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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: Data protection Cybersecurity Confidential information Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Information Law Highlights 2025/2026 Data protection ICO fines Last Pass £1.2m for data breach affecting 1.6 million UK users The Information Commissioner’s Office has imposed a £1.2m penalty on Last Pass UK Ltd after a 2022 incident exposed personal data for as many as 1.6 million UK customers. The ICO concluded Last Pass lacked adequate technical and organisational security, following two linked intrusions in August 2022 that let attackers obtain names, email addresses, telephone numbers and saved website URLs. The compromise began with a breached corporate laptop, before a senior staff member’s personal device was targeted to extract decryption keys for a backup database. See: LNB News 12/12/2025 16. ICO updates SAR guidance and publishes template following Data ( Use and Access) Act...
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In this issue: Family Weekly Highlights 2025/2026 Practice and procedure Emergency procedures Public children Private children International children Daily and weekly news alerts New Practice Notes Updated content New Q& As Useful information Family Weekly Highlights 2025/2026 This edition marks our last Weekly Highlights of 2025. The opening Weekly Highlights for 2026 will appear on 8 January 2026 and be sent to customers by email on 9 January 2026. To find out how to stay current with news each day and week, please refer to the ‘ Daily and weekly news alerts’ section. The Family team sends warm wishes to all for a restful festive season and a happy new year. Practice and procedure Family Justice Council Schwartz Round The Family Justice Council’s experts working group will host an online Schwartz Round on 29 January 2026 from 5 pm to 6 pm. Schwartz Rounds are predominantly found in clinical settings and provide a structured forum where...
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In this issue: Corporate Crime in 2025 Criminal liability Legal privilege in criminal cases Criminal procedure and evidence Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Insolvency offences and Companies Act offences Local authority prosecutions Money laundering Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Corporate Crime Highlights 2025/2026 Corporate Crime in 2025 Reflecting on Corporate Crime in 2025 With 2025 nearing its end, Elliott Kenton, partner, and James Camidge, solicitor, at Weightmans look back on a pivotal year for business crime. New corporate crime laws, more enquiries, expansive investigatory powers, and several headline...
In this issue: Share Incentives weekly highlights 2025/2026 Corporate governance Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Useful Information Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Share Incentives weekly highlights 2025/2026 This is our last Weekly Highlights of 2025. The first Weekly Highlights of 2026 will appear on 8 January 2026, with emails to customers sent on 9 January 2026. To stay current with daily and weekly developments, refer to the ‘ Daily and weekly news alerts’ section for details on how to keep up to date with the latest news on a daily and weekly basis. From everyone in the Share Incentives team, we hope you enjoy the festive season and wish you a happy new year. Corporate governance Pensions UK publishes its Stewardship and Voting Guidelines 2026 Pensions UK (formerly the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association ( PLSA)) has released its Stewardship and Voting Guidelines for 2026. On...
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Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—18 December 2025 In this issue: Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Restructuring Directors and insolvency Insolvency litigation Property insolvency Tax and insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals New content Restructuring & Insolvency Highlights 2025/2026 Corporate insolvency processes Judgment Alert: Perhar v Freestone [2025] EWHC 3284 ( Ch) The Chancery Division refused an application contesting the administrators’ appointments. The applicant, a director of Sustainable Bathroom Company Ltd, had secured a trade finance facility with Synergy in Trade Ltd ( Synergy) to support a substantial order, granting a qualifying floating charge by debenture (the Debenture). Monies due under the order were mistakenly paid into the wrong account and were diverted to meet personal liabilities, instead of first repaying Synergy as required by the contract. After issuing...
In this issue: Trusteeship and scheme governance Automatic enrolment Collective defined contribution schemes Overpayments Investment Dates for your diary Trackers Daily and weekly news alerts This edition is our last Weekly Highlights of 2025. Our first Weekly Highlights for 2026 will appear on 8 January 2026, with emails to customers sent on 9 January 2026. To learn how to stay informed with both daily and weekly updates, please refer to the ‘ Daily and weekly news alerts’ section for guidance. From everyone in the Pensions team, we hope you enjoy the festive season and wish you a happy new year. Trusteeship and scheme governance DWP opens consultation to enhance pension scheme trusteeship, governance and administration The Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) has begun a consultation to raise standards of trusteeship, governance and administration for trust-based pension schemes, running until 6 March 2026. Key proposals...
