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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: Practice and procedure Domestic abuse Private children Financial provision Enforcement International children Updated content New content Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information Practice and procedure Family Procedure Rule Committee meeting minutes The Family Procedure Rule Committee has made public the record of its meeting on 6 October 2025. Lady Chief Justice publishes annual report The Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales has issued her annual report spanning October 2024 to September 2025 and emphasising the expansion of the Pathfinder family courts under FPR 2010, PD 36Z. See: LNB News 13/11/2025 7. Domestic abuse Speech by the President of the Family Division—domestic abuse and the Family Court On 14 November 2025, the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew Mc Farlane, delivered a speech to the Association of Lawyers for Children annual conference on the most...
In this issue: Sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Sanctions OFSI issues General Licence INT/2025/7895596 The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has granted General Licence INT/2025/7895596 under regulation 64 of the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ( SI 2019/855). The licence authorises ongoing business with Lukoil Bulgaria EOOD and Lukoil Neftochim Burgas AD, including any entities they own or control. It permits payments to and from the Lukoil Bulgaria entities under existing or new contracts, payments with other parties made under those contracts, and the supply or receipt of economic resources from the Lukoil Bulgaria entities. The licence takes effect on 14 November 2025 and lapses on 14 February 2026. See: LNB News 14/11/2025 33. OFSI removes two expired general licences from active list OFSI has taken two lapsed general licences off its...
A v N ( R intervening) [2025] EWFC 371 ( B) What was the background? The applicant wife ( W) and the respondent husband ( H) wed in March 1996 after living together for two years, amounting to a near three-decade marriage when the cohabitation is counted. The intervenor was W’s mother ( R). The parties had five children; only the youngest, T, now aged 15, remains under 18, although several of the older children have continued to reside in the family property. The former matrimonial home ( FMH) was acquired on 13 February 2012 in H and W’s joint names. It was accepted by both that the purchase would not have been possible without funds from R, and that from the outset the plan was for R to share the FMH with them. The completion statement recorded a £130,000...
Paul D Clement of Clement & Murphy PLLC, representing X Corp, Twitter International Unlimited Company and Twitter Asia Pacific PTE Ltd, told a three-judge panel that US District Judge Vince Chhabria was wrong to deploy the ‘most extraordinary remedies in the judicial arsenal’ by issuing an anti-claim injunction that halted overseas cases pending for over 500 days. He contended Judge Chhabria acted ‘with the thinnest of reasoning’ and pressed the Ninth Circuit to set the order aside. His submissions arose at a hearing on the appeal in Media Matters of America’s breach of contract suit, lodged against X Corp in March 2025—months after the platform formerly known as Twitter brought a raft of defamation actions against Media Matters in courts in Texas, Singapore and Ireland. The Media Matters case alleges X Corp and its billionaire chief executive Elon Musk embarked on a...
Vietnam Oil and Gas Group v Joint Stock Company ( Power Machines— ZTL, LMZ, Electrosila Energomacgexport) [2025] SGCA 50 What was the background? The dispute stemmed from a Vietnamese thermal power plant project between Vietnam Oil and Gas Group ( PVN), as owner, and Joint Stock Company ( Power Machines- ZTL, LMZ, Electrosila Energomachexport) ( PM), a contractor consortium member. In 2013, PVN and PM signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contract governed by Vietnamese law, with arbitration in Singapore under the SIAC Rules. The contract permitted termination for non-payment persisting beyond 150 days ( Clause 16.2(b)) or where force majeure halted work for more than 84 days ( Clause 19.6). In January 2018, PM was added to the US Office for Foreign Assets Control sanctions list, which impeded subcontractor performance. PM subsequently issued: a First Notice in January 2019...
Ryanair has lost a court bid to challenge the allegations in a 2023 antitrust investigation in Italy, over accusations it abused its market dominance by restricting travel agents in the country from selling its fares A ruling released on 17 November 2025 shows Italy’s TAR found inadmissible Ryanair’s attempt to contest a confidential chargesheet it received in October 2025. The court also dismissed the airline’s request for an interim injunction to halt the chargesheet’s effects, a step that would have effectively frozen the antitrust investigation itself......
