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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Work sponsorship: sponsors EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& As 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 Immigration analysis: What are the key features of Statement of Changes HC 590? The Lexis+® UK Immigration team has created a Practice Note distilling the latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, HC 590, published on 14 March 2024, together with an Explanatory Memorandum. The Statement chiefly delivers the headline Skilled Worker reforms and the initial uplift to the minimum income requirement for family visa...
Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—28 March 2024 In this issue: Key R& I law developments Directors and insolvency Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for R& I professionals Key R& I law developments Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ( Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Provisions) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/410: this instrument revises primary and secondary legislation with measures that are consequential, supplementary or incidental to bringing into force specified parts of ECCTA 2023. The Regulations come into effect when section 1 of ECCTA 2023 commences. See: LNB News 25/03/2024 36. South Square Digest— March 2024: the March 2024 issue of the South Square Digest is now available. See News Analysis: South Square Digest— March 2024. Directors and insolvency The Insolvency Service reports a director filing false accounts at a Derby-based company. Mohammed Ikram secured goods...
In this issue: Public procurement Governance Social housing Education Children's social care Social care Planning Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Public procurement Cabinet Office publishes first suite of Procurement Act 2023 guidance documents The Cabinet Office has issued an initial tranche of guidance on the Procurement Act 2023 ( PA 2023). Designed to offer technical support, the materials explain interpretation and application of PA 2023, and are directed at procurement practitioners and commercial policy leads within contracting authorities. Each document should be read alongside PA 2023 and the related regulations. The Cabinet Office confirms a staggered release, aiming to complete the full set by June 2024. The Procurement Regulations 2024 have likewise been released in final form for Parliamentary debate. These draft regulations include the amendments flagged in the...
EU developments ESMA consults on EU Green Bond RTS and ITS The European Securities and Markets Authority ( ESMA) has opened consultation on proposed regulatory technical standards ( RTS) and implementing technical standards ( ITS) concerning the registration and oversight of external reviewers pursuant to Regulation ( EU) 2023/2631, the EU Green Bond Regulation ( Eu GB). Submissions are requested by 14 June 2024......
Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights—28 March 2024 In this issue: Baltimore bridge crash Coronavirus ( COVID-19) Cases and decisions Types of insurance Market practice Regulation New and updated content Case trackers Key dates Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Baltimore bridge crash On 26 March 2024, Britannia, the UK marine insurer, confirmed it is liaising with Baltimore authorities after a container vessel destroyed the city’s iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge in a collision that experts predict will trigger insurance claims running into billions of dollars. See News Analysis: UK marine insurer investigating Baltimore bridge crash. Coronavirus ( COVID-19) Four years have passed since the UK first went into lockdown to tackle coronavirus ( COVID-19), leaving offices deserted, shops closed and practitioners debating the framing of business interruption claims. See News Analysis: Four years on,...
In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental permits and consents ESG and sustainability Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation 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 HMT launches UK CBAM consultation HM Treasury has opened a consultation on proposals for the design and administration of the UK carbon border adjustment mechanism ( CBAM). Government has confirmed CBAM will take effect from 1 January 2027 on imports of specified carbon‑intensive goods. Views are sought from importers and their agents, other businesses, individuals, tax advisers, and trade and professional bodies. The consultation closes at 11.59 pm on 13 June 2024. See: LNB...
In this issue: Procurement in construction JCT contracts Adjudication Building Safety Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Procurement in construction Government responds to consultation on Procurement Act 2023 draft regulations Procurement in construction Government responds to consultation on Procurement Act 2023 draft regulations The Cabinet Office has issued the government’s reply to the second phase of its consultation on the draft regulations intended to implement the Procurement Act 2023. This stage looked at transparency, the Central Digital Platform and the provision of certain Supplier Information, together with proposals for moving to the new regime. The government has indicated it will revise the statutory instrument ( SI) to enhance structure and clarity, in line with the consultation’s recommendations. It also stated that a final, consolidated SI drawing together measures from both...
