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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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 CMA has issued the full text of its phase 1 ruling concerning its inquiry into the completed purchase of Lloyds Direct by Pharmacy2U—see further, decision. NOTE— For details of all current mergers before the CMA, see further, UK mergers—ongoing cases tracker. Upcoming dates For timings of forthcoming UK competition developments, see further, UK Competition calendar......
Both committees examined the following proposed negative SIs and made no recommendation to upgrade: Draft Weights and Measures ( Intoxicating Liquor) ( Amendment) Regulations 2024 Draft Health Claims ( Revocation) Regulations 2024 Latest ESIC recommendations The most recent ESIC report is: ESIC—3rd Report of Session 2023–24, 18 April 2024 Latest SLSC recommendations The most recent SLSC report is: SLSC—21st Report of Session 2023–24, 18 April 2024 Instruments drawn to the special attention of the House The SLSC highlighted the following Brexit-related instrument(s) as politically or legally significant and containing policy likely to be of interest: Windsor Framework ( Implementation) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/404 Official Controls ( Location of Border Control Posts) ( England) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/416 Additional conclusions are available here......
ZU v LT (sub nom Re A and B ( Schedule 1: Arbitral Award: Appeal)) [2024] EWHC 778 ( Fam) What are the practical implications of this case? Practitioners advising clients aiming for a settlement of property under Ch A 1989, Sch 1 can draw confidence from this decision. The court may make orders for such settlements that involve mortgage finance, whether secured on a present home or contemplated for a future purchase. Put shortly, the fact or prospect of borrowing against the current or intended property is not, of itself, a legal impediment to the court directing a settlement of property order......
In addition to the stories covered in full in the Financial Services news feed on 19 April 2024 Subscribers may wish to note the following further developments: FCA: Decision Notice: Copymark ( Services) Limited FCA: Decision Notice 2024: Dream Charter Limited FCA: Decision Notice: Ryan Mulgrew PRA: Update on the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority Memorandum of Understanding EBF: Banking Federation recommendations for Europe’s incoming powerhouse AFME ......
After demanding eight-hour negotiations on boosting the EU’s economic competitiveness and capital markets, leaders of the 27-country EU removed language from the final conclusions from earlier drafts, which referred to ‘aligning relevant elements...of corporate tax rules to encourage equity investment’. ‘ We took out the tax idea,’ Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at a news conference after the summit. ‘ The text now clearly signals that many EU countries do not want to raise the tax issue in this context’......
Which reported that annual percentage rates of up to 40% are at times charged to policyholders who choose monthly, rather than yearly, payments for their insurance. The consumer organisation urged the Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) to step in to clamp down on practices it labelled a ‘tax on the poor’. ‘ Motorists need car insurance to drive legally, and the vast majority of mortgage lenders will require homeowners to have cover—yet those who cannot afford to pay their premiums in one go are being penalised with eye-watering interest rates,’ said Rocio Concha, director of policy and advocacy at Which. ‘ Given many......
The white-collar enforcement agency said in its report that it has adopted a strategic focus on preventing fraud, bribery and corruption. The approach prioritises streamlining its caseload, strengthening recruitment and retention, and deploying covert powers to secure evidence more quickly and build compelling cases in shorter timescales, as set out in the report. In the report’s opening, Ephgrave wrote that the SFO must be seen as a strong, dynamic, confident and pragmatic organisation. He added that this requires playing a greater role in the national drive to tackle fraud, ensuring SFO cases move at a faster pace, taking bold and pragmatic decisions on casework, and, ultimately, being regarded as the partner of choice both domestically and internationally......
Jump to: General Brexit headlines Brexit SIs and sifting updates Made Brexit SIs laid in Parliament Draft Brexit SIs laid in Parliament Draft Brexit SIs laid for sifting and sifting committee recommendations Post- Brexit transition guidance Editor’s picks—the practice area/sector view New and updated Brexit related content Lex Talk®Brexit: a Lexis®Nexis community Useful information General Brexit headlines This section presents the main, overarching Brexit news headlines. Brexit— EU Commission moves to open youth mobility talks The EU Commission has asked the EU Council for a mandate to begin discussions with the UK on a pact to ease youth mobility. Under the proposal, such an accord would help young people from the EU and the UK to study, work and live more readily across the UK and the EU. The Commission’s recommendation will now go before the Council and, if approved, the Commission would be authorised to start negotiations with the UK on youth mobility. The...
