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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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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The use of AI in Dispute Resolution In the context of dispute resolution, the AI most commonly considered is machine learning, in which a system is built to spot patterns in the training data it receives and to generate outputs by drawing on those patterns. As additional data is processed, the model refines and recalibrates its pattern mapping. With continued exposure to further examples, its mapping becomes progressively more precise. The training set is chosen by humans, yet the pattern mapping that follows operates automatically. Existing and potential uses of AI in disputes include: Disclosure — As electronic disclosure has grown in volume, AI-based tools have been deployed to control the related time and cost. Predictive coding, first endorsed for use in English High Court litigation in 2016, depends on an initial human review of a representative sample of...
In this issue: Public procurement Brexit headlines Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law Equality and human rights Subsidy control and state aid State security and intelligence Other Public Law updates Management and strategic planning Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New and updated content Useful information Public procurement Cabinet Office announces 28 October 2024 as provisional go-live date for procurement regime The Government Commercial Function ( GCF) has set 28 October 2024 as the intended ‘go-live’ for the new procurement regime. The timing will be confirmed by commencement regulations, which the GCF expects to be made in May 2024. Procurements begun under the existing rules will still be governed by that legislation. This notice starts a six‑month preparation window; during it, a...
In this issue: Arbitration in England and Wales Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Investment treaty arbitration The Arbitration Blog Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Arbitration in England and Wales Supreme Court—appeal dismissed—anti-suit injunction upheld In Uni Credit Bank Gmb H v Rus Chem Alliance LLC, the Supreme Court rejected Rus Chem Alliance’s ( RCA) appeal and confirmed the anti-suit injunction ( ASI) made by the Court of Appeal on 29 January 2024. The injunction bars RCA from pursuing its claim against Uni Credit in Russia. The Supreme Court delivered its decision ahead of releasing the judgment, as parallel arbitration proceedings in Russia were adjourned until 6 May 2024 to allow the UK Supreme Court time to decide. The full judgment will follow in due course......
In this issue: Building safety Procurement in construction Construction industry news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Building safety Scottish Building Safety Levy HMT has released the joint consultation outcome by the UK and Scottish governments to the consultation on transferring powers for a Scottish Building Safety Levy. The consultation ran from 8 January 2024 to 19 February 2024, and invited views on a proposal to devolve powers to the Scottish Government to create a new tax in Scotland, closely matching the UK government’s Building Safety Levy in England. Following the joint consultation, the UK government will bring forward legislation enabling the Scottish Parliament to make law for the levy. See: LNB News 19/04/2024 55......
In this issue: Sustainable finance and ESG round–up Lending Aviation finance Project finance Trade and commodity finance Sustainable finance Derivatives Structured products and securitisation Technology in banking transactions Regulation for banking lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Sustainable finance and ESG round–up Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round–up For a summary of this week’s Sustainable finance and ESG news, see: Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round–up—25 April 2024. Lending Cabinet Office publishes NSIA 2021 call for evidence government response The Cabinet Office has issued the government’s reply to the Business and Trade Committee’s input to the National Security and Investment Act 2021 ( NSIA 2021) call for evidence 2023. It sets out the feedback gathered and the work the government plans to take forward. The call for evidence was open from 13...
In this issue: Transferring property Property management Residential property Property insolvency Property in Scotland Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers New Q& As Transferring property No summary judgment where specific performance claim not fanciful Valbonne Estates Ltd v United Homes Ltd [2024] EWHC 876 ( Ch) related to the disposal of a leasehold interest. The agreement was subject, among other things, to the landlord’s written consent. Because that consent proved difficult to obtain, completion did not occur, and a dispute followed over whether the contract had been rescinded. It was accepted that, as at 4 November 2020, the landlord had not granted consent. At the core of the application were the consequences of the missing consent for the parties’ equitable rights in the property, and the...
