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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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 2019, Güralp Systems was ordered to hand over in excess of £2m to resolve claims of bribery in South Korea. It avoided a criminal case through a deferred prosecution agreement ( DPA) reached with the SFO. However, the business, which has experienced financial strain, has not settled the sanction set out in the DPA, which ran for five years. This is thought to be the first instance of a company being accused of not complying with a DPA’s conditions. Güralp Systems argued the SFO 'slipped up' by failing to notify the court of the supposed breach of the deal by its October 2024 expiry date in full......
In this issue: Pension Schemes Bill Salary sacrifice Collective defined contribution schemes Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Pension Schemes Bill Day 7 Grand Committee: indexation reforms approved, AWE proposal withdrawn By the close of the seventh sitting of the House of Lords Grand Committee on the Pension Schemes Bill, held on 5 February 2026, the government had won the House’s consent to its complete suite of technical changes on pre-1997 indexation for the Pension Protection Fund ( PPF) and the Financial Assistance Scheme ( FAS). Nevertheless, its principal structural amendment to create a new public sector AWE pension arrangement was withdrawn following concerns raised in debate, and no substitute amendment was tabled that day. The Grand Committee is next due to meet on 23 February 2026 and 3 March 2026 to...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Business, investment and non-sponsored work Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Preventing illegal working Citizenship applications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar and Immigration White Paper Our Immigration calendar highlights the principal forthcoming changes of interest to business immigration advisers. In addition, our Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025—summary, tracker and resources offers a refreshed, wide-angled overview of activity around the May 2025 White Paper, ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, including the ‘ Earned settlement’ plans. It sets out the headline reforms for business immigration practitioners, comments on their potential effects, and continuously monitors progress on delivery. You will also find links to supporting materials. UK immigration control: how it works House of Commons Library publishes research briefing on history of asylum appeals in the UK The House of Commons Library has released a research...
In this issue: Employment Rights Act 2025 Public sector Pay Pensions Protected characteristics Union status and obligations Employment Tribunals Employment Appeal Tribunal Industrial Relations Law Reports ( IRLR)— March 2026 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 Uncapped unfair dismissal—why bonus and equity are now central to exit risk Enacted shortly before Christmas, the Employment Rights Act 2025 ( ERA 2025) has employers gearing up for its staged roll-out, with some provisions commencing as early as February 2026. A headline change for remuneration is the abolition of the statutory cap on the compensatory award for ordinary unfair dismissal (currently the lesser of 52 weeks’ gross pay or £118,223). The issue is not merely the...
Key developments and materials In this issue: 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 Nuclear energy International energy Dates for your diary Energy resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts News Analysis: Key energy law developments—end of year review 2025 and horizon scanning in 2026 After another eventful period, the Lexis Nexis® Energy team reflects on standout energy law shifts across 2025 and horizon‑scans to flag what to monitor through 2026. The round‑up spans 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, nuclear energy, oil and gas, and planning trends across the energy sector. For full...
Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—12 February 2026 In this issue: Data protection Sanctions Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection ICO updates data protection by design guidance following DUAA 2025 commencement The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has issued refreshed guidance on data protection by design and by default to align with the commencement of key provisions of the Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025 ( DUAA 2025). The guidance stresses that organisations should weave data protection into the creation and running of systems, services, products and processes, so that only the minimum personal data needed for each specified purpose is gathered, used, kept and accessed. It sets out the need for suitable technical and organisational measures, including strong security controls, clear retention approaches, privacy-friendly default settings and routine risk reviews via data...
In this issue: Decision to prosecute and alternatives to prosecution Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Decision to prosecute and alternatives to prosecution Güralp Systems loses bid to escalate plea deal challenge to UK Supreme Court Güralp Systems has failed in its effort to refer a ruling that upholds a UK bribery plea agreement to the Supreme Court, and now faces the Serious Fraud Office ( SFO) moving the court to enforce the deal. The attempt to escalate the dispute has therefore been rejected at this stage, leaving the agreement capable of being...
