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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: Investigating criminal conduct Decision to prosecute and alternatives to prosecution Sentencing Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Food safety and hygiene offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Investigating criminal conduct Whistleblowing in the UK— Still a long road ahead Rahman Ravelli’s legal director, Dr Angelika Hellweger, together with associate, Tatiana Novikova, examine how the UK handles whistleblowing. They map out the present UK statutory position and other relevant mechanisms, assess the scope of the safeguards they afford, and set these against the options open to whistleblowers in the United States of America. They also describe the HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC) whistleblower reward initiative announced near the end of 2025, contrasting it with US whistleblower protections. Their review ends by...
In this issue Key DR developments Claims and remedies Cost and funding Cross-border disputes Evidence and disclosure Scottish Dispute Resolution New Content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Artificial intelligence UKJT opens consultation on AI liability under English private law: The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce ( UKJT) has begun a consultation on a draft legal statement addressing responsibility for artificial intelligence ( AI)-related harms within the private law of England and Wales. It is inviting views on whether current common law principles deliver adequate legal certainty regarding liability for physical and economic harm arising from AI, in situations where no AI-specific civil liability scheme is in place. The consultation closes on 13 February 2026. For further detail, see: UKJT launches consultation on AI liability under English private law— LNB News 16/01/2026 27. Consultation CPRC extends deadline on consultation on Welsh language CPR amendments: The Civil Procedure Rule Committee ( CPRC) has...
In this issue: Employment Rights Act 2025 Worker status and categories Recruitment Pay Banned conduct Workplace protections against prohibited conduct Whistleblowing Data protection and staff information Trade unions—personal rights stemming from union membership Redundancy Employment Tribunals Industrial Relations Law Reports ( IRLR)— February 2026 Dates for your calendar Trackers Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk® Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Employment Rights Act 2025 Employment Rights Act 1996 ( Application of Section 80B to Adoptions from Overseas) ( Amendment) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/ Draft: These Regulations amend the Employment Rights Act 1996 ( Application of Section 80B to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2003, SI 2003/920, to align with changes to section 80B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 ( ERA 1996)...
P v Shift Energy Asia Ltd [2025] HKCFI 6415 What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling is another Hong Kong authority treating Re Guy Lam as prevailing over Sian Participation. When faced with submissions on whether an arbitration clause was valid, the court looked to jurisprudence on Article 8 of the UNCITRAL Model Law. It determined that the party relying on the arbitration agreement must show, on a prima facie basis, that it has binding effect. The court also indicated that the persuasiveness of that showing feeds into the court’s multi-factorial discretion in the winding-up arena and context overall......
In this issue: Cases and decisions Insurance types UK Regulation EU Regulation International Regulation Cases tracker Dates for your diary Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Cases and decisions Acasta European Insurance Company Ltd v Eshiett The King's Bench Division ( Commercial Court) ruled in favour of Acasta, the claimant insurer, on a Part 8 Civil Procedure Rules application addressing the scope of its liability under insurance arrangements for properties in London. Acasta sought a declaration that the apartment block carried only an index‑linked aggregate indemnity limit of £1.5m. The defendants, who held interests in the block or individual flats, contended that each flat benefited from separate cover with its own £1m limit. The court held that the first limb of the ‘ Limits of...
Telecom operators and other priority sectors such as cloud service providers, medical device manufacturers and chipmakers According to an EU proposal unveiled on 20 January 2026, telecoms, alongside key industries including cloud providers, makers of medical devices and semiconductor firms, will be subject to mandatory measures to separate their supply chains from high-risk suppliers. The updated Cybersecurity Act ( CSA 2) sets out a mechanism enabling critical entities to bar from their IT supply lines any vendors tied to hostile states — for example China’s Huawei — to avert espionage threats, hidden kill-switches and harmful strategic reliance. Since 2020, the European Commission has urged Member States to phase out lower-cost equipment suppliers like Huawei and ZTE from next-generation mobile networks through a voluntary instrument dubbed the 5G toolbox. However, the Commission’s top brass, including Executive Vice- President Henna Virkkunen, became...
Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV., Case C-45/24, ECLI: EU: C:2026:2 What are the practical implications of this case? Up to now, airlines have typically maintained that when a ticket is refunded owing to a cancellation or a delay exceeding five hours, any commission levied by an intermediary, such as a travel agent at the time of booking, falls outside the reimbursable sum. Carriers generally do not know the commission figure and do not receive it as part of the fare revenue. Such commission is usually neither disclosed to the airline nor remitted with the ticket proceeds. This judgment confirms that, where a carrier is obliged to return the ticket price following a cancellation (or a long delay beyond five hours), the repayment must also cover the intermediary’s commission, even if the carrier does not know the amount involved. That position holds...
