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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: UK mergers UK private actions EU mergers EU antitrust Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Caselex UK mergers Secretary of State issues public interest intervention notice in Daily Mail and General Trust’s proposed acquisition of the Telegraph Media Group The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has issued a Public Interest Intervention Notice ( PIIN) concerning Daily Mail and General Trust plc’s planned acquisition of Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited ( TMGH), owner of the Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. This action follows her earlier indication of an intention to intervene and confirms her assessment that a relevant merger situation could arise under the Enterprise Act 2002 ( En A 2002). The PIIN is grounded in media plurality public interest considerations under En A 2002, s 58(2B) and (2C). These cover the...
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In this issue: Employment Rights Act 2025 Status and worker categories Policies, handbooks and other documents Protected characteristics Whistleblowing Unfair dismissal Civil courts 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 backtracks on publication of revised Codes of Practice for picketing and industrial action ballots The Department of Business and Trade ( DBT) has amended its webpages covering the updated draft Codes of Practice on Picketing and on industrial action ballots and employer notice, stating that the revised codes will no longer commence on 18 February 2026. DBT indicates the drafts, being reworked to reflect changes introduced by the Employment Rights Act 2025 ( ERA 2025), are still undergoing revision....
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What was the background? Baltimore Wharf SLP ( Baltimore/the claimant) commenced proceedings against Ballymore Properties Ltd ( Ballymore/the defendant) and WSP UK Ltd (the Part 20 defendant) following the collapse of a nursery roof at Baltimore Wharf, London, on 15 July 2023. The claims, advanced both under a collateral warranty dated 7 January 2013 and in tort, contend that the roof failed because the connection between the nursery roof steel beams and the RC frame gave way, with losses put at in excess of £2 million. Proceedings were issued on 31 May 2024; the defendant served its defence on 17 July 2024 and, the same day, issued a Part 20 claim against WSP. After the action began, the TCC sealed a Consent Order on 1 August 2024 staying the claim until 1 October 2024 to facilitate settlement discussions. Negotiations then moved forward, with...
In this issue: Data protection Cybersecurity Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection ICO publishes guidance on data protection complaints processes The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has issued guidance setting out fresh duties for organisations to put in place data protection complaints procedures under the Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025. From 19 June 2026, all organisations must offer a route to complain, acknowledge receipt within 30 days, provide a timely response, and clearly inform complainants of the outcome of their complaint. Importantly, these rules carry no exemptions. See: LNB News 13/02/2026 16. Forum selection for data protection claims ( Wysokinski v OCS Security Ltd) The Court of Appeal ruled that a judge was right to move a data protection and human rights action from the High Court to the County Court under CPR 53.4(2). The claim lacked...
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In this issue: Investigating criminal conduct Decision to prosecute and alternatives to prosecution Criminal procedure and evidence Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Investigating criminal conduct Policing reimagined—structural reform, centralisation and the rise of AI The Police Reform White Paper, issued in January 2026, maps out seven strands of change. Together, these proposals reshape the overall make-up of police services across the UK, raise expected policing standards, and enhance officer welfare and efficiency. Bianca Brasoveanu of Mountford Chambers reviews how the plans seek to refine intelligence-sharing, rebuild public trust, reinforce neighbourhood policing, and promote officer wellbeing. She also warns of...
In this issue: Practice Compliance forecast Sanctions Data protection Artificial intelligence & information security Other Practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Practice Compliance forecast New Practice Compliance forecast as at 17 February 2026 The latest Practice Compliance forecast, current as of 17 February 2026, is now available. This edition highlights: HMRC’s confirmed amendments to the Economic Crime Levy from April 2026; the JMLSG’s final updates to Part I of its AML guidance; the ICO’s intention to refresh guidance for the privacy notice generator; and the LSB’s interim findings from its targeted review following Mazur. See News Analysis: New Practice Compliance forecast as at 17 February 2026. Sanctions OFSI launches call for evidence on ownership and control test in UK sanctions The Office of Financial Sanctions...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Capacity Market, balancing services and energy system flexibility Hydrogen, CCUS and emerging technologies Energy disputes International energy New and updated content Dates for your diary Energy resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Key developments and materials News Analysis: Key energy law developments—end of year review 2025 and horizon scanning in 2026 Following another packed year, the Lexis Nexis® Energy team reflects on notable energy law developments across 2025 and scans the horizon to signpost what to watch through 2026. Our digest covers: overarching energy policy; grid connections reform; low carbon hydrogen; CCUS; greenhouse gas removals; REMA; long duration electricity storage ( LDES); the Cf D regime; the Capacity Market; Great British Energy;...
In this issue: Free trade agreements Anti-dumping Safeguards Customs Lex Talk®International Trade: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Free trade agreements Commission adopts proposals for EU- UK agreement on Gibraltar The European Commission has signed off proposals covering the signature, provisional application and conclusion of an agreement between the EU and the UK regarding Gibraltar. Designed to round out the legal architecture of EU– UK relations created by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, from which Gibraltar was left outside, the initiative seeks to eliminate physical obstacles to the movement of people and goods between Spain and Gibraltar, while preserving the integrity of the Schengen area. The package now goes to the Council to take the steps needed for signature and conclusion, and the European Parliament must give its consent in line with the EU...