A. Sohail and A. Khalid v Lloyds Bank PLC (2202954/; 1600657/2022) Employment Judge Emma Burns, in a ruling released on Saturday, found that at the point when the pair sent internal Lloyds Bank PLC messages criticising Israel in May 2021, neither claimant possessed a protected anti- Zionist belief. She went on to record that by 10 November 2025, Sohail had formed a sincere anti- Zionist belief. That conviction, she said, is 'worthy of respect in a democratic society', despite the possibility that it would be captured by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism, she added. The working definition is a non-legally binding tool describing antisemitism as a particular perception of Jews which may manifest as hatred......
(1) IGCF General Partner Ltd and (2) The Infrastructure and Growth Capital Fund L. P. Appellants and White Crystals Ltd [2026] CICA ( Civ) 3 What are the practical implications of this case? The overarching message of this ruling is that section 4 of the Foreign Arbitral Awards Enforcement Act (1997 Revision) ( FAAEA) means what it says: save for compelling reasons to the contrary, the court will require parties to honour their agreement to submit disputes to arbitration and will stay proceedings that offend that bargain, reaffirming the Cayman Islands’ strong legislative and judicial policy in favour of arbitration. Although this is essentially a restatement of settled Cayman law, the judgment, on its particular facts, demonstrates the court’s uncompromising approach and cautions contracting parties that they should expect to be held to their privately negotiated promise to arbitrate, even after the voluntary...
Luxe World Ltd v Touch of Vogue Ltd and another [2026] EWHC 148 ( IPEC) What are the practical implications of this case? The primary takeaway is that the remedy of an account is unavailable to claimants pursuing claims based on unjustified threats of infringement proceedings. This approach is expected to carry across to all unjustified threats causes of action, because the statutory wording is largely uniform, and the same rationale supports refusing a stand-alone equitable remedy in matters of this nature. A further, practical consequence is that the analysis in Lifestyle Equities v sportsdirect.com Retail [2016] EWHC 2092 ( Ch) cannot be invoked to postpone payment of the sizeable court fee on an unquantified money claim where the complaint concerns actionable threats rather than infringement of IP rights. A corollary is that equitable arguments cannot revive an account in such threats claims, and...
In this issue: Data protection Cybersecurity Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection ICO publishes framework for handling data protection complaints The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has released guidance explaining its method for dealing with data protection complaints, including the factors it will use to decide the scope of any inquiry. The framework brings in a triage approach that gives priority to complaints showing significant harm, involving vulnerable people, or linked to strategic aims. In addition, the ICO is developing a threshold mechanism that could prompt intervention where organisations receive several complaints within a defined period, although the precise thresholds have not yet been set out. See: LNB News 06/02/2026 54. ICO updates data protection by design guidance following DUAA commencement The ICO has issued updated guidance on data protection by design and by default to coincide with the...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Cross-border disputes Pre-action and limitation Litigation Scottish Dispute Resolution Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments CPR updates 193rd Practice Direction update: The Master of the Rolls and the Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State for Justice have signed off the 193rd Practice Direction ( PD) update to the Civil Procedure Rules ( CPR). Among other changes, it amends CPR PD 52D (statutory appeals and appeals subject to special provision) and CPR PD 57AD ( Disclosure Scheme in the Business and Property Courts). For more detail, see: 193rd Practice Direction update—in force on various dates— LNB News 10/02/2026. 26. Civil Procedure ( Amendment) Rules 2026, SI 2026/97: These Rules make amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, SI 1998/3132, which govern practice and procedure in the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the County Court......
In this issue: Practice and procedure Public children Financial provision Daily and weekly news alerts New content Updated content Useful information Practice and procedure Family Procedure Rules Committee meeting minutes The Family Procedure Rule Committee has now published the minutes from its meeting held on 1 December 2025. Master of the Rolls speech addresses AI integration in civil and criminal justice systems On 4 February 2026, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, outlined how artificial intelligence ( AI) could enable civil and criminal justice outcomes to be reached more swiftly and efficiently than by human decision-makers alone. He noted that a Digital Justice System is being developed under the Online Procedure Rules Committee, while stressing that human oversight must remain integral to final justice decisions. He also questioned whether machines can amount to ‘independent and impartial tribunals’ for the purposes of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights ( ECHR). The speech...