M/s Nambale Enterprises Ltd v Adjumani District Local Government and Kom Consults Ltd , ( Miscellaneous Application No 202 of 2025) [2025] UGComm C 443 (4 December 2025) What are the practical implications of this case? Following this ruling, it can be argued—though not definitively settled—that a party seeking to set aside an award may request an extension of the one‑month period if, on a prima facie basis, there is a serious ground for challenge and the interests of justice call for additional time. Examples of potentially serious grounds include: the applicant was not a party to the arbitration agreement; or the award was obtained by fraud. Nevertheless, prospective applicants should also give a credible explanation for any delay in filing, in addition to showing a prima facie serious basis for setting aside that justifies extra time in the interests of justice......
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Family routes Long residence, discretion and human rights Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Immigration Highlights 2025/2026 Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Note that our Immigration calendar outlines key upcoming developments of interest to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works What is changing under the Border, Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 ( BSAIA 2025) was enacted on 2 December 2025. The legislation places strong emphasis on new criminal offences concerning unlawful arrival by asylum seekers, expands powers to search electronic devices taken from illegal entrants, and adds further offences linked to serious crime. Alongside these, the Act includes a range of...
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EU financial services developments Commission publishes draft amendment to MAR level 2 measure The European Commission has released a draft modification to Commission Delegated Regulation ( EU) 2016/522, a level 2 instrument under Regulation ( EU) 596/2014 ( MAR). Feedback is invited until 14 January 2026. The proposal would amend Delegated Regulation ( EU) 2016/522 to: create a list of designated trading venues to implement the order data exchange mechanism in Article 25a of MAR for shares; and revise Annex II on practices outlining indicators of market manipulation, reflecting technological advances such as algorithmic trading, and correcting several erroneous cross-references Source: Consultation: Clarifications to the indicators of market manipulation and definition of scope of new order data exchange mechanism Council of EU and European Parliament agree Retail Investment Strategy measures The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have announced agreement on a...
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In this issue Pharmaceutical regulation Advanced therapeutics Medical devices Data protection and life sciences Advertising of medicines Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Life Sciences Highlights 2025/2026 Pharmaceutical regulation Council and Parliament reach political agreement on pharmaceutical legislation reform package The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have struck a provisional political deal on the EU’s extensive overhaul of medicines legislation, the ‘pharma reform package’. It prioritises patient access, regulatory streamlining, industry competitiveness and secure medicinal supplies, while adding incentives to tackle antimicrobial resistance. The accord preserves the familiar baseline exclusivity of nine years: eight years of regulatory data protection followed by one year of market protection. A new Article 56a would permit Member States to require companies to keep adequate stocks to satisfy national demand,...
The International Underwriting Association ( IUA), in its reply to the FCA’s consultation, argued that the arrangement being proposed amounts to ‘regulatory overreach’. The regulator has been gathering feedback on an industry-wide redress programme following such a landmark Supreme Court judgment delivered in August 2025. That decision concluded that motor finance providers had broken the law due to sizeable hidden commissions paid to intermediaries and by not revealing a contractual relationship with the customer. The FCA considers these behaviours to have been prevalent from 2007–24 and anticipates lenders will ultimately provide £8.2bn in compensation to affected customers across the sector in total......
In this issue: Budgets and Finance Bills VAT Companies and corporation tax Real estate tax International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Tax Highlights 2025/2026 Budgets and Finance Bills Second reading and committal of Finance Bill 2026 On 16 December 2025, Finance Bill 2026 (also referred to as Finance ( No 2) Bill 2024–26) ( FB 2026) had its second reading in the House of Commons. The House then resolved to split further consideration of FB 2026 between a Committee of the whole House and a Public Bill Committee. The Committee of the whole House will take the clauses and Schedules on the income tax charge and rates (clauses 1 to 8 and Schedules 1 and 2), agricultural property relief and business property relief (clause 62 and...
Introduction The EU Pay Transparency Directive (the Directive) took effect in June 2023, with Ireland required to bring the regime into national law by 7 June 2026. It introduces wide-ranging reforms, including gender pay gap reporting across every EU member state, obligations to conduct joint pay assessments, a prohibition on pay secrecy, and enhanced access to pay information for workers and applicants. Transposition of the Directive The Directive has not yet been enacted in Ireland, though early steps towards transposition have begun. In January 2025, the General Scheme of the Equality ( Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 was issued, containing two measures designed to boost pre-employment transparency and to transpose Article 5 of the Directive, which concerns pay transparency before hiring. As the General Scheme is presently under revision, it is uncertain whether the text in its current form will progress to a formal bill and, in time, to law. In...
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