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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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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European SI No 440/2025 European Union ( Anti- Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Trusts) ( Amendment) ( No 2) Regulations 2025 ( Ireland) ( SI 440/2025 ( IRL)) published Published on 3 October 2025, SI 440/2025 ( IRL) was formally issued. These Regulations modify provisions of SI 194/2021 European Union ( Anti- Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Trusts) Regulations 2021 ( Ireland) to further implement Article 31 of the Anti- Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Directive ( AMLD) 4, as revised by AMLD 5, art 1(16). They impose additional obligations on designated persons where particulars of a relevant trust have not been entered in the Central Register of Beneficial Ownership of Trusts. SI 440/2025 ( IRL) took effect on 1 October 2025 and can be accessed here for reference and review. On 9 October 2025, the EBA released a report addressing ML/ TF risks for...
CILEX announced on 25 November 2025 that the Court of Appeal has granted it leave to seek to reverse the judgment, which held that its 18,000 members and other legal practitioners were unable to conduct litigation at all while supervised by others. The September High Court ruling ran contrary to what many across the profession had believed. According to CILEX, the Court of Appeal stated that the case ‘raises an important point of practice, and its significance to the legal profession as a whole is a compelling reason for an appeal to be heard’. Jennifer Coupland, CILEX’s Chief Executive, described the appellate court’s decision to allow the appeal to proceed as ‘great news’. The......
R (on the application of Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London) and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1843 What was the background? This was an appeal brought by the SSHD against a decision of Mr Justice Cavanagh. Sitting in the High Court, Cavanagh J held that the failure to provide e-visa documentation to migrants with section 3C leave was irrational (see our summary here). He further decided that this omission did not run counter to the purposes of the IA 1971 and therefore did not offend the Padfield principle, with the consequence that the claimant failed on that ground. However, he concluded it infringed the ‘best interest of children’ principle under BCIA 2009, s 55, and the claimant succeeded on that basis. The SSHD subsequently lodged an appeal against that decision. Crucially, Lady Justice Laing had...
Cifci v Sutton London Borough [2025] EWCA Civ 1480 What are the practical implications of this case? The judgment clarifies that where several factors contribute to the loss of housing, an applicant is intentionally homeless if any one cause is a conscious act or omission by them. It gives comfort to local authorities that they may end the main housing duty when an applicant declines a suitable alternative offer. The ruling also reflects the courts’ pragmatic and grounded assessment of a reviewing officer’s reasoning. In multiple respects, the outcome will be welcomed by local authorities. Councils are increasingly dependent on temporary accommodation held by private landlords to fulfil housing duties, yet that reliance is uncertain. Landlords often choose to recover properties to let them privately or to undertake significant repairs......
Mergers The CMA opened a phase 1 probe into the expected purchase of Eversholt UK Rails Limited by Beacon Rail Lux Holdings S.à r.l.; see the case page for further details. For all active CMA merger reviews, consult the UK mergers—ongoing cases tracker. Upcoming dates For forthcoming UK competition developments, refer to the UK Competition calendar......
Mergers The Commission has granted clearance for: the acquisition by HDI International AG of exclusive control over Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń i Reasekuracji Warta S. A. and Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Europa S. A. ( M.12176) after a phase I investigation—see further, Midday Express the acquisition by Advent International, L. P. of sole control of Sapiens International Corporation N. V. ......
If adopted, these reforms could significantly raise penalties, trim concessions for voluntary self-disclosure, and bring in fresh responses to breaches, including settlement pathways. The proposals would align OFSI more closely with the enforcement model of its US peer, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ( OFAC), a sophisticated, high-powered body with which it has developed an ever broader partnership since 2022, centred on information sharing, joint enforcement and harmonised implementation approaches. OFSI is likewise taking cues from other seasoned UK regulators, such as the Financial Conduct Authority, with which it is working closely. OFSI is progressing, and with that shift come heightened UK sanctions exposures for banks and companies within UK enforcement reach. OFSI's expanding enforcement activity Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, OFSI has more than doubled its headcount, with a marked emphasis on licensing and...
