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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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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PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—15 January 2026 In this issue: Key PI and Clinical negligence news Psychiatric and occupational stress Employer’s liability Interim payments, periodical payments and provisional damages Costs and funding Road traffic accidents Lexis Nexis® PI & Clinical Negligence Quantum Database Lexis Nexis® Quantum Portal Lex Talk®PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Lexis Nexis® Webinars Useful information Key PI and Clinical negligence news Mo J announces Court Funds Office interest rate reductions following Bo E decision The Ministry of Justice ( Mo J) confirmed lower interest rates for Court Funds Office ( CFO) accounts from 9 January 2026, prompted by the Bank of England ( Bo E)’s base rate cut on 18 December 2025. The Special Account rate moves from 4.0% to 3.75%, while the Basic...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Residential tenancies Repairing obligations and dilapidations Rent and rates Disputes and remedies Enforcing security and property insolvency 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 Key developments and horizon scanning Property and Property Disputes—key developments in 2025 and horizon scanning for 2026. This News Analysis offers an overview of major developments across Property and Property Disputes in England & Wales during 2025 and signals what lies ahead in 2026. Coverage includes business tenancies, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, residential tenancies, building safety, service charge and outgoings, commonhold, electronic communications, contractual land controls, adverse possession, title...
PAG, in a letter dated 11 January 2026, warned that existing plans to pay only 'progressive' increases in benefits from January 2027 might arrive too late for many pensioners. In December 2025 the government, responding to pressure from campaigners, said it would insert fresh measures into the Pension Schemes Bill to provide benefit increases from January 2027 to pensioners receiving payments via the Financial Assistance Scheme ( FAS) or the Pension Protection Fund ( PPF). Under the rules of the FAS and the PPF, pensioners who accrued benefits prior to April 1997 have been denied inflation-linked annual increases, also widely known as indexation adjustments......
In this issue: Key DR developments Cross-border disputes Injunctions Litigation Applications—specific Scottish Dispute Resolution Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Consultation Law Society supports OPRC's first Online Procedure Rules for possession proceedings: The Law Society of England and Wales has voiced its backing for the Online Procedure Rule Committee's inaugural Online Procedure Rules, which will at first apply to possession proceedings. In its response to the consultation, the Law Society welcomes the OPRC's emphasis on widening access to justice through online processes while ensuring accessibility and inclusion remain safeguarded. For further detail, see: Law Society supports OPRC's first Online Procedure Rules for possession proceedings— LNB News 14/01/2026 27. Law Society says fixed recoverable costs regime failing to deliver certainty: The Law Society of England and Wales has said that the...
EU financial services developments Commission seeks views on venture and growth capital funds reform under SIU strategy The European Commission invites stakeholders’ input on the challenges confronting EU venture and growth capital funds, and on potential actions to resolve these obstacles effectively. Accordingly, the Commission has launched two separate consultations: a targeted exercise addressing core stakeholders, including fund managers, businesses, institutional investors, as well as public authorities and supervisors, and a public consultation. Submissions for both are requested by 12 March 2026......
Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—15 January 2026 In this issue: Employment Rights Act 2025 Forced labour legislation Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Employment Rights Act 2025 Employment Rights Act 2025 commencement regulations update Employment Rights Act 2025 commencement regulations update The government has issued the Employment Rights Act 2025 ( Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026. These bring into effect parts of the Employment Rights Act 2025 ( ERA 2025) that: repeal the Workers ( Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023; extend the ban on exclusivity terms in zero hour contracts; and activate various other sections that permit secondary legislation to be made. See News Analysis: Employment Rights Act 2025 commencement regulations update......