Rice v Wicked Vision ( Protect intervening) and Barton Turns Development Ltd v Treadwell [2025] EWCA Civ 1466 What are the practical implications of this judgment? The Court of Appeal has determined combined appeals addressing how claims available to whistleblowing employees under Part V and Part X of the ERA 1996 interrelate. The key question concerned the ambit of ERA 1996, ss 47B(1A) and 47B(1B), and the scope of the exclusion in ERA 1996, s 47B(2). In both matters, the issue was whether an employment tribunal fell into error when dealing with applications to amend unfair dismissal complaints to add detriment claims against co-workers arising out of the dismissal, advanced under ERA 1996, s 47B. The judgment resolves divergent EAT decisions and examines the binding effect of the Court of Appeal’s ruling in Osipov......
Background Ms Michaela Simkova, a Slovak national living in England with permanent residence in the United Kingdom, seeks the child element of universal credit ( UC) for her son, Markus. She claims entitlement to that element in respect of Markus as her own child. During the material period, Markus stayed with his grandparents in Slovakia. UC was created by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (the WRA 2012). Under section 10(1) WRA 2012, UC contains an amount for each child or qualifying young person for whom the claimant is responsible. Regulation 4(2) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013/376 states that a person is responsible for a child or qualifying young person who normally lives with them. On the domestic rules, Ms Simkova cannot receive the child element because, although she met his maintenance costs, Markus resided with his grandparents. She...
Oswin v Otila; and Ondray Claim No ARB 032/2025 What was the background? This matter arose from a falling-out between Oswin (the Claimant) and Ondray (the Second Defendant) over how to run their joint venture company, Otila (the First Defendant). Oswin owned 49% of the First Defendant’s shares and Ondray 51%. The board could act only by unanimous vote, while shareholder resolutions required a 75% super-majority. When they were unable to agree on management and operations, the company became deadlocked. Their relationship was governed by a Joint Venture Agreement ( JVA) dated 12 March 2019, which included an arbitration clause calling for DIFC-seated proceedings under the DIFC- LCIA Rules. The Claimant also operated a medical and hazardous waste facility under an Operations and Management Agreement due to expire on 21 August 2025. On 15 August 2025, the Claimant issued a Dispute Notice under clause 21.2 of the JVA,...
Salinas retained the strategy consultancy B. C. Strategy UK Ltd—known as Black Cube—to conduct an ‘unethical’ undercover operation to secure an edge in the litigation against his adversary, Vladimir Sklarov, as recorded in a High Court judgment formally delivered on 13 November 2025. Judge Stephen Houseman described such conduct as ‘anathema to the fundamental basis or premise of civil proceedings’. The judge added that Salinas misused the court’s process by relying on the unlawfully obtained material to seek summary judgment in his favour. Despite those conclusions, the court declined to strike out the fraud claim, instead granting permission to appeal. The judgment explains that Salinas’ ‘abnormal and abusive’ behaviour must be assessed against the ‘distinct policy in favour of exposing and remedying serious wrongdoing such as fraud’. According to the judgment, Sklarov’s former litigation solicitor, identified only as ‘ X’, was tricked into...
INSOL Europe/ Lexis Nexis research on implementation of the EU Directive Lexis PSL is collaborating with INSOL Europe on a joint initiative to gather articles from INSOL Europe members and Country Coordinators explaining how EU Member States have implemented Directive ( EU) 2019/1023 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on preventive restructuring frameworks, on discharge of debt and disqualifications, and on steps to enhance the efficiency of procedures concerning restructuring, insolvency and discharge of debt, which also amends Directive ( EU) 2017/1132 (the EU Directive). A consolidated table is available at Practice Note: INSOL Europe/ Lexis+® UK Joint Project on EU Harmonisation Directive 2019/1023: consolidated table. As always, local lawyers in the relevant jurisdiction should be consulted to verify the measures currently in force and the effect of any particular circumstances or nuances of your...
1st Alternative Medical Staffing Ltd v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 1320 ( TC) VATA 1994, Sch 9 Pt II, Group 7, Item 4, grants an exemption for delivering care or medical or surgical treatment and, where linked to that, the provision of any goods, within any hospital or state‑regulated institution. Note 8 to Group 7 clarifies that state regulated denotes approved, licensed, registered or exempt from registration by a Minister or other authority under a public general Act, save for a provision capable of being commenced at different times for different local authority areas. The company furnished nurses and care assistants to hospitals and care homes, which deployed the workers’ skills and expertise to deliver medical care, while directing, supervising and controlling them. Those supplies formed part of the hospitals’ and homes’ healthcare services directly......
