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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: Pensions Regulator Trustees, governance and administration Members and benefits Employers and automatic enrolment Automatic enrolment and scheme rules Scheme amendments and construction of scheme rules Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Pensions Regulator TPR report shows it acted promptly to protect savers following Capita cyber security incident The Pensions Regulator ( TPR) has released a report setting out how it collaborated with pension administrator Capita to gauge risks to pension schemes after a cyber security incident in March 2023. The paper explains that TPR intervened to make sure Capita was determining the scale of any impact on schemes and alerting trustees of those affected so that safeguards could be implemented. According to TPR, this rapid response meant thousands of pension savers were safeguarded. Capita learned of a cyber incident on 31 March 2023 in...
In this issue: UK private actions UK subsidy control EU antitrust EU state aid Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Caselex New and updated content UK private actions CAT rules Hammond’s collective action against Amazon should progress over rival application The CAT handed down a decision in Julie Hunter v Amazon.com, Inc. and others and Robert Hammond v Amazon.com, Inc. & Others, concerning two distinct applications brought to commence opt-out collective proceedings. Both proposed actions are standalone and pursue damages for alleged abuse of dominance linked to Amazon’s behaviour in the market for intermediation services on online marketplaces. In essence, the tribunal addressed the preliminary ‘carriage dispute’, aiming to determine which applicant was best placed to act as the proposed class representative in these proceedings. Having weighed the competing bids, the CAT resolved the...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Visitors Sponsored work Long residence, discretion and human rights Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Citizenship applications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& A Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Our Immigration calendar outlines key upcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Immigration Minister indicates incoming Ukraine Scheme Visa announcement The Minister for Legal Migration and the Border, Tom Pursglove MP, indicated that an update on extending the Ukraine Visa Scheme is expected in the coming months. Underscoring the need for clarity, he stated: ‘we are committed to letting everybody know, at least 12 months ahead, what the future holds in terms of the arrangements for any extension of these visas’. His comments point to a grant of further limited leave to remain only, with steps to allow university students to complete their studies. See: LNB News...
In this issue: Coronavirus ( COVID-19) Ukraine conflict Cases and decisions Market practice Regulation Solvency II New and updated content Case trackers Key dates Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Coronavirus ( COVID-19) Business interruption ( Gatwick Investment Ltd and others v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Se and other cases) The Commercial Court determined certain preliminary questions raised by multiple claimants pursuing the defendants under business interruption insurance. Emerging from the coronavirus pandemic, the disputes focused on policy construction, including whether sums received as furlough payments under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ( CJRS) ought to be taken into account. The claimants were businesses which, in line with government guidance, had been compelled to close during the pandemic. The defendants were the insurers of those various claimants and had...
What is the background to the guide? Common perception holds that the pensions sector has traditionally prioritised the ‘ E’ in ESG, with comparatively less attention paid to other areas—especially social factors such as workforce conditions, remuneration practices, bribery, health and safety, and modern slavery. Aware of this, in 2021 the government launched a call for evidence to gather insights on trustees’ approaches to social issues. In response, the Government created a cross-department working group, the TSF, which was then widened to include investment managers, asset owners, professional advisers and regulators. This group ultimately developed a draft guide for considering these factors in pension scheme investments (the Guide), which was released for consultation in October 2023. What are the key aspects and themes of the draft guide? Does it raise any issues or concerns? The Guide provides a highly practical set of resources to help pension...
In this issue: Brexit headlines Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law State accountability and liability Judicial review Equality and human rights State security and intelligence Subsidy control and State aid Management and strategic planning Other Public Law updates Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit headlines Brexit Bulletin— Northern Ireland Office publishes policy paper on safeguarding the Union The Northern Ireland Office has released a policy paper on safeguarding the Union, aiming to reinforce the UK Internal Market and the Union for the long term while enabling the UK to benefit from EU freedom. Building on the Windsor Framework, the document spans seven chapters and sets out progress so far, a synopsis of a new package of...
In this issue: Litigation Building Safety Construction industry news Environmental issues Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Litigation Late application to rely on expert evidence is not an application for relief from sanctions ( Yesss ( A) Ltd v Warren) In Yesss ( A) Ltd v Warren [2024] EWCA Civ 14, the Court of Appeal distinguished between out-of-time bids to introduce factual material and delayed efforts to rely on expert opinion. The former amounts to a request for relief from sanctions and is to be decided by the Denton principles, whereas the latter is not and should be determined by reference to the overriding objective. Authored by Phillip Patterson, barrister, Gatehouse Chambers. Refer to News Analysis: Late application to rely on expert evidence is not an application for relief from sanctions ( Yesss ( A) Ltd v...
To watch the video of their conversation, click here now. A fuller written summary of the issues explored and analysed, with onward links to our related materials, appears immediately below. See also Practice Note: Statutory paid holiday—irregular hours workers and part-year workers. For the first and the second instalments in our series, see: Video analysis— Should annual bonuses be included when calculating holiday pay? and Video analysis— Paid holiday entitlement for irregular hours and part-year workers: who falls within the definitions? What is the background to the changes? The Employment Rights ( Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 ( Amendment Regulations 2023), SI 2023/1426, modified the Working Time Regulations 1998 ( WTR 1998), SI 1998/1833, to bring in (among other things) distinct rules for working out both holiday entitlement and pay for leave years starting on or after 1 April 2024 for: ...
Pw C, in its feedback to a consultation run by the Irish Department of Finance, said that in the absence of an exemption regime for foreign dividends and income, Ireland has stood out as an outlier against other European nations. Alongside backing the mooted exemptions, Pw C noted that Ireland could further refine its tax code by altering interest deduction rules and possibly revisiting the 25% tax rate on nontrading income. Deloitte said in its response to the consultation......