Majera v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1597 What are the practical implications of this case? The Court of Appeal confirms settled authority on the “very compelling circumstances” requirement in section 117C of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ( NIAA 2002), engaged where a person sentenced to four or more years’ imprisonment contests deportation. The statutory framework means that only in unusual, exceptional situations will the public interest in removal be overridden. Although a full proportionality analysis is always necessary, rehabilitation will ordinarily carry limited weight, and delay in decision-making will seldom attract significant weight. Consequently, despite the fact-sensitive nature of these appeals, rehabilitation and administrative delay will only infrequently establish very compelling circumstances against deportation in cases involving serious offenders. The Court of Appeal further clarified that, when the Upper Tribunal allows an...
In this issue: Directors and insolvency R& I in Scotland Insurance and insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts New Q& As Directors and insolvency Judgment Alert: Lawlests v The Secretary of State for Business and Trade [2026] EWHC 48 ( Ch) The court refused applications seeking specific disclosure under CPR 31.12 and third-party disclosure under CPR 31.17. Mr Lawless, the applicant and the subject of proceedings under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, attempted to obtain all correspondence between the Secretary of State for Business and Trade ( So S) and the Joint Liquidators of three companies of which he had been a director. The court concluded the material requested was irrelevant to the issues he had to answer, namely whether sufficient company books and records had been kept and/or handed over. It determined that the substance of any...
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In this issue: Public company takeovers Equity capital markets Banking and finance for corporate lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Useful information Public company takeovers Market Standards Trend Report— Trends in UK public M& A in 2025 This Market Standards Trend Report delivers a thorough review of the 56 firm offers, 58 possible offers and 15 announcements of formal sale processes and/or strategic reviews that Main Market and AIM companies, subject to the Takeover Code, announced in 2025. The report also features commentary from leading practitioners at Addleshaw Goddard, Ashurst, Bird & Bird, Hogan Lovells, Linklaters, Macfarlanes, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. See News Analysis: Market Standards Trend Report— Trends in UK public M& A in 2025. Equity capital markets FCA issues Primary Market Bulletin 61...
In this issue EU fundamentals Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Energy Environment Insurance and reinsurance Life sciences Regulatory TMT Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals EU Law—key developments in 2025 and horizon scanning for 2026 This News Analysis distils the principal EU developments from 2025 and highlights what is expected in 2026. See News Analysis: EU Law—key developments in 2025 and horizon scanning for 2026. Competition and state aid Antitrust— Google and Alphabet v Commission An application for annulment has been submitted to the General Court in Case T-794/25, Google and Alphabet v Commission, contesting the Commission’s prohibition decision on Adtech and data-related practices (abuse of dominance) ( AT.40670), under Article 102 TFEU and Article 54 of the EEA...
In this issue: Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 Planning conditions, obligations and CIL Major infrastructure projects Planning applications and decisions Highways and rights of way Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 Environmental Delivery Plans and Nature Levies under Part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025: key issues for practitioners In this article, Alexa Culver, legal counsel at RSK Wilding, considers the principal practitioner questions raised by Part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025, which became law on 18 December 2025. Her analysis outlines how the new system of Environmental Delivery Plans ( EDPs) and nature restoration levies could let developers deal with a wide array of...
In this issue: UK antitrust UK private actions UK subsidy control UK mergers EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation EU Digital Markets Act Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Caselex UK antitrust CMA releases revised guidance on the Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption The CMA has issued updated guidance on the Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption ( PTTSBE), capturing changes made by the Competition Act 1998 ( Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) ( Amendment) Order 2025, following the CMA’s review and the Secretary of State’s acceptance of its recommendations. Background The PTTSBE removes certain integrated ticketing schemes from the scope of the Chapter I prohibition under the Competition Act 1998. Extended in 2016 for a further ten years, it was scheduled to end on 28 February 2026. In January 2025, the CMA proposed...
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In this issue: General IP Patents Trade marks/passing off Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information General IP IPO publishes guidance on 25% fee increases for IP rights from April 2026 The Intellectual Property Office ( IPO) confirms, pending parliamentary approval, an average 25% uplift to fees for designs, trade marks and patents from 1 April 2026, following a lengthy period without revisions and 32% cumulative inflation since 2016. The revised charges apply to applications and renewals filed on or after that date; current fees hold until 31 March 2026. Special provisions cover deferred design registrations and trade mark applications in grace periods or under the Right Start scheme, so earlier fees can still apply where deadlines are met. Renewal costs turn on both the due date and the...
Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights—15 January 2026 In this issue: Cases and decisions Insurance types EU 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 Mercantile Indemnity Company Ltd [2025] EWHC 3396 ( Ch) The Chancery Division made an order under section 111(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 approving an insurance business transfer scheme that moved the whole insurance and reinsurance portfolios of Mercantile Indemnity Company Limited and Rombalds Run- Off Limited to River Thames Insurance Company Limited. The matter involved a Part 8 Claim Form brought jointly by Mercantile, Rombalds and River Thames (together, the ' Parties') to effect the transfer of their run-off insurance businesses and to seek ancillary orders, including the dissolution of the...
Background This appeal concerned the proper interpretation of a termination clause within a building contract. The parties adopted the Joint Contracts Tribunal ( JCT) Design and Build Contract 2016, a standard-form agreement very widely used across the construction industry. The wording of the termination clause in dispute is unchanged in the 2024 edition of the JCT contract. The contract was between Hexagon Housing Association Ltd (the Employer) and Providence Building Services Ltd (the Contractor). Under that agreement, the Contractor was to construct buildings in Purley, London, in accordance with the Employer’s specification. A timetable governing payments formed part of the bargain. The dispute centred on two instances of late payment by the Employer. In December 2022, the Employer paid the Contractor 14 days after the date for payment. In May 2023, the Employer again failed to pay on time; on the following day, the...
In this issue: 2025 end of year round-ups and what to look out for in 2026 Lending Security Aviation finance Trade and commodity finance Debt capital markets Derivatives Cryptoassets Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information 2025 end of year round-ups and what to look out for in 2026 Which milestones mattered for lending lawyers in 2025, and what should they anticipate in 2026? News Analysis: What were the key developments for lending lawyers in 2025 and what’s coming up in 2026? assembles the headline changes from 2025 and explores how they could develop further in 2026. Topics span asymmetric jurisdiction clauses, execution of multi-party deeds, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, the National Security and Investment Act 2021, assignments, undue influence, security trusts, aviation finance and shipping finance. What were the key developments for Debt Capital Market lawyers in 2025 and what’s coming up in 2026? News Analysis: What were the key...
Soremi Investments Ltd v China National Gold Group HK Ltd & Another [2025] HKCFI 6417 What are the practical implications of this case? The leave ruling (and the earlier denial of a stay) serves as a reminder that a ‘one‑stop’ route to arbitration is not guaranteed, even if a clause adopts the familiar ‘arising out of or relating to’ wording and expressly captures non‑contractual duties. For deal lawyers preparing shareholder frameworks, the takeaway is to match the dispute‑resolution provision to the risk landscape. If the parties aim to arbitrate company‑level claims (asset misappropriation, breaches of directors’ duties, dishonest assistance or conspiracy), adding ‘tort‑inclusive’ wording will not suffice. The provision must be crafted (and the deal structured) so these disputes are properly characterised as arising from the relationship formed by the shareholders’ agreement (or otherwise linked to the company and its...
In this issue: Practice and procedure Public children International children Daily and weekly news alerts New content Updated content New Q& As Useful information Practice and procedure Non-molestation orders guidance comes into effect Guidance 2026: Non- Molestation Orders under the Family Law Act 1996, issued by the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew Mc Farlane, came into force on 12 January 2026, having been published in December 2025 and replacing the 2023 Practice Guidance. The Family Justice Council’s guidance, which is to be read alongside the President’s document, likewise took effect on 12 January 2026. See: LNB News 18/12/2025 3. Death of Sir James Munby The family justice community mourns with great sadness the passing of The Rt Hon Sir James Munby, who died on New Year’s Day 2026. For over three decades, Sir James was a leading figure in...
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