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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: Practice and procedure Public children Private children Financial provision Enforcement International children Deprivation of liberty Lex Talk®Family: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New content Updated content Content spotlight—court bundles New Q& As Useful information Practice and procedure New FPR 2010, PD 27A on bundles now in force The revised Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Direction on court bundles— FPR 2010, PD 27A ( Family proceedings: court bundles)—took effect on 2 March 2026, completely replacing the former Practice Direction. Compliance with FPR 2010, PD 27A is required to ensure consistent practice across England and Wales, in both the Family Court and the Family Division of the High Court, for the preparation and filing of court bundles. From 2 March 2026, adherence is compulsory for every hearing, with no...
In this issue: Employment Rights Act 2025 Status and worker categories Immigration Prohibited conduct Diversity and the gender pay gap Hybrid working Employment tribunals ESG and sustainability: employment issues 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 Employment Rights Act 2025 DBT launches consultation on protection from detriments for taking industrial action The Department for Business and Trade ( DBT) has opened a consultation concerning safeguards against detriment linked to participation in industrial action. Under the Employment Rights Act 2025 ( ERA 2025), workers gain fresh protections from employer-imposed detriments aimed at punishing, stopping or discouraging them from engaging in official industrial action. This consultation closes at 11.59 pm on 23 April 2026. See: LNB News...
In this issue: Tax treatment Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills New content HMRC Manuals tracker Useful Information Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Tax treatment HMRC publishes Employment Related Securities Bulletin 64 HMRC’s Employment Related Securities Bulletin 64 confirms that, for a short‑term business visitor ( STBV) within an EP Appendix 4 arrangement, companies will no longer be required to report non‑tax‑advantaged employment related securities ( ERS) data for these employees where no UK income tax or National Insurance contributions ( NICs) would arise. This applies to all earlier and future tax years. The ERS reporting duty persists only in the limited circumstances where UK income tax and NICs would be payable—for instance, where the STBV was formerly UK‑resident and share options were granted during that period. HMRC has also revised its...
Financial services developments PRA publishes final policy on recognised exchanges policy and transfer of main indices The Prudential Regulation Authority ( PRA) has issued policy statement PS6/26— Recognised exchanges policy and transfer of main indices. The statement delivers feedback on responses to consultation paper CP3/25— Recognised exchanges policy and transfer of main indices, and to the subsequent CP19/25— CRR Definitions: restatement in the PRA Rulebook, but only to the extent these relate to the PRA’s proposals in CP3/25. In addition, PS6/26 sets out the PRA’s final policy position on CP3/25. The appendices to PS6/26 present the PRA’s final policy to CP3/25, namely: PRA Rulebook: CRR Firms: Recognised Exchanges Instrument 2026 ( Appendix 1) PRA Rulebook: CRR Firms: ( CRR) Amendment Instrument 2026 ( Appendix 2) corresponding CRR rules ( Appendix 3) This PS also confirms the PRA’s final policy to delete...
Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—5 March 2026 In this issue: Data protection Sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Anti-bribery & corruption Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Lex Talk®Risk & Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection Data by any other name— Court of Appeal reverses Upper Tribunal’s ruling on the protection of ‘personal data’ ( DSG v ICO) In DSG v ICO, the Court of Appeal unanimously upheld the Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) appeal. It ruled that data subjected to unauthorised or unlawful processing by a third party still counts as personal data from the controller’s perspective, even where it is pseudonymised for the controller and thereby appears anonymised to the attacker. As a result, controllers must deploy ‘appropriate technical and...
Mergers The Commission approved Brookfield Corporation’s takeover of sole control of Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, LLC ( M.12284) following a phase I review—see further, Midday Express The Commission received filings for: Clarios/ Ecobat Germany/ Ecobat Austria ( M.12145) (ordinary merger procedure) JLL/ PIF/ FMTECH ( M.12358) (simplified merger procedure) NOTE— For all active merger probes before the Commission, see further, EU mergers—ongoing cases tracker Competition policy The Commission stated that Executive Vice- President, Teresa Ribera, convened an implementation dialogue on the effects of mergers, productivity, sustainability, and the cost of living—see further, implementation dialogue and Midday Express NOTE— For all current EU competition law legislative, guidance and wider policy work, see further, EU competition horizon scanning—2026 and...
