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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: Social housing Children’s social care Planning Public procurement Governance Education Healthcare Social care Licensing Lex Talk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& A Social housing Local authority successful in Court of Appeal ‘intentional homelessness’ challenge under the Housing Act 1996 ( Cifci v London Borough of Sutton). In Cifci v London Borough of Sutton, the appellant disputed the respondent’s decision that the main housing duty under section 193(1) HA 1996 was not engaged. He maintained he was not intentionally homeless within s 191(1), asserting that his exit from accommodation A was prompted by the landlord’s notice to quit, rather than by declining an offer of accommodation B from another local authority. The Court of Appeal held the reviewing officer was entitled to conclude intentional homelessness, as the effective reason for leaving accommodation A was the short-term placement at accommodation C provided by the other...
In this issue: EU fundamentals Competition and state aid Data protection and cyber security Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT International trade Lex Talk®EU Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals European Ombudsman concludes maladministration in Commission's preparation of omnibus proposals The European Ombudsman determined that the Commission engaged in maladministration owing to procedural flaws when drafting legislative proposals it labelled urgent. Investigations into corporate sustainability due diligence ( Omnibus I), the Common Agricultural Policy ( CAP), and efforts to combat migrant smuggling found the Commission fell short of its Better Regulation requirements. Shortcomings included failing to explain the urgency to the public, not recording derogations, compressing internal...
In this issue: UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Authorisation, approval and supervision Prudential requirements Financial crime and sanctions Consumer protection Complaints, compensation and claims management Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of capital markets Dispute resolution for financial services lawyers Regulation of derivatives Sustainable finance and ESG Banks and mutuals UK Mi FID II EU Mi FID II Consumer credit Regulation of insurance Payment services and systems Fintech and cryptoassets Lex Talk®Financial Services: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary UK, EU and international regulators and bodies FCA publishes Handbook Notice No 135 The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) has issued Handbook Notice No 134, outlining amendments to the FCA Handbook and related...
In this issue: Sanctions AML, CTF & counter‑proliferation financing Other financial crime Other Practice Compliance updates this week Lex Talk®Practice Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Sanctions OFSI issues General Licence INT/2025/8031092 The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ( OFSI) has released General Licence INT/2025/8031092 under regulation 64 of the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019, SI 2019/855. This licence enables the continuation of business with Lukoil International Entities, extending beyond the prior authorisation limited to Lukoil Bulgaria to encompass wider international activities. See: LNB News 28/11/2025 26. OFSI General Licence INT/2022/2349952 updated HM Treasury and OFSI have revised General Licence INT/2022/2349952 to align with changes to Schedule 3E, Part 2A of the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019, SI 2019/855. The revision enlarges the...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Confidential information Consumer protection Contracts Sale and supply of goods Supply chain Lex Talk®Commercial: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Advertising, marketing and sponsorship How to avoid misleading claims— Lessons from recent beauty industry ASA decisions The beauty sector is highly competitive. Claims in marketing materials, including websites, that a product is the best or delivers health benefits can help brands gain attention. Such claims must be objective, capable of verification and backed by substantiation to comply with the Committee of Advertising Practice ( CAP) Code and to avoid a finding of misleading advertising by the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA). Cassandra Hill and Georgina Doukanaris examine the issues. See News Analysis: How to avoid misleading claims— Lessons from recent beauty industry ASA decisions. ASA rulings—3 December 2025 Three complaints were lodged with the ASA about paid Google search adverts by...
In this issue: Litigation Standard form construction contracts Environmental issues Procurement in construction Construction industry news Lex Talk®Construction: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Litigation Court considers limits of the court’s jurisdiction to retrospectively extend time for the service of proceedings ( Galliford Try Construction v Arcadis Consulting ( UK) Ltd) Galliford Try Construction v Arcadis Consulting ( UK) Ltd [2025] EWHC 3002 ( TCC) underscores the risks in asking, after the deadline, to extend time for serving the claim form and particulars. The suggestion that the defendants had tacitly agreed to more time was not established and, in any case, CPR 7.6(3) permits a retrospective extension only where the claimant has taken ‘all reasonable steps’ to serve, with the burden resting on them. As no qualifying steps were taken before the time limit expired, the court had no jurisdiction to entertain the...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Lex Talk®Immigration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Note that our Immigration calendar highlights significant upcoming changes for business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Home Office issues tender for remote English language testing services The Home Office has released a tender notice under the Procurement Act 2023 for Home Office English Language Testing ( HOELT) services, with an estimated contract value of £680m before VAT. The purchase seeks a fully managed, remote testing solution delivering secure English language assessment at any customer-chosen venue, where specified security requirements are satisfied. A...
