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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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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Mergers The Commission approved the takeover granting shared control of Cambridge Mobile Telematics to TPG Inc., Vitality Group International, Inc., and Soft Bank Vision Fund, L. P.......
What are the practical implications of the case? As the Supreme Court recognised, the most immediate and concrete consequences of this ruling will be experienced in Northern Ireland, where both government and educators will have to review how religious teaching and worship are delivered in practice, and the practical workability and accessibility of opt‑outs, so as to secure compliance with A2P1. Looking more widely, the Court’s judgment—particularly its endorsement of the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling in Folgerø v Norway (2007) 46 EHRR 47 (not reported by Lexis+® UK)—makes clear that merely providing opt‑outs from specified religious education or school practices will, taken alone, seldom avert a breach of A2P1 if those religious components of the curriculum are not communicated to pupils in an objective, critical and pluralistic way. What was the background? The case concerned JR87, a child enrolled at a...
Nilsson and another v Jones [2026] EWHC 319 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? Debtor applicants and prospective trustees in bankruptcy should note: even if the statutory criteria for bankruptcy are satisfied, the court may refuse or annul a bankruptcy order where it would achieve nothing or treat creditors unfairly, especially (though not exclusively) in cross-border matters where principal assets sit outside the jurisdiction and cannot be realised the court’s discretion applies equally where an order was made by the bankruptcy adjudicator under the administrative scheme, not only where the court itself made the order the judgment underlines the need for debtors, trustees in bankruptcy, and creditors to evaluate practical enforceability in cross-border contexts and to provide evidence that assets are capable of realisation for creditors’ benefit when seeking to show a different domicile, the party...
See Practice Note: The monitor of a moratorium under Part A1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 For a general outline of the insolvency office-holder, refer to: Role, powers, duties and functions of an insolvency office-holder—overview......
All importers of record whose entries were subject to IEEPA duties are entitled to the benefit of the Learning Resources decision Judge Richard K Eaton, in an order in favour of Atmus Filtration Inc’s refund claim and referencing the Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling that deemed the tariffs unlawful, affirmed this position. He directed that any entries currently unliquidated which were subject to IEEPA tariffs at the time of entry must be liquidated excluding those duties. He further ordered that entries for which liquidation is not yet final be reliquidated without applying the tariffs. The order did not specifically address entries that have already been liquidated. The judge added that Atmus’s import entries are among the “millions” eligible for repayment following the decision in Learning Resources Inc v Trump. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling, companies have flooded the CIT with refund...
Duffy v Birmingham City Council [2026] EWCA Civ 146 What are the practical implications of this case? Failure to meet compulsory rules regulating the format or contents of a costs bill does not, of itself, render it void. Even where the mandatory certification confirming compliance with the indemnity principle is absent, a signed bill may nonetheless be validly served and remains sufficient to commence detailed assessment proceedings. Accordingly, paying parties ought to engage with the detailed assessment procedure rather than presuming an alleged irregularity is fatal. Any contention about the bill’s structure or contents should be articulated in Points of Dispute and served within the prescribed time limits. Where a default costs certificate has been obtained, the simple absence of an express indemnity certification will not, without more, make the bill invalid so as to justify setting the certificate aside as of...
Competition policy CMA publishes response to Government consultation on refining UK competition regime The CMA has issued its reply to the Department for Business and Trade’s ( DBT) consultation on suggested statutory tweaks to the UK competition framework. It backs most of the measures, judging them consistent with its 4Ps approach (pace, predictability, proportionality and process), though it flags a number of reservations on particular points. Background The DBT consultation, opened in January 2026, sat within the government’s growth-oriented Industrial Strategy and the 2025 Strategic Steer to the CMA. It set out specific legislative adjustments to the mergers, markets and enforcement regimes, aimed at enabling the CMA’s operational transformation in keeping with its 4Ps framework, preserving its statutory independence, and bolstering the overall appeal of the UK competition regime......
Original news Source: Financial Conduct Authority, Regulatory Priorities pensions. News summary The FCA’s March 2026 Regulatory Priorities for pensions outlines a forward-looking agenda for FCA-regulated firms active in pension business, with a particular focus on the contract-based DC market. The regulator highlights four central priorities: Ensuring schemes are well run and deliver value for money Promoting effective consumer support Enabling growth and innovation Modernising pensions and long-term savings These priorities are closely tied to upcoming government reforms, especially the proposed VFM framework and other measures in the Pension Schemes Bill, with a clear signal that firms should prepare for significant operational and strategic change through 2026 and in the years ahead. What has happened? The FCA’s report explains that the pensions market is undergoing major change, driven principally by government reforms, and that its regulatory focus is tailored to this shifting...
Mergers The Commission has been notified of CPP Investments/ I Squared/ Inkia Energy ( M.12373) under the simplified procedure. It published the public version of its conditional phase 1 decision in Boeing/ Spirit ( M.11578)—see further, decision. NOTE— For all live merger probes before the Commission, see EU mergers—ongoing cases tracker. State aid The application in Case T-44/26, Ryanair and Ryanair Sun v Commission, has been published. It seeks annulment of the 28 April 2025 decision re-approving German restructuring aid for Condor, in light of the General Court’s 8 May 2024 judgment—see further, application. NOTE— For all live State aid appeals before the General Court, see General Court State aid appeals—ongoing cases tracker. Digital Markets Act The Commission said the gatekeepers designated on 6 September 2022— Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Byte Dance, Meta and Microsoft—have filed reports on updated DMA...
