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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: Judicial College Guidelines, 17th Edition now available on Lexis+ CPR updates Clinical negligence Evidence and disclosure Costs Other PI and Clinical Negligence News Lex Talk® PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Judicial College Guidelines, 17th Edition now available on Lexis+ The seventeenth edition of the Judicial College Guidelines ( JCG) is now accessible on Lexis+. Locate it through Butterworths Personal Injury Litigation Service ( BPILS), Division IX, Quantum Summaries. See: Butterworths Personal Injury Litigation Service, Division IX, Quantum Summaries CPR updates 165th Practice Direction update—in force 6 April 2024 The Master of the Rolls and the Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State for Justice have signed off the 165th Practice Direction ( PD) update to the Civil Procedure Rules ( CPR). This PD introduces changes allowing VAT to be recovered within fixed...
In this issue: Key developments Immigration Recruitment Working time and flexible working Whistleblowing Pay Settlement Employment tribunals Northern Ireland Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Key developments Key employment law changes— April 2024 The Lexis Nexis® Employment team have compiled an overview of the main employment law updates coming into force in April 2024......
In this issue: Residential property Insurance Transferring property Property in Scotland Lex Talk®Property: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New Q& As Residential property Undue influence—test in ‘hybrid’ cases In One Savings Bank Plc v Waller- Edwards [2024] EWCA Civ 302, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, rejected the defendant’s appeal to resist the bank’s possession claim. She maintained the lender should have been alerted to undue influence when she and her former partner obtained a loan partly for their mutual non-commercial aims and partly for the partner’s benefit alone. The defendant suggested the proper test was that a lender is put on inquiry unless the aspect conferring a sole benefit on one borrower is insignificant. The Court concluded that test was incorrect, and that Royal Bank of...
In this issue: Court of Protection Elderly and vulnerable clients UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Charity and philanthropy Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Private Client: a Lexis®PSL community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Court of Protection Best interests in a two P situation ( Re MA & AA) Private Client analysis: In this matter, District Judge Simpson examined if a relocation, bringing the husband nearer to his wife, aligned with his best interests, and also whether ongoing contact between them served their best interests. Following a meticulous evaluation of each person’s welfare and preferences, the court decided that moving would not be in the husband’s best interests. In addition, while this position remains under periodic review, the judge concluded that, on the overall balance, it was not in their best...
In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Environmental information ESG and sustainability Waste producer responsibility regimes Lex Talk®Environment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Air emissions and climate change DESNZ publishes net zero progression data The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ) has issued provisional figures showing the UK’s territorial greenhouse gas emissions have fallen by 5% since 2022. It also explains that, when international aviation and shipping are included, overall greenhouse gas emissions have halved relative to 1990. DESNZ further highlights that, between 1990 and 2021, the UK cut its territorial greenhouse gas emissions by a larger share than the combined reductions achieved by the US, Canada, France, Italy and Japan. See: LNB News 02/04/2024 17. DESNZ publishes provisional UK greenhouse gas statistics for 2023 DESNZ has released provisional UK territorial greenhouse gas ( GHG) statistics for 2023. The report records...
In this issue: Key R& I law developments Directors and insolvency Insolvency litigation R& I in Scotland Industry/sector guides for R& I lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for R& I professionals New content Key R& I law developments Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ( Financial Penalty) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/445: These Regulations empower the Registrar to levy a financial penalty where they are satisfied, beyond reasonable doubt, that misconduct has been committed amounting to a relevant offence under the Companies Act 2006. Civil penalties provide a swifter, lower-cost route than criminal proceedings to discourage and sanction wrongdoing. They take effect from 2 May 2024. See: LNB News 02/04/2024 27. Issue 163 of Insolvency Service’s Dear IP published: The Insolvency Service has issued Dear IP, issue 163. It highlights fresh Companies House powers under the...
