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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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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New technologies In this issue: New technologies Internet Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Media Information technology Telecommunications 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 MLex reports that the UK’s creative industries will be able to access a nationwide marketplace to licence digital content, with a government pilot scheduled to begin at the end of January 2026, according to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport also indicated that the AI copyright consultation working groups are set to meet again in February. They further noted there is presently no solution on an opt-out mechanism that would allow rights holders to exclude their...
In this issue: Pension Schemes Bill Salary sacrifice Scheme governance CDC schemes Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Pension Schemes Bill Employer surplus-payment provisions pass Grand Committee scrutiny unchanged On day three of Grand Committee consideration of the Pension Schemes Bill (19 January 2026), the Lords examined Clauses 9–10 concerning distribution of scheme surpluses. Peers tabled a suite of tightening measures: redefining ‘surplus’ as ‘assets’; obliging employers to share surpluses with members; compelling benefit uplifts, including inflation protection; bolstering member and union engagement; curbing the Secretary of State’s regulation-making remit; placing actuarial and endgame provisions on the face of the Bill; and revising insolvency ranking where employers had previously extracted surplus. Ministers, fronted by Baroness Sherlock, resisted, rejecting rigid statutory prescriptions in favour of a regime built on trustee judgement, fiduciary...
In this issue: Free trade agreements Trade in goods Lex Talk®International Trade: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Free trade agreements EU and Mercosur sign partnership and interim trade agreement to strengthen economic and strategic relations The EU and Mercosur have concluded a Partnership Agreement and an Interim Trade Agreement. These accords are set to deepen economic, diplomatic and geopolitical ties, unlocking significant fresh commercial prospects for EU businesses and supporting employment across the Union, while shaping one of the world’s largest trading areas, covering roughly 700 million consumers. This development stands as a landmark in relations between the two regions and is projected to boost annual EU exports to Mercosur by 39%, valued at around €49bn. See: LNB News......
In this issue: UK mergers UK competition policy EU antitrust EU State aid Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community New and updated content Caselex UK mergers Government consider public interest intervention in DMGT’s acquisition of the Telegraph Media Group In a statement laid before Parliament, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy, signalled she is minded to issue a public interest intervention notice ( PIIN) concerning Daily Mail and General Trust plc’s intended purchase of Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited, publisher of the Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph. She deems the deal likely to constitute a relevant merger situation. The Secretary of State has raised concerns that the takeover could further entrench DMGT’s already notable presence in the national daily and Sunday print newspaper sectors, as well as within...
In this issue: Transferring property Residential property Property management Statutory compliance Property development Environment, energy and buildings Property insolvency Property taxes Property in Wales Property in Scotland Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers New Q& As Transferring property HM Land Registry updates Practice Guide 26 HM Land Registry ( HMLR) has revised Practice Guide 26 on lease determination. Section 4 has been updated to make clear that a deed of surrender must be executed by the tenant. See: LNB News 19/01/2026 23. Source: Leases: determination ( PG26). HMLR updates portal design HMLR has confirmed that a refreshed portal will launch from 26 January 2026. The first changes introduce a redesigned portal homepage and View Applications screen, brought into line with the Digital Registration Service and LLC pages to enhance consistency across the platform. The...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Consumer protection Contracts Data protection Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA rulings—21 January 2026 As part of a broader, continuing initiative assessing misleading and irresponsible claims in tanning product advertising, the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) upheld several complaints about paid‑for social media and search promotions run by The Sun Company ( Horsham) Ltd t/a The Sun Company, Tanbox Towcester Ltd, SFJ Group Ltd t/a Sun Shine Co, JD Tanning UK Ltd t/a Tan & Deliver Home Hire Sunbeds, and Byrokko. All five adverts were flagged by the ASA’s AI‑driven Active Ad Monitoring system, which proactively scans online advertising in higher‑risk sectors to spot potentially non‑compliant statements before they reach consumers, rather than relying solely on public...
In this issue: Probate Trusts Court of Protection Elderly and vulnerable clients UK taxes for Private Client Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Contentious trusts and estates Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Probate High Court upholds the will and dismisses the counterclaim due to laches and lack of merit ( Stephenson (as Executors and Beneficiaries of the estate of Malcom Roocroft (deceased)) v Daley) The Chancery Division granted the claimants probate in solemn form of the deceased’s final will, and rejected the...
In this issue: Brexit headlines Brexit SIs Constitutional and administrative law Equality and human rights Judicial review State security and intelligence 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 DBT reports on assimilated law reform progress The Department for Business and Trade ( DBT) has issued the latest Assimilated Law Parliamentary Report, spanning June to December 2025. It presents a refresh on the retained EU Law ( REUL) and assimilated law dashboard, the tool monitoring the quantity and status of assimilated law (previously termed REUL) across government departments. DBT has refreshed the REUL dashboard as well. As at 23 December 2025, it lists 6,925...
Taiwo v Homelets of Bath Ltd [2025] EWHC 3173 ( KB) What are the practical implications of this case? For the purposes of CJCA 2015, s 57, a claim seeking damages for anxiety stemming from harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 is to be treated as a personal injury claim. Consequently, where such a claim is held to be fundamentally dishonest, it must be dismissed unless the court is persuaded that dismissal would lead to substantial injustice. Where fundamental dishonesty is established, the court may: dismiss the whole claim, including components to which no dishonesty is attributed award indemnity costs disapply QOCS protection in respect of enforcement make adverse costs orders for hopeless or abusive appeal conduct The judgment also underlines that persisting with meritless grounds of appeal, particularly in an undisciplined fashion involving repeated...