Antitrust Commission invites comments on proposed commitments offered by Vifor in Article 102 TFEU investigation The Commission has begun a market test of Vifor’s proposed commitments connected to an investigation under Article 102 TFEU. For context, on 20 June 2022, the Commission initiated a formal antitrust inquiry to determine whether Vifor had constrained competition by unlawfully denigrating its nearest European rival in the market for intravenous iron therapy, Pharmacosmos, specifically in respect of its product, Monofer. On 8 April 2024, the Commission set out a preliminary view that Vifor held a dominant position across several national markets for intravenous iron medicines and may have misused that dominance at that stage through its allegedly unlawful disparagement......
Further to Spring Budget 2024 Following the Spring Budget 2024, the government issued a policy paper on 18 April 2024, Tax administration and maintenance summary: Spring 2024, clearly setting out the steps it is taking to further advance the modernisation and simplification of the tax regime and to address the tax gap. The approach of releasing new consultations and ongoing updates on prospective tax policy apart from the Budget itself began after Spring Budget 2021, intended to enhance both transparency and scrutiny of measures and, ultimately, the calibre of tax policy and legislation. Private Client lawyers found little of note in the Tax administration and maintenance summary: Spring 2024, yet the principal statements are set out below, alongside initial reaction from the market. For the Lexis Nexis® Tax PSL team’s take on the key business tax developments, see News Analysis: Tax...
In this issue: New technologies Internet Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Telecommunications Media 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 CMA releases update report on market risks for AI Foundation Models The Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA) has published an update setting out three principal threats to fair, open and effective competition linked to artificial intelligence ( AI) Foundation Models ( FM). The paper offers an overview, records material shifts in the FM sector since the CMA’s earlier report, sets out competition and consumer protection concerns, evaluates how the CMA’s principles could mitigate these issues, and explains the measures the CMA is undertaking to respond. It also details the CMA’s forthcoming steps for its AI FM programme of work, among other...
In this issue Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Work sponsorship: sponsors Students Family members under Part 8 and Appendix FM Long residence, discretion and human rights EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Preventing illegal working Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& A 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 commences rollout of e Visas for BRP holders The Home Office, in a press release, has confirmed it has begun inviting people with physical immigration documents (including biometric residence permits ( BRPs)) to create a UK Visas and Immigration ( UKVI) account to obtain an e Visa,...
In this issue: Practice Compliance forecast Financial sanctions Other financial crime Data protection Other Practice Compliance updates this week Question of the week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Practice Compliance forecast Practice Compliance forecast as at 16 April 2024 Our latest Practice Compliance forecast, dated 16 April 2024, is now available. This edition highlights: (1) progress on the consultation into the effectiveness of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017; (2) developments on the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill; (3) the ICO’s approach to regulating artificial intelligence; and (4) several SRA consultations. See News Analysis: Practice Compliance forecast as at 16 April 2024. Financial sanctions FCDO announces new UK sanctions on businesses funding Sudan war The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has confirmed the UK will introduce new sanctions against companies that facilitate the activities of the Sudanese Armed Forces ( SAF) and Rapid Support Forces ( RSF), the military groups driving the conflict in Sudan. This...
In this issue: Appeal and judicial review Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Goods vehicle licensing Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions International Other corporate crime news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Appeal and judicial review Legal experts uneasy about Post Office convictions law On 16 April 2024, legal specialists strongly warned a parliamentary committee that the government’s proposal to pass legislation overturning the convictions of hundreds of Post Office branch managers may inadvertently set a benchmark for addressing other miscarriages of justice. See News Analysis: Legal experts uneasy about Post Office convictions law. Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export...
On 17 April 2024, JCT released the 2024 versions of its Design and Build ( DB) Contract and the Design and Build Sub- Contract ( DBSub), together with the accompanying guides. The JCT Design and Build forms are aimed at projects where the contractor is responsible for completing the design as well as delivering the works. The JCT DB Sub- Contracts are intended for use where the main agreement is the JCT DB, and may apply either when the sub-contract package is fully designed or when the sub-contractor must design part or all of the works. In this piece, we explore some of the principal updates in the 2024 JCT DB documents compared with the 2016 suite, concentrating on JCT DB 2024 (ie the main contract). Reference copies of JCT DB 2024 and JCT DBSub 2024, and their companion guides, can be found on...
