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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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 DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Cross-border disputes Litigation Evidence and disclosure New content Dates for your diary Useful information Lex Talk®Dispute Resolution: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Spring Budget 2024 Spring Budget updates for Dispute Resolution: The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, outlined plans to update HM Courts and Tribunals Service ( HMCTS) communications by accelerating digital reforms and trimming use of first class post. The government will allocate £170m to upgrade the justice system, including £15m for digital tools to ease court administration. Hunt also confirmed the deployment of Artificial Intelligence ( AI) to cut manual paper scanning, introducing Intelligent Document Processing to streamline case management—see Spring Budget...
In this issue: Key developments and materials New technologies Internet Media Data protection Telecommunications Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Reputation management 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 Key developments and materials Spring Budget 2024—key TMT announcements During the Spring Budget 2024 on 6 March 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, set out a series of measures impacting the TMT sector. These include backing the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises ( SMEs) through government investment in artificial intelligence ( AI), establishing an SME Digital Adoption Taskforce, funding digital transformation across the NHS, and support for quantum computing. Hunt also confirmed the government’s commitment to the creative...
In this issue: Data protection e Privacy Cybersecurity Lex Talk®Information Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Data protection Clarity for companies on UK data protection fines, ICO to publish new calculation guidance MLex: Businesses facing UK data protection enforcement can expect clearer visibility on the scale of any penalty once the Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) issues its updated guidance. The regulator’s general counsel said in London on 29 February 2024 that details of a new ‘five-step process’ will be unveiled very soon. They added that the ICO must keep pace with legislative shifts at home and overseas, as these increasingly determine when and how a particular regulator has authority over specific elements. See News Analysis: Clarity for companies on UK data protection fines, ICO to publish new...
Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL ( Holding) and others v Nyusi [2024] EWCA Civ 184 What are the practical implications of this case? This decision will aid practitioners navigating the intricate rules on service out of the jurisdiction and wrestling with the reach of state immunity. It further underscores the need to follow guidance issued by the Foreign Process Section. The judgment draws out these central points: CPR 6.40 permits a claim form to be served by any method allowed by CPR 6.42. Under CPR 6.42, service in a Commonwealth state that is not a party to the Hague Service Convention must be by “service direct”, unless PD 6B provides otherwise. CPR PD 6B, para 5.1 states that certain Commonwealth states not party to the Hague Convention “require” service under CPR 6.42(1)(b)(i) (through judicial authorities) rather than CPR 6.42(3) (service direct), and that a “list” of such...
In this issue: Commercial Competition and state aid Corporate Data protection and cyber security Dispute Resolution Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT International trade Lex Talk®EU Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Commercial European Parliament adopts text to establish EU-wide digital wallet The European Parliament has approved the text of a proposal to amend Regulation ( EU) No 910/2014 (the e IDAS Regulation) to create a European Digital Identity framework, building on the 2023 provisional deal struck with the Council of the EU on a pan- European digital identity scheme. Use of the EU wallet will be optional. During the talks, MEPs won safeguards to uphold individuals’ rights and to ensure inclusion by preventing any...
In this issue: Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills HMRC Manuals tracker Useful Information Weekly highlights from other practice areas Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Spring Budget 2024 On 6 March 2024, the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, set out the government’s Spring Budget. As with the Autumn Statement made on 22 November 2023, it offered little of direct consequence for Share Incentives, and, once again, there were no developments on the call for evidence concerning Save As You Earn and Share Incentive Plans, which closed on 25 August 2023 (see: Share Incentives weekly highlights—8 June 2023— Tax Advantaged Employee Share Schemes), nor on the consultation relating to employee ownership trusts and employee benefit trusts, which concluded on 25 September 2023 (see: Share Incentives weekly highlights—20 July 2023— Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills)......
In this issue Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Tax for corporate lawyers Financial services regulation Directors Corporate governance Market standards Lex Talk®Corporate: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ( Commencement No 2 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024 ( SI 2024/269) were made on 29 February 2024. They activate a substantial set of ECCTA 2023 measures on 4 March 2024, 5 March 2024 and 26 March 2024, and include transitional provisions. For an overview of the ECCTA 2023 provisions now in force, see Which sections of the ECCTA 2023 are already in force? in Practice Note: The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. See: LNB News...