The court has approved a bid from the companies, among them wine importer VOS Selections Inc, for prompt issuance of the mandate, enabling them to sue for repayments of tariffs that the US Supreme Court ruled unlawful just last month. The Federal Circuit's directive also encompasses a suit brought by twelve states, led by Oregon, which the Court merged with the companies' matter last year. It is time for the government to hand over tariff takings as pledged, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield told Law360 on 2 March 2026. ' The federal government informed the court that, then, if we succeeded in our tariff action, they would return the unlawfully collected tariffs, with interest,' Rayfield said. ' We prevailed. It is time for them to deliver.' The government relied on that assurance—repaying the tariffs with interest if it lost—as grounds to pause the Trade Court's...
Mergers The CMA has opened and published a second formal call for views concerning four consummated purchases by Welltower Inc...
Stephen Thaler maintained in his October 2025 certiorari petition that the government agency had significantly exceeded its remit by implying a human-authorship rule that the statute does not explicitly contain. The D. C. Circuit upheld the Copyright Office’s stance last year, concluding that, although the Copyright Act leaves ‘author’ undefined, several sections suggest authors must be human, including provisions allowing an author to pass ownership interests to a spouse or heirs. The justices offered no explanation for turning down the petition. Thaler has sought to register a two-dimensional image titled ‘ A Recent Entrance to Paradise’, generated by an AI he designed and refers to as the ‘ Creativity Machine’......
NNB Generation Company ( HPC) Ltd v HMRC [2026] UKFTT 316 ( TC) HMRC opened enquiries in 2016 into NNB’s & D allowance claims tied to the Hinkley Point C nuclear project. Notwithstanding NNB’s co-operation throughout, seven years after commencing its enquiry HMRC served an information notice demanding substantial volumes of material. NNB appealed that notice and asked for the appeal to be allocated as a complex case so that, if it succeeded, it could recover its costs from HMRC. The FTT rejected the request to reclassify the appeal as complex, having assessed: the three threshold tests in rule 23(4) of the Tribunal Procedure ( First- Tier Tribunal) ( Tax Chamber) Rules, SI 2009/273 ( FTT Rules) for treating an appeal as complex, namely that the case: calls for lengthy or intricate evidence or a protracted hearing; raises a complex or...
One of Engie’s biggest deals in recent times, the transaction elevates the UK to a priority growth arena and underpins Engie’s pivot towards assets delivering reliable, steady cash flows over time. UK Power Networks, held by Hong Kong’s CK Group and affiliates, runs three licensed distribution networks across London, the South East and the East of England, supplying electricity to 8.5m customers and moving roughly 71 terawatt-hours each year, Engie noted in an announcement. According to Engie, the deal is a move to rebalance its infrastructure portfolio towards regulated electricity networks, while deepening its presence in one of group’s priority countries......
Financial services developments Other developments Below is a concise summary of further developments not addressed in full by the Lexis+ Financial Services practical guidance team, yet still likely to be of interest: Nature in decline, economy on the line: the importance of international cooperation for managing nature-related risks Access in focus: getting serious about how we plug into UK payments HM Treasury Market Engagement Group Verena Ross' keynote speech at the ASIFMA Annual Conference, 5 March 2026 AMLA to Hold Public Hearing on Two Draft RTS......
Gonzalo SC v Estado Soberano de Malasia STS 4353/2025 - ECLI: ES: TS:2025:4353 What are the practical implications of the case? This ruling carries significant practical consequences for arbitrators and arbitration practitioners. It cautions that an arbitral mandate is not a shield from accountability. The Supreme Court clarifies that arbitral autonomy ends where court authority begins in areas allocated by law, such as appointing or removing arbitrators. It also reiterates that arbitration does not operate in a legal void: a tribunal’s authority is tethered to the legal order of the seat, whose courts oversee the continuing validity of an arbitrator’s mandate. Even if a judicial ruling affecting that mandate seems wrong or open to debate, an arbitrator cannot simply set it aside. In this dispute, the Sole Arbitrator maintained that he was duty-bound to continue once appointed and after issuing a...
Jagdeep Chowgule v Sheela Chowgule and others 2026 INSC 92; 2026 SCC On Line SC 124 What are the practical implications of the case? This ruling has tangible consequences for arbitration users and counsel in India. It articulates a single, consistent position on forum competence and removes earlier ambiguity. Every request to prolong an arbitral tribunal’s mandate—as well as any plea to replace an arbitrator—must be filed only before the Principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction (ordinarily the Commercial Court) or a High Court with ordinary original civil jurisdiction, in line with section 2(1)(e) of the Act, regardless of how the tribunal came to be formed. The Court has also settled a long-standing divergence among High Courts. Previously, practitioners were unsure whether such extension motions should track the route of appointment under section 42 of the Act; some benches held that if a High Court had...
Financial services developments FCA publishes CP26/8: Quarterly consultation paper No. 51 The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) has released CP26/8: Quarterly consultation paper No. 51. Response dates for the various elements are shown in brackets below. CP26/8 outlines the following proposals: introduce consequential changes to CASS 1, 7 and 8, following the proposed revision to the definition of designated investment business, to ensure the rules operate for cryptoasset activities and the broader new crypto regime (13 April 2026) move certain provisions in Article 17 of RTS 1 into the framework now provided by MAR 11A so that more equity transparency provisions are available and expressed more clearly in a single place (13 April 2026) disapply rights of action for private persons under s138D of FSMA for the remaining chapters in MAR that govern the mechanics and operation of secondary markets, where trading venue members are generally...
Mergers The Commission approved the acquisition of joint control of Sapporo Real Estate Co., Ltd. by KKR & Co. Inc...
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