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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 Sole traders, informal partnerships and outdated partnership deeds are common.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: Key developments and horizon scanning Transferring property Residential property Property management Property development Easements, rights and covenants Environment, energy and buildings Statutory compliance 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 Challenge to Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 fails In R ( ARC Time Freehold Income Authorised Fund and others) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government ( The Speaker of The House of Commons) [2025] EWHC 2751 ( Admin), the High Court held that three key leasehold reforms in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 ( LFRA 2024) are consistent with property rights under Article 1 of the First Protocol ( A1P1). The measures introduce a cap on ground rent for enfranchisement valuation, remove marriage value from enfranchisement premiums, and bar landlords from recovering non-litigation costs in...
In this issue: Criminal liability Criminal procedure and evidence Sentencing Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Cybercrime and data protection offences Financial services and pensions offences Environmental offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions Money laundering Corporate Crime in Scotland Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Criminal liability Record number of modern slavery cases reported in the UK Between July and September 2025, the Home Office recorded an unprecedented 6,414 suspected modern slavery victims—the largest quarterly figure since the National Referral Mechanism ( NRM) launched in 2009. Alasdair Hobbs, an employment partner at Excello Law, said these numbers should be a wake-up call for employers. See News Analysis: Record number of modern...
In this issue: COP30 Air emissions and climate change Energy for environmental lawyers Hazardous substances and chemicals ESG and sustainability Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content COP30 Council of EU approves updated NDC ahead of COP30 The Council of the EU has endorsed a refreshed nationally determined contribution ( NDC) on behalf of the EU and its Member States, to be lodged with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC) in advance of COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Spanning to 2035, this revision builds upon the EU’s 2020 filing and its 2023 revision. It restates the current aim of cutting net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 relative to 1990. It further notes the Council’s backing for a 90% net cut by 2040 and...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Residential tenancies Service charges Disputes and remedies Trespass and adverse possession 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 Key developments and horizon scanning Challenge to Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 fails In R ( ARC Time Freehold Income Authorised Fund) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government ( The Speaker of The House of Commons) [2025] EWHC 2751 ( Admin), the High Court confirmed three core leasehold reforms in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 ( LFRA 2024) are consistent with property rights under Article 1 of the First Protocol. The provisions fix ground rent for enfranchisement valuations, remove marriage value from enfranchisement premiums, and prevent landlords recovering non-litigation costs in enfranchisement claims. These measures are designed to correct systemic unfairness in leasehold tenure by cutting the sums...
HL Display v Black Sheep Retail Products In HL Display v Black Sheep Retail Products, the Hague local division ( LD) of the UPC invoked its long-arm jurisdiction in respect of infringement in particular of a European patent validated across a range of UPC, non- UPC and non- EU territories. HL Display issued infringement proceedings against Black Sheep, a Dutch company, concerning a mechanism that fixes shelf accessories to a shelf. The patent remains effective in multiple jurisdictions, including UPC contracting member states (for example the Netherlands, France and Germany), EU Member States outside the UPC (such as Ireland and Poland), non- EU Lugano contracting states (including Norway and Switzerland), and states outside both the UPC and EU (such as the UK and Liechtenstein). Black Sheep denied infringement and alleged the patent was invalid due to both added matter and an absence of...
In this issue: Cybersecurity Confidential information Data protection Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Cybersecurity DSIT introduces Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to protect essential UK services The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT) has tabled the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill in Parliament, designed to reinforce the UK’s cyber defences against cybercriminals and state-backed threats. The legislation concentrates on shielding vital public services, including the NHS, transport, energy and drinking water suppliers. It also intends to bring medium and large managed service providers—those delivering IT management, help desk support and cyber security services to organisations in both the public and private sectors, such as the NHS—within a regulatory framework. See: LNB News 12/11/2025 32. Confidential information Company Director held personally liable for misuse of confidential information ( Kieran Corrigan v One E Group &...
In this issue: Tax treatment Corporate governance Useful information Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Tax treatment HMRC publishes Employment Related Securities Bulletin 61 HMRC has released Employment Related Securities Bulletin 61, outlining updates on several share incentive topics. These include: Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System ( PISCES): The bulletin reminds readers of draft legislation enabling existing company share option plan ( CSOP) and enterprise management incentives ( EMI) agreements to be amended so that sales on a PISCES platform qualify as exercisable events without losing tax advantages. It highlights that the legislation remains in draft form, is subject to change, and applies only to existing CSOP and EMI contracts granted on or before Royal Assent of the Finance Bill 2025–26. For options granted after that date, a PISCES sale should be specified as an exercisable event in the option terms at grant, just as with any other...
PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—13 November 2025 In this issue we cover key PI and clinical negligence updates, including issues with service, case management, proving negligence or breach of statutory duty, road traffic accidents, product liability, coroner’s inquests, and other PI and clinical negligence news. Key PI and Clinical negligence developments Following Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] EWHC 2341, the Law Society has released detailed guidance to address the uncertainty created by the High Court judgment on litigation conduct. The practice note clarifies who is authorised to practise litigation under the Legal Services Act 2007 and sets out the boundary between conducting litigation and supporting an authorised person (see: LNB News 11/11/2025 20). Issues with service In Bali v 1-2 Couriers Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1413, the Court of Appeal confirmed that a claim form is issued when sealed, and it upheld the refusal of an...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Nuclear energy Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy Dates for your diary Trackers Energy resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Ofgem launches dual Calls for Input on ' Consumer Outcomes' and a review of supplier GSo P Ofgem has launched two connected Calls for Input on: (1) proposals for a new suite of cross-cutting ' Consumer Outcomes' to steer an outcomes-based regulatory model; and (2) a root-and-branch review of the supplier Guaranteed Standards of Performance ( GSo P). Both remain open until 22 January 2026, aiming to create a simpler regime that safeguards consumers while enabling innovation. See: LNB News 10/11/2025 8. Electricity Code Modifications Information on every live change to the Connection and Use of System Code ( CUSC), the Grid Code ( GC), the System Owner—...
In this issue: Coronavirus ( COVID-19) business interruption insurance Insurance types UK Regulation Cases tracker Dates for your diary New and updated content Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Coronavirus ( COVID-19) business interruption insurance SMEs fight Liberty Mutual on discovery wording and COVID-19 A consortium of companies argued that Liberty Mutual Insurance ought to cover disruption stemming from COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdowns, on day one of the newest trial in an ongoing sequence of cases scrutinising insurers’ policies after the pandemic. See: SMEs fight Liberty Mutual on discovery wording and COVID-19. Insurance types Cyber Insurers disbursed £197m to businesses struck by cyber-attacks in 2024, representing a 230% year-on-year surge compared with the £138m paid in 2023, according to the Association of British Insurers ( ABI). See: UK cyber-insurance payouts soar amid rising digital...
In this issue: Commercial Competition Corporate Data protection and cybersecurity Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Energy Environment Life sciences Regulatory TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Commercial Commission consults on evaluation of market surveillance regulation The European Commission has launched a consultation to assess and, if needed, update the Market Surveillance Regulation ( EU) 2019/1020. It aims to strengthen the operation of the single market by boosting compliance with EU product harmonisation rules, with any amendments scheduled for Commission adoption in Q3 2026. The consultation closes on 4 February 2026. See: LNB News 12/11/2025 22. Commission consults on New Legislative Framework revision The Commission’s Directorate- General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs ( DG GROW H4) has opened a...
In this issue: Social care Social housing Education Planning Governance Healthcare Children’s social care Licensing Local government finance Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& As Social care Court of Protection authorises high-risk surgery and post-operative mechanical ventilation in intensive care for young adult lacking capacity ( RS, Re ( Best Interests: Surgery and Intensive Care)) In GH v RS (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) and others, the Court of Protection sanctioned high-risk spinal surgery with planned prolonged elective ventilation for an 18-year-old who lacked capacity, finding the treatment to be in his best interests under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Applying Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v James, Mr Justice Poole balanced serious intra- and post-operative hazards against meaningful gains in mobility, comfort, and life...
Getty Images ( US) Inc and others v Stability AI [2025] EWHC 2863 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? The progress of the dispute and the court’s judgment underline how challenging it is to enforce copyright when works are used, without consent, to train artificial intelligence models, particularly generative AI. Both sides are major global businesses, capable of bearing the rigours and expense of court proceedings. The litigation featured substantial procedural complexity and technical hurdles. An application for summary judgment An expert list Contests over the breadth of disclosure and tools needed to probe Stability’s gigantic unstructured data sets The judgment runs to over 200 pages and tackles novel copyright issues that would intimidate even highly sophisticated parties. As dependence on AI grows by the day, actions against AI developers are likely to be out of reach for all but the...
In this issue: Practice and procedure Financial provision Public children International children Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content New Q& As Useful information Practice and procedure Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Direction Update No 5 of 2025 The fifth update to the FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955 Practice Directions for 2025 has now been released, introducing a single amendment to FPR 2010, PD 36Z ( Pilot scheme: Private law reform: Investigative approach), which underpins the Pathfinder pilot. Pathfinder is being tested in selected courts, trialling a revised procedural route for specified private law children proceedings, replacing the Child Arrangements Programme. Earlier in 2025, the third FPR 2010 PD Update extended FPR 2010, PD 36Z to three Designated Family Judge areas: the Black Country and Shropshire, Hereford and Worcestershire, and Staffordshire. The Family Court locations within these three areas were set out in a...
