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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Agency and distribution Contracts Data protection Sale and supply of goods 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—25 February 2026 The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) received a complaint about comparative statements featured on Practice Pal Ltd’s site promoting its school management platform. The ASA agreed with the complainant and upheld the issue. See: LNB News 25/02/2026 13. DCMS announces consultation on banning unlicensed gambling operator sports sponsorship The Department for Culture, Media and Sport ( DCMS) has flagged an impending consultation to prohibit unlicensed gambling operators from sponsoring British sports clubs, including Premier League sides, as part of a clampdown on the illegal gambling sector. Under the plans,...
Antitrust AG proposes dismissal of Meta appeals against Commission information requests in Facebook Marketplace and Facebook Data investigations Advocate General ( AG) Rantos has presented his opinion in Cases C‑496/23 P, Meta Platforms Ireland v Commission ( Facebook Marketplace), and C‑497/23 P, Meta Platforms Ireland v Commission ( Facebook Data). These appeals contest the General Court’s judgments in Cases T‑451/20 and T‑452/20, which rejected applications seeking annulment of Commission information requests issued amid concerns of abuse of a dominant position by the Facebook group, regarding the running of its social network platform ( AT.40684) and the handling of Facebook data ( AT.40628). The AG advises the Court of Justice to throw out Meta’s appeals and to uphold the General Court’s decisions. Background The appeals relate to two Commission decisions taken in 2020 under Article 18(3) of Regulation 1/2003, as part of probes into suspected abuse of...
In this issue: Intellectual property Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Research and development Disputes and regulatory enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers and horizon scanning Useful information Intellectual property Medical device maker can’t revive stoma bag patent case Law360, London: On 19 February 2026, an ostomy care business was unable to resurrect its patent infringement claim, with the appellate court finding that a competitor’s drainable pouch for colostomy patients lacked key features protected by the patent. See: Medical device maker can’t revive stoma bag patent case. Tenets of patentability affected by the UK Supreme Court ( Emotional Perception v Comptroller of Patents UKIPO) On 11 February 2026, in a seismic ruling, the UK Supreme Court recalibrated how exclusions from...
In this issue: Employment Rights Act 2025 Benefits Protected characteristics Confidentiality, duties and restrictions: enforcement 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 Employment Rights Act 2025 Welsh Government consults on establishment of a Social Care Negotiating Body The Welsh Government has opened a consultation on creating a Social Care Negotiating Body ( SCNB) using powers in the Employment Rights Act 2025 ( ERA 2025). The SCNB would be responsible for setting Fair Pay Agreements for Wales’s social care workforce. Feedback is invited on the organisation’s design, role and anticipated effects. Responses will inform the government’s understanding of sector perspectives on the SCNB, including the bargaining approach, who and what it should cover, dispute...
Lancaster City Council v SSHCLG [2026] EWHC 263 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? This decision illustrates the situations in which a TCPA 1990, s 73 application can be relied upon to alter an affordable housing obligation. In this instance, that was achievable—together with a deed of variation amending the affordable housing provisions in the related s 106 agreement—because the original planning permission included a condition that controlled affordable housing by requiring compliance with a housing mix set out in an accommodation schedule. What was the background? Lancaster City Council ( LCC) granted planning permission in 2021 for up to 24 dwellings (the Original Permission), with a s 106 agreement (the Original Agreement) entered into alongside it to secure affordable housing. In 2024, the developer applied under TCPA 1990, s 73 to vary condition 11 of the Original Permission, proposing to alter the...
Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights—26 February 2026 In this issue: Cases and decisions UK Regulation 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 Part VII insurance business transfers—evidencing foreign recognition risks ( Re Mercantile Indemnity Company Ltd) The court sanctioned a Part VII insurance business transfer bringing together intra-group non-life run-off operations. It followed the Court of Appeal’s guidance in Re Prudential Assurance Co Ltd, which underscores that approval depends on the character of the business being moved. Earlier life insurance authorities— Re London Life and Re Axa Equity—were not applied. A central question was recognition of the scheme in the USA, as certain transferring policies were governed by US law. The court held that absolute ‘certainty’ of overseas recognition is not required;...