Sam Woods, chief executive of the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Bank of England’s regulatory arm, told the Treasury Committee that its remit has a significant notable gap not seen in the EU’s regulatory framework. The single power parliament has not handed to us is the ability to impose fines, he explained during the committee’s scrutiny of the PRA’s activities. That sets us apart from the EU method. Woods added that he expects the authorities conferred on the PRA by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, which obtained Royal Assent in June 2023, to prove effective once translated into formal rules, though he stressed this remains currently an emerging area. Firms expected to fall within the PRA’s forthcoming oversight of so-called critical......
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Cross-border disputes Evidence and disclosure New content Dates for your diary Useful information Collaborate and network with a community of expert lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments 163rd Practice Direction update 163rd PD update—effective on 1 February and 6 April 2024: The 163rd Practice Direction ( PD) changes to the Civil Procedure Rules have received approval from the Master of the Rolls together with the Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State for Justice......
In this issue: Data protection Financial sanctions Fraud and corruption Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection Top websites change advertising cookie banners following ICO warning The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has cautioned 53 of the UK’s top 100 websites that enforcement action will follow unless advertising cookies are adjusted to meet data protection requirements. Of those contacted, 38 organisations have already revised their cookie banners, with a further four pledging to implement changes within the next month. The ICO is also developing an artificial intelligence ( AI) tool to spot websites using non-compliant cookie banners. See: LNB News 02/02/2024 25. Financial sanctions FDCO announces sanctions on Myanmar military entities and infantry divisions The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office ( FDCO) has confirmed that the UK has...
In this issue: Market Standards Accounts and reports Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Equity capital markets Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Market Standards Market Standards Trend Report— Ethnicity pay gap 2023 The report examines how FTSE 350 companies have handled voluntary ethnicity pay gap disclosures, drawing out frequent pitfalls and the key difficulties encountered when reporting on ethnicity pay gaps. See Corporate Analysis: Market Standards Trend Report— Ethnicity pay gap 2023. Accounts and reports FRC publishes review of reporting by the UK’s largest private companies The Financial Reporting Council ( FRC) has released its review of reporting by the UK’s largest private companies. It found the overall standard to be uneven, depending on how clearly organisations explained complex or material matters. See: LNB News 01/02/2024...
In this issue: Trade in goods Free trade agreements Customs Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trade in goods Consultation on new ‘not for EU’ labelling requirements on agrifood products opens The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( DEFRA) has launched a consultation on the government’s proposal to roll out new ‘not for EU’ labelling requirements on agrifood products across England, Scotland and Wales. This aims to remove incentive for firms to sidestep placing goods on the Northern Ireland market. Interested parties are invited to share views on how this rule should be implemented. Responses must be submitted by 15 March 2024. See: LNB News 02/02/2024 66......
Today, the UK government stated that talks between AI makers and copyright owners had not produced an agreed voluntary code of conduct to address copyright concerns, meaning ministerial action will certainly be needed. In releasing its reply to the public consultation on the AI white paper, the government noted that ‘regrettably, it is now apparent the working group will be unable to reach agreement’ on a path ahead within the structure defined by the IPO......
In this issue: Surrender Trespass and adverse possession Agricultural tenancies Easements and covenants Residential tenancies Disputes and remedies Business tenancies Repairing obligations and dilapidations Rent and rates Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional Property disputes updates Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Surrender Secure tenancy had not been surrendered and regranted following the joint tenant’s departure ( Rahimi v City of Westminster Council). In Rahimi v City of Westminster Council [2024] EWCA Civ 73, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appellant’s challenge to a decision by the same judge who had set aside an earlier judgment. That judgment had held the appellant’s grandmother became the sole tenant under a tenancy granted to her alone by the...
In this issue: New technologies Internet Media Data protection Reputation management Telecommunications 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 Useful information New technologies DSIT publishes AI Regulation White Paper consultation response The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT) has released the government’s reply to the Artificial Intelligence ( AI) Regulation White Paper consultation, setting out plans for a balanced, pro-innovation regime for AI oversight as outlined in the White Paper. DSIT indicates that government is enabling more agile AI regulation and will equip regulators with the expertise and tools to manage AI’s risks and opportunities. It has also confirmed investment in AI safety and advancement, with over £100m committed to unlock new AI advances and...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Data protection E-commerce International Supplier management Sale and supply of goods Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA rulings—7 February 2024 The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) considered a complaint about three promotional emails sent to customers by BKUK Group Ltd t/a Burger King. The concern was whether these communications promoted high fat, salt or sugar ( HFSS) items and were targeted at children by virtue of the medium or context in which they appeared. The ASA upheld the complaint. See: LNB News 07/02/2024 60. Data protection Top websites change advertising cookie banners following ICO warning The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) notified 53 of the UK’s top 100 websites that, unless they amend their advertising cookie practices to comply with data...
In this issue: Regulatory framework for medicinal products Competition in life sciences Medical devices Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Regulatory framework for medicinal products EESC’s opinion on proposal to revise European Pharmaceutical Framework published The European Economic and Social Committee’s opinion on the planned overhaul of the European Pharmaceutical Framework has been released in the Official Journal of the EU. The Committee welcomes the European Commission’s proposal, seeing it as a chance to refine existing provisions and bolster Europe’s competitiveness and sustainability. It also wishes to reiterate its 2021 view on the Pharmaceutical Strategy and, above all, endorses improved affordability as a principal aim of the reform. See: LNB News 07/02/2024 32. Competition in life sciences CMA investigates anticipated acquisition of Olink by Thermo Fischer Scientific The CMA has begun an investigation and issued an invitation to comment on the anticipated acquisition of Olink Holding AB by...
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