In this issue: Public procurement Brexit headlines Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Coronavirus ( COVID-19) Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Equality and human rights Information law Subsidy control and State aid Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Public procurement Draft Procurement Regulations 2024 SI 2024/ Draft: These draft Regulations aim to give effect to the new public procurement framework created by the Procurement Act 2023 ( PA 2023). Many provisions prescribe detailed notice content so that organisations regulated by the PA 2023, referred to as contracting authorities, can run procurements in a manner that is open, transparent and informative, while also stating where and how those notices must be published. Additional elements place duties on...
In this issue: Banking and finance Commercial Corporate Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Free movement, immigration and employment Energy Environment IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Banking and finance ECB releases annual report on supervisory activities for 2023 The European Central Bank ( ECB) has released its 2023 report on supervisory activities, alongside opening remarks by Claudia Buch, chair of the Supervisory Board, delivered at a hearing with the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee ( ECON). Buch outlined the outlook for EU banking, the ECB’s supervisory priorities, and steps towards completing the EU Banking Union. See: LNB News 21/03/2024 26. Council of the EU adopts MREL ‘daisy chain’ directive The Council of the EU has adopted a directive amending the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive ( BRRD) and the Single Resolution Mechanism Regulation ( SRMR), introducing targeted proportionality rules for the consolidated treatment of internal MREL (minimum...
In this issue: Trade marks/passing off Patents Geographical indications IP and technology Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Trade marks/passing off Supreme Court upholds judgment of the Court of Appeal on targeting ( Lifestyle v Amazon) The Supreme Court in Lifestyle Equities Cv v Amazon UK Services Ltd [2024] UKSC 8 has unanimously affirmed the Court of Appeal’s ruling and its injunction. It found Amazon infringed Lifestyle’s trade marks by targeting UK consumers from its US site and supplying third‑party products bearing a valid US registration that happened to match Lifestyle’s ‘ BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB’ mark. This ruling is notable as the first Supreme Court decision to tackle the nuanced issue of...
In this issue: Arbitration under the Arbitration Act 1996 Institutional and ad hoc arbitration International arbitration Investment treaty arbitration Other ADR and arbitration-related developments New and updated content Daily and weekly news alerts Arbitration under the Arbitration Act 1996 Arbitration Bill—amendments— Special Public Bill Committee The UK Parliament has released proposed changes to the Arbitration Bill for consideration by the Special Public Bill Committee, scheduled for 27 March 2024. See: LNB News 25/03/2024 107. Arbitration Bill— Further amendments Parliament has also issued two additional amendment papers for discussion in the House of Lords Special Public Bill Committee, including a marshalled list of amendments. The Committee will meet on 27 March 2024. See: LNB News 26/03/2024 63......
The central bank reported that 14% of participants in its early-year financial stability survey viewed AI as among the five risks with the greatest potential impact on the financial system, were it to fully materialise. This share was twice the 7% who regarded AI as such a risk in the second half of 2023. The Bo E has conducted the survey biannually since 2009. The most recent wave ran from 30 January 2024 to 22 February 2024, with 66 firms taking part, yielding a 79% response rate in total......
Corporate tax receipts continue to support the Irish budget despite international tax moves such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s ( OECD) tax base erosion and profit shifting dispute and phasing-out of hybrid tax planning structures used by US companies, the budget office noted in a report 25 March 2024. Still, that does not mean the revenue stream is without risk, the report said......
How does the jury system work in our country? The earliest recorded use of the jury trial in England can be traced as far back as 1220. Even so, for most people across society, jury trial did not become commonplace until the 18th century. Being judged by a jury of one’s peers for serious offences is widely regarded as a fundamental and enduring element and safeguard of the adversarial system in England and Wales today. Juries sit on the gravest crimes that are triable only on indictment (e.g. murder, rape, terrorism, etc.), and they are also available for ‘either way’ offences where a defendant may choose a jury trial instead (e.g. possession of a bladed article, theft, possession of drugs). In England and Wales, anyone on the electoral roll who is ordinarily resident in the UK and aged over 18 but under 76 can be...