In this issue: EU fundamentals Commercial Competition and state aid Corporate Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Free movement, immigration and employment Energy Environment Insurance and reinsurance IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content EU fundamentals European Commission releases April 2024 infringements package The Commission has unveiled its April 2024 infringements package, identifying EU Member States subject to action by the Commission for breaching obligations under EU law. The April 2024 package comprises reasoned opinions, referrals to the Court of Justice of the EU, and formal notices, such as letters to France for failing to correctly transpose Directive 2008/98/ EC on waste as amended by Directive ( EU) 2018/851 (the EU Waste Framework Directive); to Austria for not properly transposing Directive 2011/92/ EU as amended by Directive 2014/52/ EU into domestic law (the EU Environmental Impact Assessment Directive); and to Lithuania for incorrectly incorporating Directive ( EU) 2015/2193 into national...
Full statement follows. Due diligence: MEPs endorse rules for companies on human rights and the environment covers EU and non- EU companies and parent companies with turnover above €450m businesses must draw up a transition plan aligned with the Paris Agreement firms can be held liable for harm and face fines if they fail to comply new obligations require companies to stop child labour across their chain of activities On 24 April 2024, Parliament gave final approval to legislation compelling businesses to curb negative impacts on human rights and the environment. The European Parliament backed the new due diligence directive, negotiated with the Council, by 374 votes to 235 with 19 abstentions. It imposes duties on companies and their upstream and downstream partners — spanning supply, production and distribution — to prevent, cease or lessen adverse effects on human rights and the...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Renewable energy Nuclear energy International energy Lex Talk®Energy: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New and updated content Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Electricity Code Modifications All active changes to the Connection and Use of System Code ( CUSC), the Grid Code ( GD), the System Owner - Transmission Owner Code ( STC) and the Security and Quality Supply Standard ( SQSS) are now brought together on National Grid ESO’s Modification Tracker. The tracker outlines the intent behind each modification, identifies the stakeholders impacted, records Panel views on prioritisation, and shows its current stage within the review pathway. For more information, see: Codes. Renewable energy Ofgem publishes electricity and hydrogen co-location guidance Ofgem has released guidance for...
In this issue: Tax treatment Corporation transactions and share incentives HMRC Manuals tracker Useful information Weekly highlights from other practice areas Tax treatment Cooke v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2024] UKFTT 272 ( TC) In this matter, the First-tier Tribunal ( FTT) upheld the taxpayer’s appeal regarding his qualification for entrepreneurs’ relief (now business asset disposal relief) on a £600,000 gain arising from the sale of his entire shareholding in a company. A prerequisite for the relief was that, throughout a specified period before the sale, he owned at least 5% of the company’s ordinary share capital. In reality, his holding was 4.99998%, not a full 5%. The deficit stemmed from an error caused by reliance on a spreadsheet that rounded percentage figures to two decimal places. The FTT determined, as a finding of fact, that the intention when the shares were...
In this issue: UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Prudential requirements Operational resilience Financial crime and sanctions Complaints, compensation and claims management Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of Benchmarks and IBOR reform Regulation of capital markets Regulation of derivatives Sustainable finance and ESG Banks and mutuals Investment funds and asset management Consumer credit, mortgage and home finance Regulation of insurance Payment services and systems Fintech and cryptoassets AI in financial services regulation Financial Services Enforcement Database Intraday news alerts Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Bo E and FCA update their Mo U HM Treasury ( HMT) has issued a refreshed memorandum of...
PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—25 April 2024 In this issue: CPRC minutes Courts and the legal profession Case management Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information CPRC minutes Minutes of the CPR Committee meeting—1 March 2024 The minutes from the CPR Committee ( CPRC) meeting held on 1 March 2024 address several topics, including proposed new provisions on references and interventions relating to assimilated case law (or retained EU case law), and a status update on the rollout of fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence. See News Analysis: Minutes of the CPR Committee meeting—1 March 2024. Courts and the legal profession Tenth edition of the King's Bench guide published The tenth edition of the King’s Bench Guide was released on 19 April 2024. The accompanying notes identify the following revisions: updated guidance on open justice, anonymity and non disclosure orders updated...
In this issue: Medical devices Data protection and life sciences Research and development Commercialisation Advertising of medicines Disputes and regulatory enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Medical devices Government reaction to Whitehead Review on systemic bias in UK medical devices Harriet Hanks, counsel, Sanjana Canumalla, associate, and Matt Allison, trainee, at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, examine and reflect on the findings of the Whitehead Review into equity in medical devices, published on 11 March 2024. See News Analysis: UK government responds to Whitehead Review’s findings of systemic bias in UK medical devices. Guidance on content of Investigator’s Brochure for clinical investigations of medical devices issued The Medical Device Coordination Group ( MDCG) has published guidance on the Investigator’s Brochure ( IB) for clinical...