In this issue Transferring property Leasing property Property development Property taxes Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers New Q& As Transferring property Guidance on removal of overseas entities from register Companies House has released guidance on applying to remove an overseas entity from the Register of Overseas Entities where it is not, or is no longer, the registered owner of relevant UK property or land. This covers property acquired on or after 1 January 1999 in England and Wales, and 8 December 2014 in Scotland. The entity must have disposed of all UK property and the transfer must be shown on the land register at HM Land Registry before submitting a removal application to Companies House. See: LNB News 17/04/2024 44. Source: Apply to remove an overseas entity from the register. HM Land Registry updates Practice Guide 8 HM Land Registry has updated Practice Guide 8:...
In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Contamination and pollution Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental permits and consents ESG and sustainability Key developments and materials Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Air emissions and climate change DESNZ publishes ICC and Waste ICC business models update The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ) has issued the April 2024 update to the industrial carbon capture ( ICC) business models. It details the government’s refreshed proposals for the ICC and Waste ICC business models for projects joining the carbon capture, usage and storage ( CCUS) Cluster Sequencing Track-1 expansion and Track-2 pathways. See: LNB News...
In this issue: Data protection Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection Data protection ICO unveils fresh guidance to bolster transparency across health and social care The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has issued fresh guidance to give regulatory clarity on how health and social care organisations should keep people informed. According to the ICO, this will help organisations understand what transparency means and properly judge appropriate levels of transparency. It also sets out practical steps for creating clear, effective transparency information......
Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—18 April 2024 In this issue: Insolvency litigation Personal insolvency The office-holder Restructuring Corporate insolvency processes Directors and insolvency Property insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for R& I professionals New content New Q& A Insolvency litigation New Practice Note— Transactions at an undervalue under section 238 of the Insolvency Act 1986 The Lexis Nexis Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team has issued a new Practice Note, ‘ Transactions at an undervalue under section 238 of the Insolvency Act 1986 ( IA 1986)’. It reviews section 238, the conditions to satisfy, the statutory defence, initiating a claim, possible relief, protections for third parties, limitation and assignment of claims. See News Analysis: New Practice Note— Transactions at an undervalue under section 238 of the Insolvency Act...
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This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews mechanisms used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order consists of a consent order paired with a schedule. It operates to stay proceedings on terms that have been agreed. The provisions contained in the schedule may remain confidential. This Practice Note describes the scope of confidentiality attaching to the schedule and sets out how it differs from a standard consent order. Sample wording for a Tomlin order is included, alongside links to precedents, as well as guidance on court approval. It also addresses varying, setting aside and enforcing a Tomlin order, including the considerations the court will take into account when handling applications for each. Further guidance is provided on interpreting and applying the relevant provisions of the CPR; however, some courts and divisions impose very specific requirements for both drafting and approval, and for approaching the schedule and confidentiality issues. Accordingly, you must consider the particular rules and court guide provisions in the forum where your claim is proceeding when drawing up the Tomlin order...
Date [ date ] Parties [ name of Landlord ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Landlord) [ name of Tenant ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Tenant) [ [ name of Guarantor ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Guarantor) ] [ [ name of Mortgagee ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Mortgagee) ] Definitions Within this Deed, the terms below shall be interpreted as follows: [ Annual Rent • the annual sum reserved under the Lease; ] [ Insurance Rent • the Tenant’s share of the Landlord’s costs of insuring the Property (as set out in the Lease); ] Lease • the lease of the Property dated [ date ], entered into between (1) [ the Landlord OR [ name ...
I, [ name ], of [ address ], solemnly and sincerely state that: [ Matters to be verified, set out in numbered paragraphs ] I make this solemn statement in good conscience, believing it to be true, and pursuant to the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835. DECLARED at [ details ] this [ day ] day of [ month and year ] Before me ................................................................................ [ signature of the person before whom the declaration is made ] A [ commissioner for oaths OR [ solicitor OR [ insert other qualification ] ] authorised to administer oaths ]...
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