In this issue: COP30 Key developments Air emissions and climate change Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental assessment Environmental information Environmental permits and consents ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Water, flooding and drainage Lex Talk®Environment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content COP30 COP30’s Global ‘ Collective Effort’— Fragments of progress By the Saturday morning when COP30 in Brazil should have concluded, negotiators secured an accord: ‘ Global Mutirão: Uniting humanity in a global mobilisation against climate change’. Drawn from the Tupi- Guarani language, ‘ Global Mutirão’ echoed a summit presented as one of action and delivery. The resulting text deliberately preserved the multilateral process and offered glimmers of progress, yet avoided any explicit mention of fossil fuels or of...
Halton Borough Council v The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2025] EWCA Civ 1566 What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling affirms that, in a called-in inquiry, a local planning authority is not acting unreasonably merely because its expert revises their position under cross-examination and the authority consequently withdraws backing for a scheme. Where an expert properly acknowledges in evidence that, applying the relevant guidance, they would now advise against permission, that change can legitimately justify the authority’s shift in stance and the application’s withdrawal. The court makes clear there is no ‘normal procedural requirement’ for an authority to stress-test or rehearse its expert beforehand to ensure their evidence will withstand cross-examination. Authorities may rely on apparently competent expert advice that meets the usual evidential threshold; they are not expected to second‑guess their own experts unless...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Transferring property Leasing property Property insolvency Residential property Property development Property taxes Property in Scotland Lex Talk®Property: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers New Q& As Key developments and horizon scanning CIOT warning re new council tax surcharge The Chartered Institute of Taxation ( CIOT) cautions that the government’s planned high-value council tax surcharge risks further complicating property taxation in England and could burden homeowners who are asset‑rich but cash‑constrained. Liability would sit with owners, not residents, and cover holdings via companies or trusts. CIOT also highlights a revised timetable, with commencement pushed back to 2028 and a consultation slated for early 2026 to consider reliefs, exemptions and appeal...
In this issue: Budgets and Finance Bills Taxes management and litigation Real estate tax VAT Business structures Devolution Employment taxes Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Budgets and Finance Bills Finance Bill 2026 published Finance ( No 2) Bill 2024–26 was released on 4 December 2025 with accompanying explanatory notes. Also referred to as Finance Bill 2025–26 and Finance Bill 2026 ( FB 2026), it was presented in the House of Commons and received first reading on 2 December 2025. We have issued News Analysis on the publication of FB 2026. For full tracking of FB 2026—covering a synopsis of each measure or grouped measures, commencement dates and links to expanded analysis—see Tax— Finance Bill 2026 tracker—progress through Parliament. This live resource will be updated as the Bill advances, detailing each Parliamentary stage and any amendments. See: Finance ( No 2) Bill...
In a report released on 1 December 2025, AM Best suggested insurers may have potentially priced policies too low given the threat of a large-scale blaze. It cautioned that any losses could span several classes of insurance business. The incident, on 26 November 2025, tore through seven of the eight blocks at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court estate, leaving at least 151 residents dead. The complex accommodates over 4,600 people in total in residence......
In this issue: WTO Anti-dumping Lex Talk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts WTO WTO publishes latest trade monitoring report highlighting surge in tariffs The WTO has issued its newest Trade Monitoring Report, flagging a marked rise in new tariffs and other import actions from mid- October 2024 to mid- October 2025 during this period. Goods worth $2.64bn, equal to 11.1% of global imports, were affected—over quadruple the previous period. Adding comparable export steps takes the total to $2.96bn in total. WTO members also unveiled 331 trade‑facilitating measures covering an estimated $2.09bn in merchandise. The report adds that nearly one fifth (19.7%) of world imports are now under measures introduced since 2009......