In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental assessment Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental information Environmental permits and consents Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New and updated content Air emissions and climate change Environment ( Air Quality and Soundscapes) ( Wales) Act 2024 ( Commencement No 3) Order 2026, SI 2026/5: Selected provisions of the Environment ( Air Quality and Soundscapes) ( Wales) Act 2024 ( E( AQS)( W) A 2024) take effect on 23 January 2026. See LNB News 20/01/2026 20... Energy efficiency and buildings MHCLG and DESNZ release a partial reply on changes to the...
Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework European Parliament adopts Critical Medicines Act proposal to address supply shortages The European Parliament has endorsed plans to bolster the availability and supply of essential medicines across the EU, approving the proposals by 503 votes in favour, 57 against and 108 abstentions. The package seeks to lessen the EU’s reliance on non‑ EU countries and strengthen pharmaceutical competitiveness by backing strategic industrial projects to expand and modernise manufacturing capacity within the Union. Under the proposals, contracting authorities would be required to apply procurement criteria that favour manufacturers producing a significant share of critical medicines in the EU, with price no longer the sole determinant for contract awards. The measures also lower the bar for joint cross‑border procurement from nine to five countries and create an EU co‑ordination mechanism for national stockpiles of critical medicines, empowering the Commission, as a last resort during...
In this issue: EU fundamentals Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Environment Insurance and reinsurance IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals Cyprus Presidency of Council of the EU publishes presidency programme The Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU has unveiled its programme for 1 January to 30 June 2026, detailing priorities and direction under the banner ‘ An Autonomous Union. Open to the World.’ The presidency’s objective is to fortify the EU’s strategic autonomy and internal cohesion amid rising geopolitical volatility and a more complex global setting, enabling the Union to co‑operate with international partners where feasible while retaining the ability to act independently when required. See: LNB News 15/01/2026 23......
In this issue: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Benchmarks Lending Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Structured products and securitisation Regulation for banking lawyers Claims and remedies Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Companies House postpones ECCTA 2023 verification measures for those making filings until November 2026 Companies House has deferred the planned Spring 2026 start date for: (i) making identity verification of presenters a compulsory element of filing (including security filings), and (ii) requiring third‑party agents filing for companies to be registered as an authorised corporate service provider. These changes will now take effect no earlier than November 2026. The delay is designed to prioritise completion of the identity verification transition for directors and persons with significant control, while allowing more time to consider...
State aid The General Court conducted hearings in the following matters: Case T‑538/24 Ryanair Designated Activity Company v Commission, a challenge to the Commission’s decision in SA.109677— Italy— Covid‑19— Amendment of the competition scheme for airlines holding an EU operating licence issued by Italy—see further, application Case T‑268/21 RENV Ryanair v Commission, an action against the Commission’s decision in State aid Case SA.59029— Compensation scheme for airlines with an Italian operating licence—returned to the General Court after the Court of Justice’s judgment in Case C‑490/23 P—see further, application NOTE— For a complete view of all pending State aid appeals before the General Court, see further, General Court State aid appeals—ongoing cases tracker Upcoming dates For the schedule of forthcoming EU competition developments, see further, EU Competition calendar......
In this issue: Budgets and Finance Bills Share and asset sales VAT International Stamp and transfer taxes Taxes management and litigation Energy and environment Key developments Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Budgets and Finance Bills Welsh government publishes Budget for 2026/27 On 20 January 2026, the Welsh government issued its final Budget for 2026/27. It sets out tax measures, including retaining the current Welsh income tax rates, making no changes to existing land transaction tax rates, and introducing new landfill disposals tax rates from 1 April 2026. The Senedd will debate and vote on the final Budget on 27 January 2026. See: LNB News 21/01/2026 14......
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Visitors Sponsored work Business, investment and non-sponsored work EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Please note: our Immigration calendar highlights key forthcoming milestones of particular interest to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Migration Observatory analyses Labour’s progress on migration pledges The Migration Observatory has also released an evaluation of Labour’s delivery against its migration promises after more than a year in office. It measures headway against six pledges: driving down net migration; reducing dependence on overseas labour; curbing small boat crossings; clearing the asylum backlog; stopping the use of asylum hotels; and speeding up removals of people with no lawful status in the UK. According to the report, estimated net migration fell to 204,000 in the year to June 2025—78% below the 2023 high of...