In this issue Tax treatment Corporate governance Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Useful Information Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Tax treatment ICAEW raises concerns regarding HMRC guidance on mandatory tax adviser registration Responding to HMRC’s recent guidance on the new obligation for tax advisers to register with HMRC (see News Analysis: Share Incentives weekly highlights—19 February 2026— Tax treatment), the ICAEW has flagged substantial reservations about how the rules will be rolled out. It considers HMRC’s initial guidance to have pared back the legislation so far that parts of it are misleading. Specifically, the ICAEW is worried that the guidance: fails to set out comprehensively when agents need an agent services account mischaracterises who qualifies as a ‘relevant individual’, a central criterion for registration omits sufficient detail in areas such as...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Residential property Property management Statutory compliance Easements, rights and covenants Property development Commercial real estate finance Property taxes Property in Scotland Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Key developments and horizon scanning Explanatory notes and guidance on Renters' Rights Act 2025 The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued Explanatory Notes for the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 ( RRA 2025). These explain how the RRA 2025 will work in practice, setting out each provision’s effect, the context to legal rules being revised or replaced, and the intended use of new regulatory powers, with practical examples showing how tenancy, possession, rent, enforcement and discrimination measures will operate once commenced. See: LNB News...
In this issue: Repairing obligations and dilapidations Trespass and adverse possession Service charges Residential tenancies Disputes and remedies Rent and rates Easements and covenants Property disputes in Scotland Additional Property Disputes updates Lex Talk® Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Repairing obligations and dilapidations Building Safety Act—remediation contribution orders—respondents’ appeal dismissed in Vista Tower ( Grey GR Ltd Partnership v Edgewater ( Stevenage)) In Grey GR Ltd Partnership v Edgewater ( Stevenage) [2025] Lexis Citation 276, the Upper Tribunal ( UT) rejected the respondents’ appeal against the First-tier Tribunal’s ( FTT) grant of a remediation contribution order under section 124 of the Building Safety Act 2022, made against 75 respondents. Marcus Birch of BCLP reviews the decision. See News Analysis: Building Safety Act—remediation contribution orders—respondents’ appeal dismissed in Vista Tower. High Court held progressive failure of window seals constituted disrepair ( Better Intelligent Management Ltd v Zaid...
In this issue: Brexit headlines Constitutional and administrative law Equality and human rights Judicial review Public procurement 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 Court of Appeal restricts education-based residence right under UK- EU Withdrawal Agreement— R ( Ayoola) v Home Secretary In R ( Ayoola) v SSHD [2025] EWCA Civ 1519, the Court of Appeal held that Articles 24(2) and 25(2) of the Withdrawal Agreement do not confer fresh residence entitlements; they merely safeguard education‑linked derivative residence rights that existed before withdrawal from the EU. Specifically, children of EU nationals had residence rights under Article 12 of Regulation 1612/68 (later Article 10 of Regulation 492/2011). Their...
In this issue: Private children Public children Financial provision International children Court of Protection Daily and weekly news alerts New content Updated content Useful information Private children Parental alienation and unregulated experts ( Re Y ( Experts and Alienating Behaviour: The Modern Approach)) In Re Y ( Experts and Alienating Behaviour: The Modern Approach) [2026] EWFC 38, the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew Mc Farlane, determined a Part 18 application under the Family Procedure Rules 2010 ( FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955. The mother sought to reopen and set aside 2019 findings that she had alienated the children from their father, causing them emotional harm. The earlier case stemmed from cross‑allegations of serious domestic abuse. Before any fact‑finding on those issues, the court received and accepted extensive material from an unregulated psychologist, Melanie Gill. Relying largely on attachment theory analysis, she concluded that the mother’s psychopathology had driven alienating behaviour, and advised an...
In this issue: Patents Trade marks Copyright and associated rights IP and technology Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Patents Tenets of patentability affected by the UK Supreme Court ( Emotional Perception v Comptroller of Patents UKIPO) On 11 February 2026, the UK Supreme Court ( UKSC) handed down a seismic ruling that reshaped how exclusions from patentability, ie subject matter not eligible for patents, are appraised and applied. For good measure, the UKSC went further still, clarifying the very nature of an invention, and offering detailed direction on the manner in which inventive step/obviousness ought to be assessed. It is a generational judgment; one that will both endure and also drive immediate, practical changes to patent practice. The ruling sweeps away entrenched UK obstacles to protecting innovations across ‘all fields of...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Nuclear energy Energy disputes International energy New and updated content Dates for your diary Energy resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Ofgem consults on changes to RIIO-2 NARM methodologies Ofgem has opened a consultation on suggested amendments to the Network Asset Risk Metric ( NARM) methodologies applied across the electricity transmission, the gas transmission and the gas distribution, following audits undertaken during RIIO‑2. The consultation outlines revisions put forward by gas distribution networks, electricity transmission owners and National Gas Transmission, together with Ofgem’s evaluation of those proposals. Ofgem is inviting views from licensees and other electricity and gas network companies, particularly stakeholders with an interest in NARM methodologies. The consultation closes on 20 March 2026. See: LNB News 23/02/2026 33. Ofgem approves REC code modification R0287 on energy switching...
