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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: UK mergers National Investment and Security Act 2021 UK antitrust UK competition policy EU antitrust EU mergers EU Digital Markets Act EU State aid Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Caselex UK mergers Vandemoortele/ Délifrance meets the test for reference to a phase 2 The CMA has decided that Vandemoortele Group’s proposed purchase of Délifrance SA satisfies the threshold for a phase 2 referral. Both Vandemoortele and Délifrance supply frozen bakery lines, including croissants and pain au chocolates, to retail and foodservice customers. Those customers bake the products on-site and then sell or serve them to end consumers. At phase 1, the CMA concluded the deal leads to an SLC arising from horizontal unilateral effects in the provision of frozen Laminated Dough ( LD) products to retail and...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Cross-border disputes Litigation Case management Scottish Dispute Resolution New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Online Procedure Rule Committee The Online Procedure Rule Committee ( OPRC) has opened a consultation on the first set of Online Procedure Rules to be made under the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022. The proposed Online Procedure ( Core Rules and Pilot Schemes) Rules 2026 would set the framework for online proceedings across the civil, family and tribunal jurisdictions. At the outset, only possession proceedings are in scope, with a plan to expand coverage to all cases governed by the Online Procedure Rules over time. The consultation closes on 15 January 2026. For more detail, see: OPRC launches consultation on first Online Procedure Rules under 2022 Act— LNB News 05/12/2025 25. Artificial...
In this issue: Data protection e Privacy Cybersecurity Reputation management Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection EDPB adopts recommendations on mandatory user account creation for e-commerce sites The European Data Protection Board ( EDPB) has set out recommendations clarifying the lawful basis for obliging customers to create accounts on e‑commerce services. As a rule, users should be able to interact with sites, including completing purchases, without registering, via a guest checkout or by choosing to open an account. Compulsory registration is justified only in narrow circumstances, such as delivering subscription products or granting access to exclusive deals. The recommendations will undergo public consultation to invite stakeholder views. The EDPB also held initial exchanges on the Digital Omnibus proposal and will issue a joint opinion with the European Data Protection Supervisor. At its 4 December 2025...
In this issue Service charges Disputes and remedies Trespass and adverse possession Contractual issues Repairing obligations and dilapidations Residential tenancies Neighbour and party wall disputes Key developments and horizon scanning 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 Service charges Leaseholders not liable to contribute through service charges to remedy pre-existing structural defects in right to buy schemes ( The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets v Various Leaseholders of Brewster House and Malting House) In The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets v Various Leaseholders of Brewster House and Malting House [2025] EWCA Civ 1591, the Court of Appeal ( Civil...
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In this issue: Practice and procedure Public children Private children Financial provision International children Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Useful information Practice and procedure OPRC opens consultation on inaugural Online Procedure Rules under the 2022 Act The Online Procedure Rule Committee ( OPRC) is consulting on the first Online Procedure Rules to be made under the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022. The draft Online Procedure ( Core Rules and Pilot Schemes) Rules 2026 are designed to oversee online proceedings across the civil, family and tribunals jurisdictions. At first, coverage will be limited to possession proceedings, with a view to extending to all proceedings within the scope of the Online Procedure Rules in due course. The consultation closes on 15 January 2026. Responses can be submitted online or sent by email to...
In this issue: Commercial Competition and state aid Corporate Data protection and cybersecurity Dispute Resolution Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Energy Environment Insurance and reinsurance IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Commercial Commission launches consultation on revised unfair trading practices directive The European Commission has opened a public consultation to update EU rules tackling unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships within the agricultural and food supply chain. The initiative seeks to account for shifting market dynamics and emerging practices, promote fairer dealings across the chain, and answer farmers’ calls for a fairer food system. The review is guided by an evaluation of existing EU rules on...
In this issue: Sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Data protection Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Sanctions OTSI publishes first annual review outlining enforcement priorities The Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation ( OTSI) has released its first annual review, covering 10 October 2024 to 9 October 2025. It explained how it applied its civil enforcement powers under the Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions ( Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/948, and collaborated with HMRC, other government departments and international partners to strengthen the UK’s trade sanctions framework. OTSI underlined both enforcement and prevention, highlighting its work in issuing guidance, supporting compliance, and overseeing the licensing regime. See: LNB News 08/12/2025 46. Home Office imposes sanctions on GRU following Sturgess inquiry report The Home Office and the Foreign, Commonwealth &...