In this issue: Digital Markets Antitrust Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Caselex Digital Markets Commission publishes its first annual report on the Digital Markets Act The Commission has issued its inaugural annual report to the Council and the European Parliament on the Digital Markets Act ( DMA). Under Article 35 of the DMA, it is required to present a yearly account covering how the regime is being implemented and the headway made towards its objectives. The report sets out the Commission’s DMA-related work during 2023, including the preparation and formal adoption of the Implementing Regulation as well as the notification templates. Furthermore, on 5 September 2023, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Byte Dance, Meta and Microsoft were designated as gatekeepers for a total of 22 core platform services, while a separate decision declined to designate Samsung as a...
EU developments European Commission adopts RTS on the disclosure of information related to the principal adverse impacts on sustainability factors under the Securitisation Regulation The Commission has issued a Commission Delegated Regulation laying down regulatory technical standards ( RTS). These RTS specify, for simple, transparent and standardised ( STS) non- ABCP traditional securitisation, and for STS on-balance-sheet securitisation, the content, methodologies and presentation of information concerning the principal adverse impacts of the assets financed by the underlying exposures on sustainability factors, in line with Regulation ( EU) 2017/2402 (the Securitisation Regulation). See: LNB News 05/03/2024 59. Source: Commission Delegated Regulation ( EU) …/.........
In this issue: Trade marks/passing off Copyright & associated rights Designs Patents Lex Talk®IP: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Trade marks/passing off Amazon’s US site found to target UK buyers, infringing UK and EU trade marks ( Lifestyle Equities v Amazon) The Supreme Court, in Lifestyle Equities v Amazon [2024] UKSC 8, rejected Amazon’s appeal, holding that its US platform targeted UK consumers by presenting products on the US site and indicating they were available for shipment to the UK, thereby infringing Lifestyle’s UK and EU trade marks. As a consequence, the injunction and the order for an enquiry as to damages made by the Court of Appeal remain effective. Gina Lodge, partner at Temple Bright, comments on the...
Last week there were whispers, and that is all they were, as Companies House had not issued any public notice; yet, as the weekend unfolded and subsequent coverage has shown, it appears there have been at least 800 filings made in error. No clear pattern links these filings. The businesses involved span diverse sectors and have different directors, advisers and lenders, which has made it challenging to piece together what occurred, why it happened, and which companies are implicated. We have reviewed the list of affected firms that was supplied to UK Finance and, on a brief look,......
In this issue Spring Statement 2024 Public procurement Social housing Education Social care Healthcare Planning Lex Talk® Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& As Spring Statement 2024 Spring Budget 2024—key local government announcements On 6 March 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, presented the Spring Budget, setting out a range of points pertinent to local government professionals across governance, local government finance, healthcare, education, children’s social care, social care, social housing and planning. Commentary on the package and its implications for practice has been provided by Alan Murdie, Barrister at Council Tax Legal Services, Crowley Woodford, Partner at Ashurst, and Chrisa Tsompani, Partner at Davitt Jones Bould. See: LNB News 06/03/2024 114. Public...
In this issue: Spring Budget 2024 Post- Brexit transition guidance Brexit SIs Constitutional and administrative law Public procurement Management and strategic planning State accountability and liability Equality and human rights Subsidy control and State aid Lex Talk®Public Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Spring Budget 2024—key Public Law announcements On 6 March 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, set out a series of measures of interest to Public Law practitioners. These include the Public Sector Productivity Programme, redress for the Horizon IT scandal, departmental spending, amended reporting duties for the Local Government Pension Scheme, and devolved matters. Bristows partners Julia Cockroft and Miranda Cass offer commentary on the package. See: LNB News 06/03/2024 111. Post- Brexit transition guidance Weekly roundup of HMRC import, export and customs guidance—4 March 2024 Overview of changes to HMRC import, export and customs guidance covering 26 February to 4 March...
