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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: Building safety FIDIC contracts Planning Procurement Arbitration Litigation Construction industry news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Building safety BSR announces transition to standalone body under MHCLG The BSR has confirmed that, from 27 January 2026, it operates as a standalone organisation, transferring from the Health and Safety Executive to arm’s‑length status within the MHCLG. This shift backs the government’s plan to create a single construction regulator, highlighted as a principal recommendation of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. BSR will continue to promote competence and raise standards across the built environment, while fostering the culture change needed to deliver safer homes and remediate unsafe buildings. The move is accompanied by an operational reset of its function as the building control authority for higher‑risk buildings. BSR reports that...
In this issue: General IP Patents Trade marks Copyright & associated rights Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information General IP Key developments in 2025 and horizon scanning for 2026 For an overview of notable UK IP developments in 2025 and a preview of what lies ahead in 2026, see News Analysis: IP—key developments in 2025 and horizon scanning for 2026. The piece covers patents, trade marks, designs, copyright and artificial intelligence ( AI), plus procedural changes at the UK Intellectual Property Office ( UKIPO). Patents Court of appeal highlights importance of consistent claim construction ( Abbott v Dexcom) The Court of Appeal upheld Abbott’s appeal, setting aside the revocation of its European ( UK) patent for a continuous glucose monitoring ( CGM) device. It found the High Court had...
In this issue: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Security Aviation finance Real estate finance Trade and commodity finance Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Derivatives Technology in banking & finance transactions Sanctions Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ( Commencement No 7) Regulations 2026 SI 2026/57: These Regulations activate provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 that abolish the possibility for companies to hold member details on the central register. A transitional arrangement applies for companies that currently rely on it, affording time to bring their own statutory registers into line with the new duty. The Regulations took effect on 26 January 2026. See: LNB News...
Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights—29 January 2026 In this issue: Insurance types Cases tracker Dates for your diary Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Insurance types Aviation BOC Aviation ( Ireland) Ltd has settled its dispute with Cathedral Capital (1998), which it argued ought to provide partial cover for an alleged US$129m loss arising from aircraft left in Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine. See: BOC Aviation settles with Cathedral Capital over grounded aircraft. Coronavirus ( COVID-19) business interruption insurance The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) refused a bid by a law firm and hospitality sector trade associations to extend the time limit for business interruption claims connected to the coronavirus ( COVID-19) pandemic. See: FCA declines application to extend business coronavirus ( COVID-19) claim deadline. Cases tracker Recent decisions Court: KB ( King's Bench) Case...
In this issue Planning issues in energy projects Heritage and natural environment Housing Planning applications and decisions Major infrastructure projects Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Planning issues in energy projects The Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 ( PIA 2025), which gained Royal Assent on 18 December 2025, ushers in extensive planning reform across the UK economy. Although PIA 2025 spans numerous markets and industries, it also contains targeted measures for the energy sector. These measures—and what they mean for energy developers and investors—are considered in a News Analysis by Rory Bennett, counsel, and Lucy Bruce Jones, partner, of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, together with the Lexis+® Energy and Planning teams: The Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025-implications for the energy sector. Heritage and natural...
In this issue: Social housing Children's social care Education Planning Highways Public procurement Governance Local government finance Adult social care Healthcare Licensing Environmental law and climate change Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Social housing Social housing To be or not to be… the recurring question of when a homelessness application is an application at all ( R ( Lyrae) v Somerset Council) In R ( Lyrae) v Somerset Council, the High Court endorsed the Court of Appeal’s dicta in Rikha Begum—picked up and used in Minott and Ivory—on how to treat a subsequent ‘fresh’ homelessness approach. The analysis comprises two steps. First (stage one), decide whether the later approach counts as an application at all; the only time the answer is ‘no’ is where it rests on...
In this issue: Investigating criminal conduct Criminal procedure and evidence Proceeds of crime Sentencing Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Food safety and hygiene offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Insolvency offences and Companies Act offences Local authority prosecutions Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Investigating criminal conduct Home Office white paper proposes structural policing reforms and new ministerial powers The Home Office has unveiled proposals for the most sweeping redesign of policing in England and Wales since the service was professionalised two hundred years ago. The Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has issued a white paper that sets out potential mergers of forces and the...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Nuclear energy Planning issues in energy projects Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy New and updated content Dates for your diary Energy resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Key developments and materials Ofgem consults on technical sandbox for testing AI in energy sector Ofgem is consulting on a proposed 12‑month pilot for an AI Technical Sandbox, creating a secure, supervised regulatory space where energy market participants can develop, trial and assess artificial intelligence ( AI) solutions ahead of live roll‑out. The initiative is designed to nurture responsible innovation, protect consumers, uphold market integrity and energy security, and support progress towards net zero, while prioritising...