In this issue: New technologies Internet Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship 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 Tenets of patentability affected by the UK Supreme Court ( Emotional Perception v Comptroller of Patents UKIPO) In Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller- General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2026] UKSC 3, the Supreme Court has shaken the bedrock of UK patent law by resetting how exclusions from patentability—namely non‑patentable subject matter—are assessed. In addition, the Court clarifies what constitutes an invention and offers steer on evaluating inventive step/obviousness. This is a landmark for a generation: it will endure while driving immediate changes in patent practice. The ruling removes long‑standing UK obstacles to protecting advances across ‘all fields of...
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 handed down its judgment in Professor Andreas Stephan v Amazon. Com, Inc & Ors, addressing Amazon group ( Amazon) challenging the CAT’s refusal of permission to appeal against the CAT’s July 2025 joint certification judgment. That ruling had approved the separate applications by Robert Hammond (the Hammond Action) and Professor Andreas Stephan (the Stephan Action) to bring collective proceedings against Amazon. Both claims pursue damages under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998 for alleged abuse of dominance by Amazon in running Amazon Marketplace in the UK, encompassing allegations of self-preferencing in favour of Amazon Retail and anti-competitive design and operation of the Fulfilled by Amazon ( FBA) and Buy Box...
In this issue: Pension Schemes Bill Pensions Regulator powers Pension Protection Fund National Insurance Contributions ( Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Funding and investment Local Government Pension Scheme Data Protection Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Pension Schemes Bill Grand Committee Stage completed and revised Bill unveiled for multi-day Report Stage beginning on 16 March 2026 On 23 February 2026, the House of Lords Grand Committee ( Grand Committee) met for its eighth and concluding session on the Pension Schemes Bill, after which the Bill—amended—was reissued. With Grand Committee business now finished, the Bill advances to Report Stage for consideration on 16, 19 and 23 March 2026. In the closing sitting, peers examined a series of fresh, non-government amendments covering: the line between pensions guidance and advice; fossil fuels and...
In this issue: Authorisation, approval and supervision Prudential requirements Operational resilience Financial crime and sanctions Consumer protection Complaints, compensation and claims management Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of capital markets Regulation of derivatives Sustainable finance and ESG Banks and mutuals EU Mi FID II Consumer credit, mortgage and home finance Regulation of insurance Payment services and systems Fintech and cryptoassets 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 Authorisation, approval and supervision The Financial Conduct Authority has unveiled streamlined annual Regulatory Priorities reports, replacing over forty portfolio letters. The slimmer format cuts publications to nine sector‑specific reports, each delivering a one‑page summary of priorities with direct links to fuller...
In this issue: Data protection Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection ICO fines Reddit £14.47m for unlawful use of children’s personal data The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has imposed a £14.47m penalty on Reddit after determining it unlawfully processed children’s personal data because of age‑assurance shortcomings under UK data protection law. The ICO concluded that, before January 2025, Reddit had neither implemented any robust age‑assurance solution nor undertaken a data protection impact assessment, leading to the unlawful handling of data relating to children under 13 and exposing them to unsuitable and harmful material. While Reddit brought in both age verification and age declaration measures in July 2025, the ICO flagged that self‑declaration carries inherent risks and confirmed it is keeping the platform’s processing of children’s personal information under close ongoing review as part of its broader intervention to enhance the...
Smith and others v Campbell and others [2026] EWHC 144 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment is a highly practical touchstone for those pursuing or facing applications to remove trustees or executors, and for any dispute where trustees are in adversarial proceedings with beneficiaries. It dispels two widely held but not wholly accurate assumptions: First, that trustees can invariably recoup their costs from the trust or estate and are insulated from adverse costs orders. The court confirms that, where the dispute is properly characterised as contentious litigation, the ordinary costs principles—linked to success and the parties’ conduct—will govern. Secondly, and conversely, that trustees must adopt a stance of strict neutrality and should refrain from defending themselves, even when confronted with extreme allegations, merely because there is a faint prospect of ultimate defeat. This...
PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—26 February 2026 In this issue: Key PI and clinical negligence developments Employer's liability Case management AI developments 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 and clinical negligence developments Appeal succeeds against the decision to hold a pre-trial hearing on litigation capacity The King's Bench Division ( Leeds District Registry) in Mohammed v Ali [2026] EWHC 401 ( KB) considered a rolled‑up permission application alongside two linked appeals brought by the Motor Insurers' Bureau ( MIB) challenging orders made by Recorder Cameron. The challenges related to case management rulings issued between 2–12 September 2025 in a personal injury action arising from a road traffic accident. Mr Justice Ritchie granted permission to appeal on every ground. The court then...
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