Nilsson and another (as joint trustees in bankruptcy of Timothy Edward Jones) v Jones [2025] EWHC 2652 ( Ch) What was the background? The joint trustees in bankruptcy of Timothy Edward Jones sought to have his bankruptcy order set aside on the footing that it should not have been made at all. Mr Jones petitioned on 3 November 2021, but an adjudicator initially rejected the application on 22 November 2021, expressly holding that his COMI was outside this jurisdiction and that none of the other jurisdictional gateways applied. On 6 December 2021, Mr Jones requested a review and then produced additional material, including a Family Court ruling in 2018 fixing his domicile within this jurisdiction, a statement that he had been using a friend’s house in Esher as a base to see his children, and an Austrian residence document showing his Austrian address as a...
FPR 2010, PD Update No 6 of 2025 New FPR 2010, PD 27A—court bundles The PD Update introduces a replacement Practice Direction for FPR 2010, PD 27A ( Family proceedings: Court bundles (universal practice to be applied in the High Court and Family Court)). Among other points, the refreshed PD 27A: adopts e-bundles as the default approach requires, where feasible, the use of Arial or Times New Roman sets distinct rules for the layout and contents of bundles in financial remedy cases and in other proceedings (including private children matters and public children matters) accelerates the timetable for preparing and lodging the bundle; for example, apart from the preliminary documents, the bundle must be filed five working days before the hearing rather than two Linked amendments are also made to existing PDs to refresh...
In this issue: Horizon scanning Immigration Cross-border, international and jurisdictional issues Recruitment Employment contract Pay Benefits Prohibited conduct protection at work Data protection and employee information TUPE and asset purchases Practice, procedure and settlement Dates for your diary Trackers Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Horizon scanning Budget 2025—key Employment announcements and views from the market On 26 November 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, unveiled a suite of tax, labour market and regulatory reforms with major consequences for employment costs, workforce planning and HR compliance. The programme includes above‑inflation rises to the National Living Wage ( NLW) and National Minimum Wage ( NMW), continued freezes to income tax and National Insurance...
In this issue: Data protection and life sciences Research and development Intellectual property Medical devices Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Advertising of medicines Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Data protection and life sciences Digital Omnibus proposal—re-writing the EU’s digital rulebook In recent years, the EU has introduced digital laws at almost the same speed as the technologies they are intended to govern have evolved. Worries about excessive regulation and rules that overlap or even clash have prompted the European Commission to reconsider its strategy and seek to lighten the load of digital compliance. On 19 November 2025, the Commission unveiled its Digital Omnibus proposal. It sets out two principal proposals: the first delivers ‘quick fixes’ to address several pressure points in the EU AI Act; the second, a more extensive package, updates the data...
In this issue: Budget 2025 Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Agency and distribution Consumer protection Contracts Data protection E-commerce International Public procurement Sale and supply of goods Standard term and conditions Supply chain Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Budget 2025 Budget 2025—key Commercial announcements On 26 November 2025, in Budget 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, outlined plans designed to foster sustained economic growth. Alan Murdie, a barrister at Council Tax Legal Services, offers commentary on Budget 2025. See: LNB News 26/11/2025 61. Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA rulings—26 November 2025 A single complaint was submitted to the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) regarding Storage Giant Ltd’s claims about price guarantees and stated charges. The ASA...
Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—27 November 2025 In this issue: Risk & Compliance forecast Data Protection AML, CTF & Counter- Proliferation Financing Other Financial Crime Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Risk & Compliance forecast New Risk & Compliance forecast as at 25 November 2025 The latest Risk & Compliance forecast, dated 25 November 2025, is now available. This edition covers: (1) the ICO’s fresh consultation on procedural guidance for data protection enforcement, (2) HMT’s response to its consultation on reforming the AML/ CTF Supervision Regime, (3) revised HMRC AML supervision fees, and (4) the JMLSG consultation proposing updates to Part I of its guidance. See News Analysis: New Risk & Compliance forecast as at 25 November 2025. Data Protection Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025 (...
Private actions CAT made CPOs in two collective actions against Amazon concerning alleged abuse of dominance on Amazon Marketplace The CAT issued collective proceedings orders ( CPOs) in cases of Professor Andreas Stephan v Amazon.com Inc. & Others and Robert Hammand v Amazon.com, Inc. & Others, authorising Professor Andreas Stephan and Mr Robert Hammod to bring collective damages claims, pursuant to section 47B of the Competition Act 1998, in actions against Amazon......