Paragon Group Ltd v FK Facades Ltd [2026] EWHC 78 ( TCC) What are the practical implications of this case? Until this decision, there was no clear authority addressing whether the assignee of the benefit of a building contract enjoys a right to commence adjudication. That absence sat uneasily with long-standing industry practice, under which assignees have commonly proceeded on the footing that the entitlement to adjudicate could be relied upon. Earlier authorities contained inconsistent dicta: in some, the court moved forward on the basis that a right to adjudicate might validly be assigned (see, for example, Enterprise Managed Services Ltd v Tony Mc Fadden Utilities Ltd); in others, the court offered obiter remarks suggesting the point was not entirely simple (see, for example, Westdawn Refurbishments Ltd v Roselodge Ltd (unreported, 2006)). None of those decisions, however, culminated in a binding ruling on this...
In this issue: Free trade agreements Trade in goods WTO Subsidies and countervailing measures Anti-dumping Lex Talk® International Trade: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Free trade agreements Commission confirms conclusion of EU- India free trade agreement talks. The European Commission has stated that the EU and India have finalised negotiations on a free trade pact intended to reinforce trade and economic ties between the two parties. The Commission characterises the deal as the largest trade agreement either side has secured to date. See: LNB News 27/01/2026 11. Trade in goods Northern Ireland Office notifies the Assembly, under the Windsor Framework, of a decision on the Non- Road Mobile Machinery Regulation. The Northern Ireland Office has issued correspondence from Secretary of State Hilary Benn to the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly concerning a Windsor Framework decision under Schedule 6B of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. The letter refers to a...
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales International arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Sector and industry-specific arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments New and updated content Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Arbitration in England & Wales Commercial Court rejects AA 1996, s 67 challenge, tribunal has jurisdiction over shipbuilding warranty disputes In MS ‘ V1’ Gmb H & Co KG and another v SY Co Ltd [2026] EWHC 52 ( Comm), the Commercial Court refused the claimants’ AA 1996, s 67 application, upholding two final declaratory awards that had found the arbitral tribunal possessed jurisdiction over a dispute centred on exclusion clauses in shipbuilding agreements. The matter concerned a pair of shipbuilding contracts containing an arbitration clause; the claimants acquired vessels with assigned warranty guarantees and subsequently discovered asbestos on board. The...
In this issue: Brexit headlines Brexit SIs Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Equality and human rights Public procurement Subsidy control and state aid Information law Other public law news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit headlines Government outlines approach to resetting UK- EU relations The government has issued its reply to a House of Lords European Affairs Committee ( EAC) report on its strategy for resetting relations with the EU after the May 2025 UK- EU summit. The reply explains the government’s reasoning for recent agreements, and also describes the status of ongoing negotiations presently. See: LNB News 28/01/2026 21. Northern Ireland Office notifies Assembly of Windsor Framework decision on Non- Road Mobile Machinery Regulation The Northern Ireland Office has publicly released correspondence from Secretary of State Hilary Benn to the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly regarding a Windsor Framework decision under Schedule 6B to the Northern Ireland Act 1998. The...
In this issue: Horizon scanning Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Consumer protection Sale and supply of goods Supply chain Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Horizon scanning Commercial—key developments of 2025 and horizon scanning in 2026 The Commercial team has published new horizon scanning material comprising a Practice Note and a News Analysis. The Practice Note maps forthcoming UK commercial law developments, setting out key dates for your diary (including forecast dates where the exact date is not yet known) with relevant commentary on legislation, case appeals and other notable developments, including consultations, calls for evidence and inquiries. The accompanying News Analysis delivers a round-up of major developments in UK commercial law during 2025 and looks ahead to 2026, concentrating on advertising, marketing and...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Business, investment and non-sponsored work Long residence, discretion and human rights Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement 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 key forthcoming milestones of interest to business immigration practitioners. In addition, our Practice Note: Immigration White Paper 2025—summary, tracker and resources offers a refreshed and comprehensive overview of activity surrounding the May 2025 White Paper ‘ Restoring control over the immigration system’, with coverage of the ‘ Earned settlement’ plans. It distils the principal anticipated amendments for business immigration advisers, discusses possible effects, and continuously monitors delivery and implementation over time. Relevant resources are linked throughout for ease of access and ongoing reference. UK immigration control: how it works Home Affairs Committee publishes ' Routes to settlement' evidence The Home Affairs Committee has released the...