In this issue: Practice and procedure Public children Private children Financial provision International children Daily and weekly news alerts New Q& As Useful information Practice and procedure New FPR 2010, PD 27A on bundles—what are the main changes? The sixth Practice Direction Update 2025 unveiled a replacement Practice Direction to the Family Procedure Rules 2010 dealing with court bundles, namely FPR 2010, PD 27A ( Family proceedings: court bundles). It takes effect on 2 March 2026 and supersedes the earlier PD 27A in full. Strict adherence to FPR 2010, PD 27A is required to secure uniformity across England and Wales, both in the Family Court and the Family Division of the High Court, when preparing and lodging bundles. From 2 March 2026, compliance is compulsory for every hearing, with no transitional arrangements. The text has been structurally overhauled and has grown to more than twice its former length. Before 2 March 2026, PD 27A...
Financial services developments POATRs: FCA clarifies its position on notifications relating to admissions to trading The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) has released a statement on notifications for admissions to trading and the recent amendments to the UK Listing Rules, setting out its stance following the launch of the new Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations ( POATRs) regime. From 19 January 2026, POATRs and related updates created a duty in the Prospectus Regime Manual ( PRM 1.6.4R) for issuers to inform a Regulatory Information Service ( RIS) of any admission to trading within 60 days of that admission. Since implementation, the FCA has been alerted to potentially duplicative obligations in UKLR 6.4.4R(4), 13.3.20R(4), 14.3.17R(4), 16.3.16R(4) and 22.2.17R(4), which have caused uncertainty for some issuers. The FCA now plans to consult shortly on deleting UKLR 6.4.4R(4) and matching provisions in other UKLR...
Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—19 February 2026 In this issue: Key R& I law developments Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Restructuring Directors and insolvency The office-holder Property insolvency R& I in Scotland Industry/sector guides for R& I lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals Key R& I law developments Insolvency Service publishes monthly insolvency statistics for January 2026 The Insolvency Service has released its January 2026 monthly statistics covering corporate and individual insolvencies in England and Wales. The figures record 1,744 company insolvencies—4% above December 2025, yet 14% lower than January 2025. For individuals, there were 10,843 insolvencies in January 2026, a rise of 12% on January 2025, but 20% beneath December 2025. See: LNB News 17/02/2026 21. Corporate insolvency...
As at 17 February 2026, our Practice Compliance forecast monitors proposed regulatory developments affecting law firm compliance, enabling you to prepare for changes that may impact your organisation. Please review it thoroughly; key matters that should be on your radar are highlighted below. New items we’re tracking this month Economic Crime Levy changes— HMRC has confirmed a rise in the Economic Crime Levy, effective from the financial year commencing April 2026. The names and descriptions of the bands have also been revised to align with the updates introduced in Budget 2025. See: AML, CTF and counter-proliferation financing OFSI Call for evidence: Ownership and control test— OFSI has opened a call for evidence on how the ownership and control test in UK financial sanctions regulations is applied in practice. ......
Seacrest Group Ltd (in Provisional Liquidation in Bermuda) v BCPR Pte Ltd [2025] EWHC 3266 ( Comm) The relevant facts To understand the court’s conclusion on the significance of statements made by the tribunal after releasing its final award, the following matters are material. In closing submissions in the arbitration, Seacrest, the claimant, introduced a new contention on contractual interpretation, known as the ‘ Exchange Rate Issue’. The tribunal’s award did not refer to Seacrest’s argument on the Exchange Rate Issue......
R (on the application of Luton Landlords & Letting Agents Ltd) v Luton Borough Council [2026] EWCA Civ 35 For commentary on the earlier judgment, see News Analysis: No standing and no merit: Luton landlord loses latest licensing challenge ( Luton Landlords & Letting Agents Ltd v Luton BC). What are the practical implications of this case? For public law practitioners, this ruling offers clear guidance on what amounts to a ‘sufficient interest’ to pursue judicial review under section 31(3) of the Senior Courts Act 1981. The enquiry turns on the character of the claimant’s stake in the subject matter of the proceedings. Individuals and legal persons such as companies will ordinarily be treated as having sufficient interest in decisions directed at them, or in measures that affect them in some way. Associations or other legal entities may, in a...
HDL (by his litigation friend RCK) v Butt and another [2025] EWHC 3410 ( KB) What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment reaffirms the established test for securing an interim payment and should be on the reading list for anyone contemplating such bids. Put simply, at the interim payment hearing, the medical material advanced must be sufficiently robust to demonstrate, on the balance of probabilities, that the trial judge would be compelled to make a final award from which the interim sum sought represents no more than a reasonable proportion. Where the dispute hinges on expert opinion (medical or otherwise), it is commonplace for that evidence to remain incomplete until shortly before trial, which may make obtaining an early interim payment problematic, if not impossible. Advisers will therefore need to weigh the timing and evidential position with great care before issuing an...
Private actions CAT rules on pass-on in MIF Umbrella Proceedings The CAT issued judgment in Umbrella Interchange Fee Claimants v Umbrella Interchange Fee Defendants and proceedings ([2026] CAT 11), addressing issues of merchant pass-on ( MPO) and acquirer pass-on ( APO) in the long‑running multilateral interchange fee ( MIF) claims between merchants and Visa and Mastercard (the Defendants). This ruling relates to Trial 2 of the proceedings. At Trial 1 ([2025] CAT 37), the CAT held there was an infringement of Article 101(1) TFEU. Whether an exemption under Article 101(3) TFEU applies will be considered at Trial 3. Background These actions sit within the MIF Umbrella Proceedings, through which merchants pursue damages for allegedly unlawful MIFs embedded in the merchant service charge ( MSC)......
Mergers The Commission has authorised: Ardian France S. A.’s acquisition of exclusive control of Energia Group Limited ( M.12196) following a phase I investigation—see further in Midday Express the acquisition conferring exclusive control of Blohm + Voss B. V. & Co. ......
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