In this issue: Enterprise management incentives schemes Employee benefit trusts HMRC Manuals tracker Useful information Weekly highlights from other practice areas Enterprise management incentives schemes Reminder: New deadline for notification of EMI options granted on or after 6 April 2024 Where an enterprise management incentives ( EMI) option is granted on or after 6 April 2024, HMRC must be notified by 6 July following the close of the tax year in which the option was granted. For options granted before this date, the notification deadline remains 92 days from grant. This revision was first flagged in the Spring Budget 2023 and given effect by the Finance Act 2024. As HMRC highlighted in Employment Related Securities Bulletin 54 ( February 2024), a company may still notify HMRC during the same tax year the options are granted and does not need to wait until the year...
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In this issue: New technologies Media Data protection Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Lex Talk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information New technologies DSIT unveils UK– US Memorandum of Understanding on the science of AI safety. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT), alongside the AI Safety Institute, confirmed that the United Kingdom and the United States have entered a partnership to jointly design tests for the most advanced artificial intelligence ( AI) models, systems and agents. The UK and US Safety Institutes will establish a shared methodology for AI safety testing, exchanging capabilities and insights to ensure current and emerging risks are addressed effectively. This arrangement is in force immediately. See: LNB News 02/04/2024 42. Media DBT announces new royalties for UK artists’ resales in Australia. The Department for Business and Trade ( DBT) stated that, from 1 April 2024, UK...
See Q& A: Can a life tenant disclaim their life interest where the Will trust states that, upon the life tenant’s death, the trust capital is to be divided into two parts, one part passing to X and Y (both of age), and the other placed on discretionary trust for X, Y and Z, with Z being of age but lacking capacity?......
The European branch of the Computer and Communications Industry Association ( CCIA) has urged the EDPB to confer with competition authorities and the European Commission prior to settling its opinion, according to a letter reviewed by MLex. That opinion was sought by the data protection authorities of Norway, the Netherlands and the German city of Hamburg. Guidelines are expected to follow later in the year. “ CCIA Europe considers that, under Article 70(4) GDPR, a substantive open consultation must happen before the EDPB can deliver a well‑grounded opinion on the matter at hand,” the association wrote......
GASL Ireland Leasing A-1 Ltd GASL Ireland Leasing A-1 Ltd did not, in fact, lose the aircraft and therefore cannot claim its value under two insurance policies, according to an amended High Court defence dated 12 March 2024 filed by an insurer and two Lloyd’s of London syndicates, now made public. The defence states this is evident because lessors of aircraft leased to Russian airlines subsequently entered into insurance settlements whose purpose and effect were to sell, dispose of and transfer the full legal and beneficial title to the leased aircraft to Russian entities for market value. The insurers ( Tokio Marine Kiln Syndicates 510 and 1880, and HDI Global Specialty SE) contend that the policies respond only to physical damage to the aircraft or to a ‘loss by deprivation of possession suffered by the lessee’. The filing further asserts that the cover does not...
Mergers The CMA has ended its phase 1 probe into Wolseley UK Limited’s planned purchase of Kooltech Limited, after the divestment business ( Kooltech’s Aberdeen branch) was sold in line with the undertakings in lieu of reference—see further, case page The CMA has issued Guidance setting out its process and assessment approach for scrutinising mergers that involve energy network businesses ( CMA190)—see further, Guidance NOTE— For every live merger before the CMA, see further, UK mergers—ongoing cases tracker Antitrust The CMA has revised its timetable for the Chapter I inquiry into buying freelance services that support the production and broadcast of sports content in the UK. It has also trimmed the scope to remove probes concerning the employment of staff who support the production and broadcasting of sports content in the UK—see further, case page NOTE— For all active...
Mergers The Commission has released the non-confidential version of its decision in Nordic Metal/ Alumeco Group ( M.11061). NOTE— For all current merger reviews before the Commission, see the EU mergers—ongoing cases tracker. Foreign subsidies The Commission has launched two in-depth inquiries under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation concerning the solar photovoltaic sector—see further, press release. NOTE— For every ongoing matter under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, refer to the Foreign Subsidies Regulation—ongoing cases tracker. Upcoming dates For timings of forthcoming EU competition developments, see the EU Competition calendar......