What is the background to the Regulations? The International Tax Compliance ( Amendment) Regulations 2025, SI 2025/740 (the Regulations) came into force on 16 July 2025. They revise the International Tax Compliance Regulations 2015, SI 2015/878—the UK’s framework for AEOI under the CRS and the US FATCA. A central change is compulsory HMRC registration for in‑scope trusts (and other relevant ‘financial institutions’, potentially including e-money institutions and family investment companies). This new obligation may extend to trusts that previously had no AEOI duties, so UK trustees and their advisers should be alert to it and respond promptly. The policy aim is to give HMRC visibility across all UK financial institutions, regardless of whether they must file periodic AEOI reports. In essence, the measure broadens HMRC oversight and ensures comprehensive institutional visibility across the sector. Which trusts need to register? All trusts that are...
In this issue: Pension Schemes Bill Taxation Trustees, governance and administration Members and benefits Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Pension Schemes Bill House of Lords examines Pension Schemes Bill provisions on Vf M, small pots consolidation, scheme scale and asset allocation The House of Lords Grand Committee resumed scrutiny of the Pension Schemes Bill on Thursday 22 January 2026 and Monday 26 February 2026. On the fourth day of Grand Committee, Thursday 22 January 2026, peers conducted a detailed review of the value for money ( Vf M) framework, consolidation of small pots, scheme scale requirements and the reserve power to direct asset allocation. Proceedings confirmed the government’s legislative approach: broad enabling powers in primary law, with the substantive detail to follow through regulations, consultations and guidance. Despite sustained questioning from peers on...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Repairing obligations and dilapidations Service charges Disputes and remedies Rent and rates Property disputes in Scotland Additional Property Disputes updates Lex Talk® Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Key developments and horizon scanning MHCLG publishes draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill and accompanying consultation on banning leasehold flats The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG) issued a draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill on 27 January 2026 for pre-legislative scrutiny. The draft sets out plans to modernise the commonhold regime, allowing current leaseholders to convert their buildings to commonhold with fewer hurdles, and to prohibit leasehold for most new flats. These proposals follow the Law...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Internet Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Reputation management Telecommunications Lex Talk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Key developments and materials TMT—key developments in 2025 and horizon scanning for 2026 This News Analysis offers a summary of major TMT developments across England and Wales in 2025, and casts forward to what lies ahead in 2026, setting out the landscape clearly. This instalment spotlights core themes spanning AI, advertising, automated vehicles, the internet, media and information technology, across these evolving areas. See News Analysis: TMT—key developments in 2025 and horizon scanning for 2026. Internet Commission designates Whats App as Very Large Online Platform under EU DSA Following Whats App’s ‘ Channels’ feature surpassing the EU threshold of at least 45...
For more on significant movements in Information Law, consult Trackers—overview and, in particular, these key Practice Notes: Data ( Use and Access) Act—tracker UK e Privacy law reform—tracker The UK NIS Regulations—timeline ICO consultations tracker 2025 Additional trackers can be found within our EU Law practice area, including the following Practice Notes: EU GDPR—cross-border enforcement reforms—tracker EU e Privacy Directive—tracker EU Cybersecurity initiatives tracker The EU NIS 2 Directive—timeline EU GDPR— EDPB supranational level guidance tracker Further commentary and updates are delivered via our current awareness alerts and highlights. Select ‘ Create Alert’ on your ‘ Alerts’ tab and adjust your personal settings to subscribe. Confidential information What were the key developments in 2025? In the UK, section 17 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 ( VPA 2024) commenced on 1 October 2025. This provision places on a...
In this issue: Budgets and Finance Bills Taxes management and litigation Business structures Anti-avoidance Employment taxes Devolution International Individuals and income tax Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Budgets and Finance Bills National Insurance Contributions ( Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill in the House of Lords The National Insurance Contributions ( Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill has passed through the House of Commons and is now being scrutinised by the House of Lords. See: LNB News 23/01/2026 8. Further changes to Finance Bill 2026; Public Bill Committee timetable On 23 January 2026, the UK government introduced additional amendments to Finance Bill 2026 ( FB 2026) for the Public Bill Committee to examine: clause 13 (enterprise management incentives) and clause 225 (tax adviser...
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