In this issue: Horizon scanning Immigration Prohibited behaviour (discrimination, etc) Workers’ rights to information and consultation Data protection and staff information TUPE and asset purchases Employment tribunals Europe— EU Dates for your diary Trackers Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk® Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Horizon scanning MPs stand firm on day-one unfair dismissal rights MPs have once more endorsed the Employment Rights Bill ( ERB) plan to give employees protection from unfair dismissal from their first day, voting on 5 November 2025 to overturn the House of Lords’ latest bid to derail the measure. The Commons divided 308 to 153, rejecting the Lords’ attempt to impose a six‑month qualifying period before staff could bring unfair dismissal claims, reaffirming the government’s flagship commitment amid further parliamentary ping‑pong on the ERB. Employment Rights Minister Kate Dearden confirmed the government’s resolve to secure protection from the very start of employment. ‘ Not two years, not six months, but...
Addressing a parliamentary committee, Leveson said younger people should be encouraged to enter criminal practice as barristers and solicitors, and that pay for such work ought to be reviewed. He has been leading a landmark, independent review of England’s ailing criminal court system. As he observed, the older cohort is dropping away and the younger are moving on, turning to other work. Many are getting involved in public inquiries or in regulatory matters—both areas that tend to be better paid than crime. This weak retention rate, he warned, feeds a long-term problem: the justice system needs experienced criminal judges, particularly for complex and difficult cases......
High Court judge William Trower has held that Igor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Bogolyubov are jointly and severally liable to pay JSC Commercial Bank Privat Bank over US$1.76bn in damages together with US$1.19bn in compound interest, after he found in July that the two were responsible for the fraud. The figure corresponds to the US$1.9bn siphoned from Ukraine’s biggest bank, less the value of assets already restored to Privat Bank. Judge Trower explained that, under Ukrainian law, the interest is warranted to properly compensate Privat Bank for being deprived of the use of the misappropriated funds over time. Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov must also pay a further £76.4m as an interim costs payment. He determined that costs should be awarded on the indemnity basis because the pair persisted throughout the proceedings in asserting they were not to blame for the fraud. He concluded that this...
On 10 November ( Eastern Time), the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security issued an official notice in the Federal Register announcing a one-year temporary pause on enforcing the 'penetrating rules' for export controls. The Ministry of Commerce responded to the decision, discussing the effects of the suspension and whether it could be prolonged beyond the initial one-year timeframe......
In this issue: Taxes management and litigation VAT Employment taxes Budget and Finance Bills Pensions tax Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Taxes management and litigation FTT grants unconditional stay of proceedings to HMRC pending Court of Appeal decision and refuses repayment of VAT sums deposited ( Uber London Ltd v HMRC) As highlighted in last week’s round-up, in Uber London Ltd v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 1282 ( TC), the First-tier Tax Tribunal ( FTT) allowed HMRC an unconditional stay of the case concerning the VAT treatment of private hire transport services provided by Uber London Ltd, to await the ultimate outcome of an appeal involving a different party. The FTT did not accept that any stay should be contingent upon HMRC reimbursing Uber the sums it had placed on deposit. See News Analysis: FTT grants unconditional stay of proceedings to HMRC pending Court of Appeal...
In this issue: Corporate governance Environmental, social and governance issues Directors Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Corporate governance FRC publishes report to support transition to UK Stewardship Code 2026 The Financial Reporting Council ( FRC) has issued ‘ Preparing for the UK Stewardship Code 2026: Applying insights from current reporting’ to support signatories as they move to the refreshed Code, which comes into force on 1 January 2026. The publication offers pragmatic guidance and examples of high-quality disclosures to help asset owners, asset managers and service providers align with the Code’s simplified reporting framework. Under the 2026 Code, a dual reporting approach applies: a Policy and Context Disclosure must be lodged every four years, complemented by an annual Activities and Outcomes Report showing how the...
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Date [ date ] Parties [ name of Landlord ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Landlord) [ name of Tenant ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Tenant) [ [ name of Guarantor ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Guarantor) ] [ [ name of Mortgagee ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Mortgagee) ] Definitions Within this Deed, the terms below shall be interpreted as follows: [ Annual Rent • the annual sum reserved under the Lease; ] [ Insurance Rent • the Tenant’s share of the Landlord’s costs of insuring the Property (as set out in the Lease); ] Lease • the lease of the Property dated [ date ], entered into between (1) [ the Landlord OR [ name ...
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