regulator Pension Protection Fund Pension Schemes Bill The pensions tax regime Pensions accounting Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers The Pensions Regulator TPR publishes 2025 DC landscape report highlighting consolidation trends The Pensions Regulator ( TPR) has released its 2025 overview of the UK occupational defined contribution ( DC) market, confirming a continued move towards fewer, larger schemes and urging trustees, particularly those of smaller arrangements, to test value for savers and consolidate where it is lacking. The analysis shows DC scheme numbers fell by 15% to 790 in 2025, chiefly as schemes with fewer than 5,000 members left the market. Over the period, total assets rose 22% from £205bn to £249bn and memberships increased by 7%, reflecting consolidation. Master trusts now dominate, holding 30.1 million...
In this issue: New technologies Internet Data protection Media 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 DSIT releases report and impact assessment on copyright and artificial intelligence DSIT, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport ( DCMS) and the Intellectual Property Office have jointly issued a report and an impact assessment exploring the use of works protected by copyright in the training and development of AI systems. These have been published pursuant to sections 135 and 136 of the Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025. See: LNB News 18/03/2026 44. EDPS unveils Compass on supervision and enforcement under the EU AI Act The European Data Protection Supervisor ( EDPS) has...
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales Institutional and ad hoc arbitration International arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments New and updated content Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Arbitration in England & Wales Draft your dispute clause and notice of arbitration with care In Ropa v Kharis Solutions Ltd [2026] EWHC 259 ( Comm), the Commercial Court’s ruling serves as a clear reminder to draft dispute resolution clauses, notices of arbitration and claim forms with care. The court confirmed that all disputes were to be resolved by arbitration and that there was no obligation to pursue mediation as a condition precedent to starting arbitration. However, the judge noted that the proceedings became necessary due to poor drafting of the dispute resolution clause and the notice to arbitrate, and the costs of the claim were likely...
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 Daily and weekly news alerts Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar and Immigration White Paper Our Immigration calendar details key forthcoming steps for business immigration advisers. Separately, the Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025—summary, tracker and resources supplies an updated, comprehensive overview of developments linked to the May 2025 White Paper ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, including the ‘ Earned settlement’ proposals. It condenses the principal suggested changes for business immigration practitioners, offers commentary on their possible implications, and monitors implementation on an ongoing basis. It also contains links to relevant resources. UK immigration control: how it works HC 1691—additional analysis This analysis reviews aspects of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 1691 that were not covered in the...
In this issue: Residential property Property management Transferring property Corporate and structured property transactions Property development Environment, energy and buildings Easements, rights and covenants Property taxes Property in Wales Property in Scotland Lex Talk®Property: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers Residential property Court of Appeal recasts meaning of ‘building’ in rights of first refusal In SGL 1 Ltd v FSV Freeholders Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 267, the Court of Appeal ( Civil Division) upheld the appeal by SGL1 Limited (the Appellant) against FSV Freeholders Limited (the Respondent). The dispute concerned the construction of ‘building’ for Part 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 and the validity of section 5 notices served by the administrators of Fox Street Village Limited. The central question was...
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