EU financial services developments Commission seeks views on updating the Shareholder Rights Directive The European Commission has opened a public consultation alongside a call for evidence to collect input on a potential revision of the Shareholder Rights Directive. It invites companies, shareholders and investors to identify barriers to cross‑border investment linked to the exercise of shareholder rights, and to suggest how updated rules might further integrate EU capital markets......
Mobile market review: Government call for evidence The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology ( DSIT) has opened a call for evidence as part of its mobile market review, centred on bolstering investment in the UK’s mobile networks and achieving the Government’s ambition that every populated area can access 5G by 2030. The review will examine how technological change and market evolution are reshaping the sector, and test whether the present policy and regulatory framework still fosters investment, innovation, competition and benefits for consumers......
Carbon Six Engineering Ltd v HMRC [2026] UKFTT 177 ( TC) In 2022, HMRC issued determinations pursuant to regulation 80 of the Income Tax ( Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 ( SI 2003/2682) and section 8 of the Social Security ( Transfer of Functions) Act 1999, in respect of income tax and National Insurance contributions ( NICs) it considered due from the appellant, Carbon Six Engineering Ltd. The accompanying letter, notifying the issue of those determinations, asserted that the additional tax and NICs arose because the appellant was a managed services company ( MSC), and identified its managed services company provider ( MSC provider) as Churchill Knight & Associates ( CKA). In truth, the appellant had never entered into any contract with CKA or otherwise engaged with it. It had, however, dealt with The App Accounting Group ( TAAG), which HMRC also...
Jeneruhl Trade Ltd and another v HMRC [2026] UKFTT 157 ( TC) HMRC refused approximately £900,000 of input tax claimed by the first appellant, asserting that its transactions were connected with VAT fraud and that the company knew, or ought to have known, of the fraudulent character of those transactions, invoking the Kittel principle. The central issue was whether the assessments were made within the limits laid down in section 73(6)(b) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994. That question turned on whether the assessments were issued within one year after evidence of facts, regarded by HMRC as sufficient to justify making the assessments in question, had actually come to its knowledge at that time......
Meta Platforms’ Whats App can challenge a decision by a group of EU data protection authorities before the EU courts EU judges confirmed on 10 February 2026 that Whats App may directly contest a binding decision of the EDPB before the EU courts, in a landmark move that could clear the way for similar appeals currently stuck before EU judges. The EU Court of Justice said the EDPB’s measure creates binding legal consequences that can immediately impact the company, so a direct action is available indeed. As the court put it, the EDPB’s decision clearly qualifies as an act that can be challenged before the Courts of the EU, according to its statement. Observers have tracked the dispute closely because this is the first ruling to address whether an EDPB decision can be brought straight to the General Court, rather than forcing a company to route its...
( Baker Hughes Saudi Arabia Co Ltd v Dynamic Industries, Inc, et al, No 23-1396, E. D. La., 2026 US Dist. LEXIS 19714) Decision dated 30 January 2026. Oil and gas contract In March 2023, Baker Hughes Saudi Arabia Co Ltd commenced proceedings in a Louisiana state court against Dynamic Industries Inc, Dynamic Industries International LLC and Dynamic Industries International Holdings Inc (collectively, ‘ Dynamic’). It sought US$1,355,000 for materials, products and services supplied to an oil and gas project Dynamic was undertaking in Saudi Arabia, alleging Dynamic failed to make the payments owed under the contract. Dynamic removed the action to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, then applied to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds or, alternatively, to stay the case and compel arbitration. Objective intent On 6 November 2023, Judge Greg Gerard Guidry refused Dynamic’s motion to compel (2023 US...
A copy of the minutes can be found here: Minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee Welcome, apologies and introductory remarks (item 1) No apologies were submitted. The record of the last meeting (20 October 2025) was confirmed. Open meeting feedback (item 2) The committee received an update on comments from the open meeting. Ten submissions arrived and, in general, the sentiment was favourable, with calls for earlier sharing of meeting particulars and access to papers. Respondents also observed contrasts between OPRC and CPRC minutes, and the committee noted that OPRC conversations are adopting a different style at this early phase of rule development. Consultation responses (item 3) The committee resolved to focus first on the draft Inclusion Framework via three workstreams ( Inclusion, Technology and Communication). The Inclusion stream will craft options for a self-certification model; the Technology stream will concentrate on a...
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