In this issue: Practice and procedure Domestic abuse Private children Public children Financial provision International children Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Useful information Practice and procedure Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Direction Update No 6 of 2025 Family Procedure Rules 2010 ( FPR 2010), Practice Direction ( PD) Update No 6 of 2025 has been published introducing a new PD 27A, superseding the existing FPR 2010, PD 27A on the assembling and lodging of bundles, coming into force on 2 March 2026. The revised PD 27A accelerates the timetable for preparing and lodging the bundle; save for the preliminary documents, the bundle must now be filed five working days before the hearing, rather than two. The Update also makes changes to eight other PDs. See News Analysis: Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Direction Update No 6 of...
In this issue Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Company law, governance and regulatory matters New content Trackers Weekly highlights from other practice areas Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Budget 2025 The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, presented the government’s Budget on 26 November 2025. From a Share Incentives standpoint, the key update was: Employee ownership trusts: with immediate effect for disposals on or after 26 November 2025, capital gains tax ( CGT) relief on qualifying transfers of shares to the trustees of an Employee Ownership Trust ( EOT) falls from a 100% exemption to 50%. Draft legislation has been released for inclusion in Finance Bill 2025–26. Section 236H of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 will be amended so that, where the disposal relief conditions are satisfied, 50% of the gain is treated as a chargeable gain of the disposing shareholder for CGT. Business Asset Disposal Relief and...
A D Bly Groundworks and Civil Engineering Ltd and another v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2025] EWCA Civ 1443 What are the practical implications of this case? The CA confirmed that the proper way to decide if expenditure is incurred wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade is to apply established authorities. The principles are as follows. Because the taxpayer’s “object” in making the outlay must be identified, it follows that—save in plain cases—the First-tier Tribunal ( FTT) should examine the taxpayer’s state of mind at the time the cost is incurred ( Lord Brightman in Mallalieu v Drummond ( Inspector of Taxes) [1983] 2 All ER 1095 at 1100, [1983] STC 665 at 669, [1983] 2 AC 861 at 870 ( Mallalieu)). In conducting that inquiry, the object of the spending must be kept separate from its effects. Where the sole...
In this issue: Insurance claims Insurance types UK regulation International regulation Cases tracker Dates for your diary New and updated content Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk® Insurance: a Lexis® Nexis community Insurance claims Fraud and dishonesty Fraud within the UK general insurance market climbed again in 2024, largely led by motor cover, the Association of British Insurers ( ABI) warned on 17 November 2025. See: Fraudulent insurance claims continue to top £1bn a year. Insurance types Cyber Amid rising concern about the economic risk of a major strike on IT infrastructure, the Business and Trade Committee said the government should widen the remit of the UK’s £2.2trn terrorism reinsurer to include emerging cyberthreats. See: MPs call for expansion of state reinsurer to cyberthreats. UK regulation PRA publishes insurer-specific results of Life Insurance Stress Test 2025 The Prudential Regulation Authority ( PRA) has...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Transferring property Property insolvency Property management Residential property Property development Property in Wales Property taxes Property in Scotland Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers New Q& A Key developments and horizon scanning Budget 2025—key property announcements In her Budget 2025 statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, set out an annual ‘ High Value Council Tax Surcharge’ ( HVCTS) for owners of residential homes in England valued above £2m. The levy will be £2,500 a year, increasing to £7,500 for properties exceeding £5m, commencing in 2028–29. Local authorities will handle collection alongside council tax on behalf of central government, with proceeds channelled to support funding for local government services; further detail will follow at the next...
In this issue: Budget 2025 Lending Security Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Derivatives Structured products and securitisation Claims and remedies Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information Budget 2025 Budget 2025—key Banking & Finance announcements In the Budget 2025 on 26 November 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, outlined measures of interest to banking and finance lawyers, including the government’s emphasis on economic stability, an updated Green Financing Framework, plans for the British Business Bank, and UK listing relief. For further detail, see: Budget 2025—key Banking & Finance announcements— LNB News 26/11/2025 67. Sources: Budget 2025 and Supporting documents for Budget 2025. Lending LMA responds to FCA consultation on fund tokenisation implications for loan markets The Loan Market Association ( LMA) has filed its response to the Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA)...
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