See Q& A: H and W each own a half share of the family home. In his Will, H has created an interest in possession trust over his half share in favour of W with a right of occupation. Could the trustees force a sale of the house against W's wishes? The trustees of the interest in possession trust could, in some situations, require a sale of the family home even if the wife objects; whether this is possible will hinge on the specific facts, including the precise trust terms and the extent of the rights granted to W......
See Precedents: Short details of claim—transactions defrauding creditors under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Particulars of claim—transactions defrauding creditors under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 For a summary of claims by an insolvent estate or its insolvency office-holder, see: Claims by an insolvent estate or its insolvency office-holder—overview......
Mergers The CMA has opened a consultation on commitments proposed by the parties as an alternative to a phase 2 investigation, regarding the anticipated acquisition by Greencore Group plc of Bakkavor Group plc—see the case page for further details. Note— For all live mergers before the CMA, please refer to the UK mergers—ongoing cases tracker. Upcoming dates For dates of forthcoming UK competition developments, please also see the UK Competition calendar......
HMRC v Moir Management Services Ltd [2025] UKFTT 1333 ( TC) This appeal centred on HMRC seeking penalties from a UK company, Moir, for not disclosing arrangements—labelled by HMRC the ‘ Jarvis International Annuity arrangement’—under the DOTAS regime, and for failing to comply with a pre‑disclosure enquiry notice. HMRC contended the scheme comprised ‘notifiable arrangements’ and that Moir was a ‘promoter’ for the purposes of sections 307 and 306 of the Finance Act 2004 ( FA 2004), respectively. The model placed individuals via employment agencies with end‑clients that required engagement through an umbrella company. Although Moir portrayed itself as the umbrella, workers were directed to enter employment contracts with an offshore entity, Jarvis. Under the set‑up, individuals were paid a ‘basic’ taxable wage (with income tax and NICs withheld) alongside a substantially larger, untaxed sum, said to arise from an ‘annuity based payment...
Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd (formerly Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc) and others v Equitas Insurance Ltd [2025] EWHC 2704 ( Comm) What are the practical implications of this case? The judgment offers valuable guidance on the construction of key provisions in reinsurance contracts that often trigger disputes, including: excess limits claims co-operation follow settlement clauses The court also examined whether RSA failed to take 'all proper and businesslike steps' when settling with its underlying insured; any such failure would have relieved Equitas from being obliged to follow RSA's settlement. It addressed allocation of risk spanning decades of cover, as well as principles governing awards of interest. The court confirmed there is no default position that, in commercial cases, interest should reflect the cost of commercial borrowing. It further reaffirmed the basic rule that interest runs from the date of loss....
What is the background to the changes The UK Government has unveiled what it calls ‘the most far-reaching asylum reforms in recent history’. A 32-page statement, laid before Parliament on 17 November 2025, sets out a comprehensive redesign of the asylum, appeals and human rights system, noting clear similarities with Denmark’s stricter temporary-protection approach. The Home Secretary argued the proposals respond to supposed ‘pull factors’ drawing migrants to the UK, and are intended to hasten the removals of people with no lawful right to remain. Refugee protection and settlement changes A new ‘ Core Protection’ scheme will supersede the current five-year refugee status, replacing it with a temporary 30-month leave to remain, renewable only while protection is still demonstrably needed. Automatic settlement after five years will end; instead, a 20-year pathway to settlement will apply, with detailed criteria to follow in a...
On 18 November 2025, the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government opened a consultation to reshape England’s statutory consultee system, closing on 13 January 2026. It sets out a major reset of how consultees interact with planning. The reforms point to quicker, more proportionate and growth-orientated decisions, while placing greater emphasis on early, targeted engagement, robust in-house processes and awareness of updated referral routes. What is the background to the proposals? The government considers the current statutory consultee arrangements to be ineffective. Consultees are often said to reply too slowly, to revisit matters already resolved at plan-making, and to press for outcomes beyond what is necessary to make development acceptable in planning terms. The changes therefore seek a system that is more proportionate, timely and focused on enabling sustainable development. The consultation forms part of a broader planning reform agenda to empower local...
American multinational technology and pharmaceutical companies operating in Ireland generate over 75% of Ireland’s corporation tax receipts, which in turn represent around a quarter of the nation’s tax income, according to a report from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. Although businesses in these sectors have mostly escaped direct tariff rises under measures pursued by President Donald Trump, he has lately signalled that duties aimed at those industries are forthcoming......
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