In this issue: Enterprise management incentives schemes Accounting treatment Corporate governance Weekly highlights from other practice areas Enterprise management incentives schemes Updated EMI annual return template and guidance notes published HMRC has released refreshed versions of its template, guidance and technical note for the end‑of‑year return used when reporting enterprise management incentives ( EMI) options to HMRC. The revisions include a change to the table in section 3.7 of the technical note (relating to EMI options that were released, lapsed or cancelled) to require a mandatory statement confirming whether PAYE was operated where money or value was received on the release, lapse or cancellation. For more on the requirements for completing an EMI annual return to HMRC, see Practice Note: EMI— HMRC annual return. See EMI: end of year return template and guidance notes. 26 March...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Service charges Disputes and remedies Repairing obligations and dilapidations Residential tenancies Property Disputes in Scotland Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional Property disputes updates Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary New and updated content Trackers Latest Q& As Key developments and horizon scanning The Law Society has welcomed newly tabled amendments to the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill designed to limit sales of new leasehold houses and to ensure that, save in exceptional cases, every new home in England and Wales starts life as freehold. However, its President, Nick Emmerson, observed that, with no current measures to advance commonhold tenure, the Society endorses the Law Commission’s 2011 recommendations to modernise freehold law, making it simpler for houses on managed estates to be sold as...
A Singapore-registered ship collided with a key structural support of the Baltimore harbour bridge at 1.30am local time on 26 March 2024, triggering the collapse of sections of the 1.6-mile crossing and plunging people and vehicles into the water. The Dali container ship had been chartered by shipping giant Maersk and was being operated by Synergy Group. The vessel is insured by Britannia, a London-based marine underwriter. A Britannia spokesperson said they are working closely with the ship’s manager and the relevant authorities to establish the facts and help ensure the situation is handled swiftly and professionally, adding that their thoughts are with everyone affected by the incident. Synergy Group stated in a......
Russia’s war against Ukraine Under the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, the Commission cleared: a French measure (totalling €900m) aiding firms investing in biomass and renewable hydrogen for energy and fuel production, to advance the move to a net-zero economy in line with the Green Deal Industrial Plan—see further, press release a modification to an existing Italian scheme, including a €150m budget uplift, to support companies in the agricultural, forestry, fishery and aquaculture sectors in Friuli Venezia Giulia, in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine—see further, Midday Express Note— For all Commission decisions adopted under the Temporary Crisis Framework, and the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine, see further, Conflict in Ukraine— EU State aid decisions Upcoming dates For dates of forthcoming EU competition developments, see further, EU Competition calendar......
Honduras rejects the ICSID Convention In recent weeks, Honduras announced it would repudiate the international treaty under which it consented to submit disputes to the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ( ICSD), better known as the ICSID Convention. The move followed the country being hit last year with nine distinct ICSID claims, among them a politically charged action brought by a US-based developer seeking up to US$10.7bn in compensation. Honduras now mirrors three other Latin American states that have denounced the ICSID Convention: Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela. Across Europe, parliament have also been keen to jettison investment arbitration in favour of a new investor court, promising reforms they believe could rebalance a regime that critics often say tilts towards investors. India, South Africa and New Zealand have likewise taken steps in recent years to curb their exposure to...
No more Blank Spaces— Routine redaction of the names of junior civil servants is incompatible with the Duty of Candour ( R ( IAB & Others) v So S Home Department & Another) R ( IAB and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2024] EWCA Civ 66 What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling means that when government departments disclose material in judicial review proceedings, the disclosing party can no longer, as a routine measure, remove the names of officials below SCS ( Senior Civil Service) level—covering about 98% of the Civil Service. The court observed that it will usually be acceptable to redact contact information where that is useful; otherwise, any such deletions must be justified, and permission obtained by applying in accordance with the...
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