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales Institutional arbitration International arbitration Other ADR and arbitration related news Lex Talk®Arbitration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information Arbitration in England & Wales Supreme Court holds that article 54(1) of the ICSID Convention constitutes a clear waiver of adjudicative state immunity under section 2(2) of the State Immunity Act 1978 The Supreme Court has unanimously rejected the appeals in The Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.À. R. L. and another; Republic of Zimbabwe v Border Timbers Ltd and another [2026] UKSC 9. The court concluded that, by acceding to article 54(1) of the ICSID Convention, Spain and Zimbabwe accepted the jurisdiction of the English courts for the purposes of section 2(2) of the State Immunity Act 1978, and thus could not invoke state immunity to oppose the...
The review extends the FCA's Artificial Intelligence Lab work and reiterates its often-stated view that current regulatory regimes strike a fair balance: granting firms room to innovate and compete through AI, while retaining enough supervisory bite to control risks arising from deployment. The call for input sets out four linked themes that interrelate closely: the trajectory of AI technology, encompassing more capable, autonomous and agentic systems the prospective effects of AI on markets and firms, including shifts in competition and market structure and dynamics emerging consumer patterns, covering how AI might enhance outcomes, introduce novel risks, influence behaviours and reshape the demand and delivery of financial services, and future regulatory responses, including how regulators may need to adapt to keep retail markets functioning well That last theme is, by some distance, the most contentious point raised. While the financial regulators appear presently committed to a...
In this issue: UK private actions UK subsidy control UK competition policy EU antitrust EU State aid EU merger control Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Caselex UK private actions Court of Appeal issues judgment refusing permission to appeal against CAT certification of Hammond and Stephan collection actions against Amazon The Court of Appeal delivered its judgment in Professor Andreas Stephan v Amazon. Com, Inc & Ors, addressing Amazon group’s appeal against the CAT’s order refusing it permission to appeal the CAT’s July 2025 joint certification decision. That certification allowed separate applications by Robert Hammond (the Hammond Action) and Professor Andreas Stephan (the Stephan Action) to be brought as collective proceedings against Amazon. Both claims pursue damages under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998 for alleged abuse of dominance in the running of Amazon Marketplace in the UK, including assertions of...
WH Holding Ltd v London Stadium LLP (formerly E20 Stadium Llp) [2026] EWCA Civ 153 What are the practical implications of the case? This decision sets out clear parameters for what amounts to a ‘manifest error’ in an expert determination. It also confirms that complaints about the application of a formula do not attract a distinct standard: ie the manifest error threshold applies whatever the character of the alleged mistake. The hurdle to overturn a determination for manifest error is high. A merely arguable misstep is not enough. The error must be ‘so obvious as to admit of no difference of opinion’. The Court of Appeal further emphasised scrutiny of the expert’s analytical starting point: ie was that plainly incorrect. Where the expert is granted a wide discretion under the determination mechanism, it is harder to impugn their conclusion than where the...
In this issue: Trade marks Patents Copyright & associated rights Design Lex Talk®IP: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Trade marks Pear Pressure—joint tortfeasorship for company secretaries clarified ( Wang Zeng v Bing Bing) This dispute involved rival greengrocers and two unusual pear varieties protected as registered trade marks, ‘ Mountain Pear’ and ‘ Yu Lu Fragrant Pear’. In Wang Zeng International Ltd v Bing Bing Foods Ltd [2026] EWHC 360 ( IPEC), the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court ruled for the proprietor, Wang Zeng International Ltd ( WZI), against Bing Bing Foods Ltd and its sole director, Mr Bingtao Wang, who accepted using identical signs for identical goods without permission. The defendants contended the signs were merely descriptive names of pear cultivars and should be ruled...
In this issue: WTO Trade in goods Customs Lex Talk® International Trade: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content WTO US cautions EU over using ‘ Made in Europe’ criteria in its long-term budget MLex: The US administration cautioned against embedding ‘ Made in Europe’ rules in the EU’s long-term budget—designed to fund strategic industries—arguing this would constrain international companies, potentially disrupt supply chains and weaken strong trade ties, MLex understands. The European Commission is currently weighing the introduction of EU preference rules to reinforce the bloc’s competitiveness and lessen dependence on other countries and regions......