In this issue: Practice and procedure Private children Financial provision International children Court of Protection Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Useful information Practice and procedure Extension of transparency pilot for financial remedy proceedings The national lead and the deputy national lead judges for the Financial Remedies Court, Mr Justice Peel and His Honour Judge Hess, have, with the approval of the President of the Family Division, released an update on the transparency pilot for financial remedy proceedings, confirming that the pilot scheme will run for a further year from 30 January 2026 until 29 January 2027. Earlier, on 11 December 2023, the President issued guidance in advance of the pilot’s launch, and the scheme began on 29 January 2024 in Birmingham, Leeds and the Central Family Court. From 11 November 2024 the scheme was widened to the Royal...
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs ( Defra) has released a national security review exploring how global biodiversity decline and the degradation of ecosystems could influence UK national security. The analysis notes that ecosystems across the planet are losing functionality and, absent major action, these patterns are likely to persist through 2050 and later. It highlights multiple linked threats, including......
EU financial services developments ECB and ESRB publish report on financial stability risks from geoeconomic fragmentation The European Central Bank ( ECB) and the European Systemic Risk Board ( ESRB) have released a joint analysis exploring how escalating geopolitical tensions and greater uncertainty may influence financial stability within the euro area and wider EU. It sets out the principal transmission channels through which such geopolitical disturbances can spread into the financial sector. The study also highlights that these shocks, alongside policy ambiguity, typically correspond with tighter financial conditions, persistent market strain, higher risk premia, and slower loan growth......
In this issue: Data protection e Privacy Cybersecurity Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection ICO publishes updated guidance on international transfers of personal data The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has refreshed its guidance on sending personal data overseas. The revisions are designed to streamline how organisations interpret and meet UK GDPR transfer obligations. The new materials set out a ‘three step test’ to determine when a transfer is restricted, expand FAQs to tackle queries commonly raised by organisations, and add detail on roles and responsibilities to reflect complex, multi-layered arrangements. There is also a concise guide, FAQs and a glossary to assist teams without specialist knowledge. The ICO also plans a webinar to support those carrying out or advising on restricted transfers. See: LNB News 16/01/2026 10. ICO updates guidance on transfer risk...
This consultation This consultation, which closed on 24 December 2025, examined a range of issues concerning the Financial Conduct Authority taking on AML/ CTF supervision of professional services firms. It sets out the core duties, powers and accountability arrangements the FCA would need to supervise law and accounting firms effectively, as well as the legislative amendments required to deliver the reforms. It is not about sector-specific guidance or a rulebook; the focus is the architecture of FCA powers. The consultation followed HM Treasury’s response, issued on 21 October 2025, to its earlier review of the UK’s AML/ CTF supervision regime. That response confirms the FCA will become the single AML/ CTF supervisor for professional services, including law and accounting firms, replacing the existing model of sectoral professional-body oversight, led in the legal sphere by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The Law Society has strongly opposed the...
Antitrust General Court dismisses action against Commission’s decision relating to the ethanol benchmarks cartel The General Court delivered its judgment in Case T‑93/24, Lantmännen and Lantmännen Biorefineries v Commission, which concerned a challenge to the Commission’s infringement decision of 7 December 2023 that imposed a fine on Lantmännen ek för ( Lantmännen) for its participation in a cartel affecting the wholesale price‑setting mechanism in the European ethanol market ( AT.40054). The General Court consequently rejected the appeal in its entirety. Background After surprise inspections conducted from 2013 to 2015, the Commission launched a formal probe in December 2015 into alleged collusion within the European biofuel ethanol sector. It examined whether a number of ethanol manufacturers — among them Spain’s Abengoa, Belgium’s Alcogroup, and Sweden’s Lantmännen — infringed Article 101 TFEU by coordinating to influence ethanol price benchmarks. The case then advanced via a mix of...
A solicitor’s file should include any instant messages for which a fee has been raised ( Mac Innes & another v DWF Law LLP) Mac Innes & another v DWF Law LLP [2025] EWHC 3252 ( SCCO) What are the practical implications of this case? Lawyers are increasingly corresponding with clients via Whats App and other instant messaging platforms, alongside letters, phone calls and emails. Although convenient, this creates fresh duties and risks, as this decision starkly illustrates. It is a timely prompt for firms to ensure they have procedures to extract and retain Whats App communications that ought to sit on the client’s file. The judge underlined that any communication for which a fee has been charged must, by definition, be included on the file, and that necessarily encompasses instant messages. Firms lacking robust policies and reliable systems for capturing and filing these messages expose...
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Following a disorderly 2025—marked by shifting rules and unproven legal theories—2026 looks marginally more predictable, though no less tough. Businesses should anticipate ongoing growth in disputes, from greenwashing class actions to state‑led consumer protection cases. A fragmented regulatory scene—a tug‑of‑war between US federal and state authorities, alongside indecision within the European Union—will keep compliance complex for multinational companies. Greenwashing risk shifting from regulation to litigation Where we are For at least a decade, companies have encountered rising exposure from government enforcement and private actions over ‘greenwashing’—overstated or misleading claims about environmental benefits tied to products or corporate behaviour. Attempts on both sides of the Atlantic to toughen the rules—an update to the Federal Trade Commission’s Green Guides and the draft EU Green Claims Directive—have stalled. Meanwhile, consumer‑centred litigation is accelerating. Recently, firms across technology, food, fashion, airlines and other sectors have been hit with class actions...
Competition policy CMA launches consultation on its Annual Plan for 2026–2027 The CMA has opened a consultation on its 2026/27 draft Annual Plan (draft Annual Plan), setting out how it plans to implement Strategy 2026–2030 during the forthcoming financial year. The draft Annual Plan is consistent with the CMA’s objectives, encompassing advancing competition and consumer protection, supporting economic growth, innovation and investment, nurturing a regulatory environment that bolsters business confidence, and prioritising UK interests......
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