This signals a significant shift in US securities regulation and practice at a pivotal moment in securities law. It opens the door for listed businesses to implement arbitration frameworks the SEC now deems lawful under the Federal Arbitration Act, provided those terms are clearly disclosed. Concurrently, the move rekindles enduring disputes about investor protections, transparency and access to the courts. Brazil’s twenty years of weaving arbitration into its capital markets, in our view, offer a practical template for the SEC to consider, drawing on sustained experience. Where the US stands after the SEC shift While never enshrined by formal rule, SEC staff followed a long-standing practice of refusing to accelerate registration statements that contained mandatory arbitration terms when presented by issuers, a stance applied over many years. They defended this stance on investor-protection grounds, warning that such clauses might curtail shareholder rights under the federal...
Various Claimants v Standard Chartered Plc [2025] EWCA Civ 1581 What are the practical implications of this case? Standard Chartered Bank ( SC) maintained that duties of confidence prevented it from making unqualified disclosure; the Court of Appeal reaffirmed that, while third‑party confidentiality can in principle justify withholding documents from disclosure or inspection, it was insufficient here to outweigh the necessity for disclosure. When advancing an application to withhold disclosure, practitioners will need to produce compelling evidence of confidentiality concerning the specific documents in issue and show that the relevant regulator objects to their dissemination, with clear, document‑specific grounds and explicit indication from the regulator that disclosure is opposed, absent such material, withholding will fail. What was the background? Factual background The proceedings comprised four claims that were being case‑managed together and proceeded on a single set of consolidated pleadings. The claim was brought by 216...
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On 8 December 2025, Sandie Peggie was successful in her claim that Fife Health Board harassed her when it declined, even on an interim basis, to suspend Dr Beth Upton’s permission to use the women’s changing room at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, in Eastern Scotland, following Peggie’s complaint. As a consequence, Peggie and Upton ended up in the facility together on two occasions before their rotas were altered so they no longer worked the same shifts. The decision also records that the board was too slow to look into Upton’s harassment complaint about Peggie and, late in the process, unfairly introduced unproven assertions that Peggie had not properly cared for patients. A three-judge panel further found NHS Fife created a hostile environment by telling her not to speak about her case. However, the panel held that Upton had not harassed Peggie, and it threw out the...
Mergers TIL/ Hutchison Ports/ TERCAT referred to phase II The Commission has referred to phase II the planned joint acquisition of control over Terminal Catulunya ( TERCAT) by Terminal Investment Limited Holding ( TIL) and Hutchison Ports ( M.11811). TERCAT, owned by Hutchison Ports, operates the Barcelona Europe South Terminal ( BEST), the leading deep-sea container gateway for Barcelona and its hinterland. TIL, part of the MSC group—among the world’s largest container shipping operators—also has substantial terminal activities at the Port of Barcelona. After phase I, the Commission is concerned the deal may significantly lessen competition in container terminal services at the Port of Barcelona, potentially bringing about higher charges and diminished service standards for container liner operators competing with MSC. It concluded that terminal services in Barcelona are an essential input for shipping lines and that the merged entity could profitably pursue...
Eisenberg and another v JNFX Ltd [2025] EWHC 3090 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling offers uncommon yet highly useful guidance on the Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (the Regulations), SI 2021/716, a comparatively new framework. Four practical implications emerge. Creditor preference carries substantial weight in contested special administration appointments Directors of JNFX—and the FCA—backed one slate of proposed administrators, but the court appointed the creditor’s nominees, finding no conflict, regulatory impediment or capability concern sufficient to displace creditor choice. This brings the special administration regime into line with mainstream insolvency practice, where the majority creditors’ wishes usually prevail absent special circumstances. Advisers to directors, shareholders or the regulator should note their preferred nominations are not determinative. Insolvency ( Ground A) is enough The court concluded Ground A—an inability to pay debts—was met because JNFX failed to...
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A trial had been due to take place at the High Court in October 2026. Standard Chartered indicated that a settlement was considered the appropriate route to conclude the dispute and draw a line under the case. The bank faced a claim brought by 216 claimants, acting on behalf of more than 1,400 funds. According to the investors, the British-based multinational bank withheld or failed to reveal crucial details in its prospectuses, in particular concerning compliance with US sanctions against Iran. They argue they relied upon those publications when acquiring securities issued by the bank, as well as when holding or disposing of them, and have consequently incurred losses. In a market announcement on 5 December 2025, Standard Chartered said it remains committed to serving the best interests of all shareholders, which extends to meeting its reporting and disclosure duties....
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