Banking & Finance— November 2025 case round-up Westfield Park Ltd v Harworth Estates Investments Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1374 Interpretation of contract—deferred consideration clause The Court of Appeal upheld Westfield Park Ltd’s appeal against HHJ Klein’s ruling on the correct construction of an agreement dated 14 October 2021 (the ‘ Agreement’) for the sale and purchase of York Holiday Park Development. The key question was whether the judge at first instance had properly read a deferred consideration provision in Schedule 4 as triggering an additional payment from Westfield to Harworth Estates Investments Ltd when the Coal Authority confirmed that static caravans could be located within a ‘ Zone of Influence’ surrounding two mineshafts. The appellate court criticised the departure from the contractual wording in favour of a purposive construction of the relevant terms. It held that the judge failed to begin with the...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Renewable energy Conventional power, waste to energy, biomass, and CHP projects Hydrogen, CCUS and emerging technologies Energy disputes Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy Lex Talk®Energy: a Lexis®Nexis community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Energy resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing DESNZ confirms enduring governance for Smart Secure Electricity Systems DESNZ has issued its response to the 2025 consultation on enduring governance for the Smart Secure Electricity Systems ( SSES) Programme, confirming that Elexon, through the Balancing and Settlement Code ( BSC), will establish new Technical and Security Governance Groups to guide the technical and security frameworks that enable consumer-led flexibility. Using powers in section 245 of the Energy Act...
In this issue Enforcing security and property insolvency Lease covenants and obligations Residential tenancies Disputes and remedies 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 Latest Q& As Enforcing security and property insolvency Section 234 of the Insolvency Act 1986 cannot be used to obtain an order for vacant possession against trespassers ( Maher v Investalet). In Maher v Investalet [2025] EWHC 3133 ( Ch), the Chancery Division ( Companies Court) refused an application by the joint administrators of Pocket Renting Limited made under section 234 seeking vacant possession of five residential properties held by the company. The administrators attempted to retake the properties from Investalet, which had failed to pay rent since November 2023 and had then sub-let the dwellings without permission. While the court concluded that Investalet had no real defence to a...
In this issue: UK antitrust UK private actions UK competition policy EU antitrust EU State aid EU Digital Markets Act Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Caselex UK antitrust Ofgem publishes decision to accept binding commitments from Scotia Gas Networks to resolve abuse of dominance concerns Ofgem has announced, under section 31A of the Competition Act 1998, that it will accept binding commitments offered by Scotia Gas Networks ( SGN) after concerns that SGN misused its dominance on the SGN Gas Distribution Network by declining to adopt third‑party gas connections operating above 7 barg and by imposing unequal terms on equivalent transactions, thereby excluding competitors. The undertakings oblige SGN to keep and publicise the te SLO‑1 audit framework to assess whether self‑lay pipelines above 7 barg are...
In this issue: Prospectus Regulation Economic crime and corporate transparency Corporate governance Public company takeovers ( Offers) Company records, registers and filing Private M& A (share purchase) Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Prospectus Regulation The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) has released fresh forms and checklists for submissions under its Prospectus Rules: Admission to Trading on a Regulated Market ( PRM) sourcebook, ahead of its 19 January 2026 commencement. The PRM will replace the current Prospectus Regulation Rules sourcebook as part of the UK’s new regime for public offers of securities and admissions to trading, with the Public Offers and Admission to Trading Regulations 2024 ( POATR) replacing the UK Prospectus Regulation at the same time. From 1 December 2025, issuers may file draft...
In this issue: Key DR developments Costs and funding Funding arrangements— Am Trust claims £59m from Sompo at trial over legal funding Cross-border disputes Scottish Dispute Resolution New content Dates for your diary Useful information Lex Talk®Dispute Resolution: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Civil Procedure Rule Committee minutes Minutes of the CPR Committee meeting—3 October 2025: The Civil Procedure Rule Committee ( CPRC) met on 3 October 2025 in a hybrid session at The Rolls Building ( Royal Courts of Justice) and by video conference. The record notes discussion of proposed reforms to closed material procedure under CPR 82, the interim stocktake on fixed recoverable costs, progress with costs budgeting pilots, revisions to anonymity orders, and issues before the Lacuna Sub- Committee concerning interpreters’ fees and non-party...
In this issue: Horizon scanning Recruitment Public sector Pay Tax Protected characteristics Equality of terms (equal pay) Whistleblowing Employee duties and restrictions on competition Unfair dismissal Employment Tribunals Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Horizon scanning Government U-turns on day-one unfair dismissal rights and announces compensation cap ‘will be lifted’ On 27 November 2025, the Department for Business and Trade ( DBT) confirmed that, following a round of ‘constructive conversations’ with trade unions and business representatives, the discussions settled on a ‘workable package’: shortening the unfair dismissal qualifying period from two years to six months, while preserving existing day-one protection against discrimination and for automatically unfair reasons for dismissal. To reinforce these...
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