In this issue: Trade marks/passing off IP and technology General IP Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Trade marks/passing off Escobar TM too shocking for general public, EU court rules Law360: A European court has rejected an attempt by Pablo Escobar’s family to register his name as a trade mark, finding it carries ‘highly offensive and shocking’ connotations tied to drug trafficking and narcoterrorism. See: Escobar TM too shocking for general public, EU court rules. IP and technology The first Czech case on generative AI For the first time, the Czech courts have directly considered copyright protection for works created with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence ( AI)......
In this issue: Practice and procedure Relationship breakdown Financial provision Public children Lex Talk®Family: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Useful information Practice and procedure Reminder: Court fees in certain family proceedings to increase from 1 May 2024 Following the Ministry of Justice ( Mo J) publishing its response to the consultation on ‘ Implementing increases to selected court and tribunal fees’, the Court and Tribunal Fees ( Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2024, SI 2024/476, has been released. This sets out rises to chosen court and tribunal fees, including specific family proceedings, with further increases affecting a range of civil court fees. The Lexis+® UK Family team consider the changes to court fees in certain family matters coming into effect on 1 May 2024......
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Business, investment, and non-sponsored work EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Note that our Immigration calendar sets out key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Home Office publishes new version of staff guidance on Immigration Health Surcharge The Home Office has issued an updated edition of its Immigration Health Surcharge: caseworker guidance, explaining the IHS to caseworkers and how to take it into account as part of an application for immigration permission. The guidance has also been revised to include information on the IHS rates now in force from 6 February 2024 and to reflect the amendments set out in the Immigration ( Health Charge) ( Amendment) Order 2024, together with further changes...
In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency of products ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Air emissions and climate change Scottish Government announces new measures for climate action The Scottish Government has unveiled a fresh suite of climate policies. Actions spanning transport, land use and agriculture are designed to underpin its pledge to reach net zero by 2045. On transport, plans include rolling out more electric vehicle charge points, creating a national integrated ticketing system for public transport, and steps to hasten the shift from Internal Combustion Engine vehicles to zero emission vans and other vehicles. For agriculture, proposals cover funding for Tier 2 of the...
In this issue: Safeguards Customs Daily and weekly news alerts Safeguards TRA makes its Final Recommendation to extend safeguard measure on steel products The TRA has delivered its Final Recommendation to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, advising a two-year extension of the UK’s steel safeguard. The step is intended to protect the country’s steel......
State aid AG issues opinion in Belgium national reference concerning whether VAT treatment for online gambling constitutes State aid Advocate General Kokott has delivered her opinion in Case C‑741/22, Casino de Spa and Others, a national reference from Belgium addressing, among other matters, whether Belgian tax provisions that impose VAT on online gambling while exempting other forms of gambling (including online lotteries) from VAT amount to State aid. She considers that, in so far as the referring court asks about the existence of State aid, such questions are inadmissible. As a principle, those liable for a tax cannot avoid paying by arguing that an exemption granted to other businesses constitutes State aid. Only where a tax is used to favour other businesses is it necessary to examine whether the revenue is applied in a way that is compatible with the State aid rules. That is......
In this issue: Investigating criminal conduct Proceeds of crime Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions Corporate Crime in Scotland International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Investigating criminal conduct SFO vows to be ‘bold and pragmatic’ under new strategy. On 18 April 2024 the SFO announced a new five‑year plan prioritising fraud prevention, harnessing AI, and expanding the deployment of covert intelligence. The approach signals director Nick Ephgrave’s aim for the agency to act with greater proactivity and pragmatism. See News Analysis: SFO vows to be ‘bold and pragmatic’ under new strategy and LNB News 18/04/2024 19. Proceeds of crime New and updated POCA 2002 Codes of Practice. Fresh and revised codes covering asset recovery and investigatory powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ( POCA 2002) have...
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