Specifically, the resolutions show that: a business that does not voluntarily disclose misconduct and is a repeat criminal offender may still obtain a meaningful penalty reduction by co-operating and remediating the DOJ and the SEC are increasingly co-ordinating with overseas authorities on FCPA investigations firms can lessen FCPA exposure by linking remuneration to compliance, by creating and enforcing policies on third-party messaging applications and personal devices, and by rigorously vetting and monitoring third parties On 10 January 2024, the DOJ and SEC announced resolutions with SAP, a German software company. They allege that SAP breached the FCPA by, among other things, making improper payments to government officials in South Africa and Indonesia to secure and retain software and services contracts with government entities. SAP agreed to pay the DOJ and the SEC over US$220m and entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement ( DPA) with the DOJ. The US...
What are the practical implications of this case? Since 8 August 2023, the EU Settlement Scheme (‘ EUSS’) has stopped accepting new Zambrano carer applications, so the consequences of this case are now mostly historical. The Court examined whether Appendix EU of the Immigration Rules lawfully excludes individuals who already hold leave to enter or remain under another part of the Rules from being recognised as Zambrano carers. It also considered the lawfulness of guidance that rules out people who have a realistic prospect of obtaining such leave—even if they do not currently have it, or have not yet applied for it—from being treated as Zambrano carers......
About £77bn was issued by lenders in government-guaranteed loans to keep firms afloat during the pandemic. Government data puts suspected fraud at £1.8bn. While sizeable, that sum is modest beside early assessments from the National Audit Office, the public spending watchdog, which suggested the real total for Covid loan fraud might reach £26bn. The revised outlook ‘is a world away from the sensationalist numbers bandied about four years earlier’, observed Daniel Staunton, an associate in Kingsley Napley LLP’s restructuring and insolvency team. The Bounce Back Loan Scheme, unveiled by the government in April 2020, enabled small and medium-sized enterprises to swiftly seek loans ranging from £2,000 to 25% of turnover, with a ceiling of £50,000. Ministers hailed the programme as successful, saying the schemes threw a lifeline to nearly 1.7m businesses nationwide and that 75% had been cleared in full by December 2023 or are...
Questionnaire Background The TPC sets the procedural and practice rules for both the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal. However, the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal do not sit within that unified tribunals framework. Through the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022, the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 was amended to enable the TPC to assume responsibility for the procedural rules for the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Those provisions handing over rule‑making powers to the TPC have not yet commenced. Nonetheless, the TPC has been advised that government plans to commence the Employment Tribunal-related elements later in 2024. Accordingly, this consultation looks ahead, outlining the rules the TPC expects to make once the transfer occurs. Possible changes to the ET Rules Current Employment Tribunal procedure is set out in the Employment Tribunals ( Constitution & Rules of Procedure)...
Earlier this month, the International Criminal Police Organisation ( INTERPOL) unveiled its report titled ‘’ (the ‘ Report’). While the Report is not publicly accessible, INTERPOL’s press release explains that its purpose is to examine current patterns in cross‑border financial crime and to set out concrete measures that should be adopted to reinforce ongoing efforts to curb the flow of illicit finance. Key trends in global financial crime INTERPOL indicates that growing dependence on new technologies is allowing organised criminal networks to reach victims worldwide, often at scale, through more polished, professional fraud operations, broader in scope and scale, that require no advanced technical expertise and can be run at comparatively low cost. The Report highlights artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies as leading drivers of today’s financial criminality, fuelling what it describes as an epidemic‑level surge in financial...
UK Supreme Court consultation on digital portal The UK Supreme Court confirmed it is seeking views on proposals within a three‑year change programme intended to strengthen users’ capacity to learn about, engage with and lodge cases at the UK Supreme Court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council—the ultimate court of appeal for UK overseas territories and the Crown dependencies. The package of reforms features a digital case management platform, referred to as the portal, built to provide an end‑to‑end service for court users. According to the court, the portal will make filing and overseeing a case simpler, more efficient and contemporary, thereby improving access to justice for users. The consultation, led by the court and supported by the Ministry of Justice, is open for submissions until 17 May 2024......
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