In this issue: Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Data protection Lex Talk®Practice Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Financial sanctions FCDO publishes Post- Legislative Scrutiny Memorandum for SAMLA 2018 — The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has issued a Post‑ Legislative Scrutiny Memorandum on the Sanctions and Anti‑ Money Laundering Act 2018 ( SAMLA 2018). It sets out and offers an initial review of the Act and its operation, features a Russia sanctions case study demonstrating how the framework supports the UK’s sanctions response to international crises, and includes an annex listing secondary legislation made under the Act, including sanctions regulations. See: LNB News 05/03/2024 51. OFSI publishes new general licence...
In this issue: Spring Budget 2024 Building safety Construction Disputes Construction industry news Lex Talk®Construction: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Construction trackers Spring Budget 2024 Spring Budget 2024—key construction announcements On 6 March 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, set out the Spring Budget 2024, outlining several measures affecting the construction sector. Highlights cover financing for transport networks, changes to the Investment Zones programme, boosting the availability of housing, and encouragement for spending on plant, machinery and equipment. See: LNB News 06/03/2024 112. Building safety Welsh Government releases circular letter on regulations made under BSA 2022 The Welsh Government has issued a circular to inform the Building Control community that the Building ( Restricted Activities and Functions) ( Wales) Regulations 2024—made under the BSA 2022 in...
Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—7 March 2024 In this issue: Key R& I developments Security review Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Property insolvency Restructuring The office-holder Financial institutions International restructuring and insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for R& I professionals New content Key R& I developments Spring Budget 2024—key Restructuring & Insolvency announcements In the Spring Budget 2024, on 6 March 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, confirmed the scrapping of the administration fee for debt relief orders ( DROs). See: LNB News 06/03/2024 89. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ( Commencement No 2 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/269 Certain provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ( ECCTA 2023) come into force on 4 March 2024, 5 March 2024, and 26 April...
PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—7 March 2024 In this issue: Clinical negligence Fraud and fundamental dishonesty Damages Case management Costs Key PI & Clinical Negligence developments Lex Talk®PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Clinical negligence Administrative Court dismisses appeal in clinical negligence claim The King’s Bench Division Administrative Court ( Birmingham), in Chilton v Payne [2024] EWHC 451 ( Admin), rejected the appellant’s appeal against an order dismissing her claim for damages against the respondent surgeon for negligence. The case concerned an alleged omission by the respondent to provide, or ensure, sufficient abdominoplasty follow-up and/or aftercare. She maintained, among other grounds, that the judge had erred in fact and in law: (i) in concluding there was no breach of the post-operative duty of care; and (ii) in his treatment of factual...
Carlyle Aviation Management Ltd and the lessor Sasof III ( A3) Aviation Ireland DAC indicated, in an amended claim form dated 22 February 2024 that has only recently been made public, that a further two dozen insurers are also accountable for the funds in dispute. UMB Bank NA, the lender that financed the aircraft’s purchase and operation, is likewise a claimant in the case. The claimants first brought proceedings in February 2023 against Convex Insurance UK Ltd and Liberty Corporate Capital Ltd, seeking to recover US$44m linked to a 2006 Airbus A330 leased to the Russian airline I- Fly. They have since expanded the claim to encompass the two dozen additional reinsurers, covering various syndicates and firms, including Arch Insurance ( UK) Ltd......
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Work sponsorship: sponsors Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Lex Talk®Immigration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New Q& A Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Note that our Immigration calendar sets out key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. Spring Budget 2024—no announcements for Immigration In the Spring Budget 2024, on 6 March 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, announced several measures, including a 2% reduction in national insurance for employees and the self-employed from 6 April 2024, and the replacement of tax rules for non- UK domiciled individuals with a residence-based regime from April 2025. However, there were no announcements concerning immigration. Katie Newbury, partner at Kingsley Napley, comments on the Budget. See: LNB News...
In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Energy for environmental lawyers ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Key developments and materials Marine Waste producer responsibility regimes Wildlife, biodiversity and habitat conservation 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 has released the government’s response to the consultation on regulatory proposals for the CCUS transport and storage Revenue Support Agreement counterparty direction. The CO2 T& S business model aims to catalyse early carbon capture, transport and storage networks by providing revenue support. The response confirms it is suitable to move forward with regulations concerning the Secretary of State’s power to direct a counterparty to make an offer to...
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