In this issue: Commercialisation Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Medical devices Data protection Research and development Lex Talk® Life Sciences: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information Commercialisation DHSC publishes response to NICE cost-effectiveness threshold consultation The DHSC has issued its reply to the consultation on proposed changes to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ( NICE) rules on cost-effectiveness thresholds. Released alongside the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ( Amendment) Regulations 2026 and the accompanying explanatory memorandum, the amendments give ministers a narrow power of direction to set the standard cost-effectiveness threshold applied by NICE when preparing guidance, including technology appraisals and evaluations of highly specialised technologies. The revisions also remove the need for NICE to consult on procedural changes arising from ministerial directions. These measures will take effect on 24 March 2026. See: LNB News...
In this issue: Brexit headlines Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Equality and human rights Public Procurement Subsidy control and State aid Information law Other Public Law news Lex Talk®Public Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit headlines The Foreign Affairs Committee urges a White Paper on the UK- EU reset and the publication of the Dynamic Alignment Bill. Its Third Report of Session 2024–26, From a Common Understanding to Common Ground: Building a UK EU Strategic Partnership fit for the future, assesses the government’s approach and progress on reconfiguring UK- EU relations. Aimed at shaping parliamentary scrutiny of the next phase of UK- EU...
In this issue: Information technology Internet 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 Information technology Commission consults on draft Guidance on EU Cyber Resilience Act The European Commission has opened a consultation on a draft Communication offering direction on how to interpret and apply in practice Regulation ( EU) 2024/2847, the EU Cyber Resilience Act ( EU CRA). In line with Article 26(1) EU CRA, this non-binding guidance seeks to support manufacturers, developers and other stakeholders in understanding their obligations and fostering a harmonised approach across the EU, with a particular emphasis on helping microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises meet compliance needs. the scope of the EU CRA,...
In this issue: Building safety Standard form construction contracts Assignment and novation Arbitration Health and safety Environmental issues Construction industry news Lex Talk®Construction: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& As Construction trackers Building safety CLC announces publication of latest BSR higher-risk building application statistics The Construction Leadership Council ( CLC) reported that the BSR has released fresh figures on applications for building control approval for higher-risk buildings, spanning the period from December 2025 to February 2026. This most recent dataset sheds light on the volume and current status of submissions handled by the BSR in its capacity as the building control authority for higher-risk buildings in England. Under the existing regime, developers must secure building control approval before starting work on a new...
In this issue: EU fundamentals Commercial Competition and state aid Banking and finance Corporate Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Energy Environment Insurance and reinsurance IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers and horizon scanners EU fundamentals The Commission has launched a four-week call for evidence to shape technical guidance on applying the ‘do no significant harm’ principle within the 2028–34 multiannual financial framework. Required by Article 5 of the proposed Regulation establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework, the guidance will be applied where feasible and appropriate. The evidence window closes on 1 April 2026, with adoption scheduled for Q4 2026. See: LNB News 04/03/2026 56. Commercial: The Council of the EU has agreed...
In this issue: Budgets and Finance Bills VAT Companies and corporation tax Taxes management and litigation Employment taxes Real estate tax Energy and environment International Lex Talk®Tax: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Budgets and Finance Bills The Chancellor’s Spring Forecast contained no tax announcements On 3 March 2026, the Chancellor presented the government’s Spring Forecast. As it was neither a Budget nor a significant fiscal event, no tax measures were announced in the statement. See: LNB News 03/03/2026 32... Dates scheduled for final Parliamentary stages of Finance Bill 2026 The remaining Parliamentary stages of the Finance Bill 2026 ( FB 2026) are timetabled for March 2026. According to the Parliamentary calendar as currently published, the House of Commons...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Confidential information Contracts International Supply chain 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 CAP issues enforcement notice on disclosure of loot boxes in mobile game app store listings The Committee of Advertising Practice ( CAP) has released an enforcement notice requiring clear, prominent labelling of loot boxes in specified mobile game app store listings. The notice applies to listings on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, within the remit of the CAP Code, that promote mobile games featuring loot boxes purchasable with real money or with virtual currency available only by paying. Its purpose is to ensure consumers are informed, before buying or downloading a game, if it...
In this issue: Planning policy Planning judicial and statutory review Planning for nationally significant infrastructure Planning applications and decisions Lex Talk®Planning: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Planning policy Further provisions of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 to come into force On 2 March 2026, two further statutory instruments were laid to bring into effect provisions of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 ( LURA 2023): the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 ( Commencement No. 11 and Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/169 the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 ( Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) ( No. 3) ( England) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/206 From 25 March 2026, the Commencement No. 11 Regulations set in motion a broad tranche of LURA 2023 updates reshaping how local plans are...
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