In this issue: JCT contracts Adjudication Building safety Planning Litigation Environmental issues Construction industry news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers JCT contracts A ‘sledgehammer to crack a nut’— Supreme Court overturns Court of Appeal’s decision on JCT termination provisions ( Providence v Hexagon) In Providence Building Services Ltd v Hexagon Housing Association Ltd [2026] UKSC 1, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Court of Appeal’s stance on how to construe the termination machinery in the JCT Design and Build Contract 2016. It held that a contractor cannot rely on clause 8.9.4 to terminate for a repeat ‘specified default’ unless a termination right has already accrued under clause 8.9.3—namely, where an earlier specified default continued throughout the contractual cure period. The court said this reading fits the ordinary, objective sense of the words in clause 8.9.4; adopting a different approach could yield ‘extreme’ consequences, permitting termination for relatively minor...
In this issue Market Standards Trend Report Equity capital markets Economic crime and corporate transparency Audit Corporate crime for corporate lawyers Restructuring and insolvency for corporate lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Market Standards Trend Report Market Standards Trend Report—2025 AGM Season This edition reviews FTSE 350 voting behaviour at annual general meetings held throughout the 2025 AGM season and sets out the key points that companies planning ahead for the 2026 season should keep in mind. See News Analysis: Market Standards Trend Report—2025 AGM Season. Equity capital markets LSE has updated the AIM Rules for Companies to give effect to the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024, SI 2024/105 ( POATRs), which supersede the UK Prospectus Regulation. The revisions bring the AIM Rules into line with the Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA)’s final provisions set out in Policy Statement PS25/9, including the...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Renewable energy Capacity Market, balancing services and energy system flexibility Hydrogen, CCUS and emerging technologies Property and construction issues in the energy sector Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change New and updated content Dates for your diary Energy resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing DESNZ updates guidance on electricity licence exemptions DESNZ has released refreshed guidance on exemptions from electricity generation, distribution and supply licences, with its FAQs updated to mirror current policy and statutory obligations. The January 2026 revision also expands advice on ‘ Class A: Supply Exemptions’, clarifying how the small supplier exemption functions where generators provide their own output. See: LNB News 21/01/2026 46. Energy Bill Relief Scheme and Energy Bills Discount Scheme (...
In this issue: Data protection Sanctions AML, CTF & counter‑proliferation financing Cybersecurity Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection ICO updates guidance on transfer risk assessments ( TRAs) for international data transfers The ICO has refreshed its guidance on carrying out transfer risk assessments ( TRAs) for overseas transfers of personal data under the UK General Data Protection Regulation ( UK GDPR). The revisions implement changes made by the Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025, including a shift in terminology so that TRAs are now termed ‘data protection tests’ in UK law. See: LNB News 19/01/2026 25. ICO publishes updated guidance on international transfers of personal data The Information Commissioner’s Office has revised its guidance on international transfers of personal information. The update is intended to...
Sucafina NA Inc v Green Coffee Company Holdings LLC Case No 1:2025cv05752 What are the practical implications of the case? While arbitration is rooted in party consent, courts have acknowledged limited scenarios in which a non-signatory can nevertheless be bound. This ruling offers guidance on that issue and practical direction for parent companies seeking to avoid arbitration without a signature. The court accepted GCC’s broader contention that corporate affiliation alone does not establish an agency relationship between parent and subsidiary. Yet it determined that the record showed affirmative signals by GCC sufficient to create a reasonable belief, on Sucafina’s side, that Agrosura acted with GCC’s authority. In particular, the court noted that: Negotiations proceeded via GCC-branded communication channels; The contractual documents were expressly contingent on GCC’s confirmation; and Sucafina received financial information pertaining to both...
Mergers CMA issues interim report in Constellation Developments/ ABVR merger in phase 2 investigation; provisionally unconditionally clears the merger The CMA has released its interim report and interim notice on the completed purchase of ABVR Holdings Limited ( Aston Barclay) by Constellation Developments Limited ( Constellation). Constellation sits within a larger group involved in used‑vehicle remarketing and retail throughout the UK and Europe. It owns British Car Auctions Limited ( BCA), a business‑to‑business ( B2B) auctioneer of used vehicles, and We Buy Any Car Limited (trading as webuyanycar), a consumer car‑buying service. Aston Barclay likewise provides B2B used‑vehicle auction services in the UK and runs a car‑buying operation via The Car Buying Group. The CMA has provisionally concluded that the deal has not resulted, and is not expected to result, in an SLC in the provision of B2B used‑vehicle auction services in Great...
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