What’s New in Lexis+ UK

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes an update to 2 volumes

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Court Guides 2025
• Volume 5(2) Appeals: Supreme Court and Privy Council

Sources:
Atkin’s Court Forms Court Guides 2025
Atkin’s Court Forms Court Guides Volume 5(2) Appeals: Supreme Court and Privy Council

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to one volume

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been completely updated:

• Volume 33: Rectification and confirmation of Deeds; Rentcharges and annuities; Powers of Appointment; Royal Charters

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 33: Rectification and confirmation of Deeds; Rentcharges and annuities; Powers of Appointment; Royal Charters

The AIPN Joint Operating Agreement: A Practical Guide – one of several titles newly available on Lexis+ as part of a new Energy Law menu

This book provides a pragmatic, detailed clause-by-clause review of the most recent (2012) version of the conventional petroleum AIPN JOA. It is an essential tool for practitioners and academics in the petroleum sector.

Key updates and what’s new?

• The Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) model form joint operating agreement (JOA) is the most widely-used (although not always the most liked) joint operating agreement in international conventional oil and gas projects today.
• This book offers a pragmatic, detailed clause-by-clause review of the most recent (2012) version of the conventional petroleum AIPN JOA.
• Each clause is analysed in depth by reference to: (1) a statement of what the clause says; (2) a summary of the intended meaning of the clause; and (3) observations on how the clause tends to be modified in practice and might be improved.
• The book also analyses the major appendices of the AIPN JOA, including the accounting procedure and the lifting procedures.
• This book is written by experienced practitioners who together have many years of knowledge and understanding in redrafting, negotiating and applying the AIPN JOA.
• It will be invaluable to legal representatives, financiers, commercial managers, operational personnel and government parties who are dealing with the AIPN JOA, whether for the first time or from a position of relative familiarity

Source: The AIPN Joint Operating Agreement: A Practical Guide

Carbon Capture and Storage: The Legal Landscape of Climate Change Mitigation Technology, Second edition – one of several titles newly available on Lexis+ as part of a new Energy Law menu

This second edition explores the latest regulatory, political and economic trends and themes arising from CCS technologies and projects.

Key updates and what’s new?

• CCS technology reduces carbon emissions and so plays an essential role in meeting global and regional temperature targets.
• This second edition explores the latest regulatory, political and economic trends and themes arising from CCS technologies and projects by:
• focusing on recent changes to the regulatory frameworks for CCS in the European Union and Germany, and also on an international level;
• assessing the impact of emission trading systems on the economic viability of CCS technologies;
• providing an overview of recent public funding programmes for creating a market for CCS technologies; and
• exploring various CCS projects and national strategies in implementing CCS technologies.
• Now that pilot CCS projects are successfully proliferating, this Special Report provides the regulatory and political insights to succeed in the rapidly changing CCS market.
• It is an invaluable resource for in-house counsel, senior managers, engineers, consultants, researchers and policy makers with an interest in the energy sector and CCS technologies and projects.

Source: Carbon Capture and Storage: The Legal Landscape of Climate Change Mitigation Technology, Second edition

Energy and Resources Financing: A Practical Handbook – one of several titles newly available on Lexis+ as part of a new Energy Law menu

Energy and Natural Resources Financing: A Practical Handbook covers financing across the energy and natural resources spectrum, from upstream oil and gas, pipelines and liquefied natural gas through to refineries, and from conventional power and renewable energy to nuclear power and mining. It discusses the most important financing techniques, including reserve-based lending, project finance and high-yield bonds.

Key updates and what’s new?

• This book answers the need for a comprehensive guide for financing across the energy and natural resources sectors and is written by leading practitioners from their position at the centre of transactions in this moving market.
• It provides invaluable insight into the challenges faced by modern practitioners and how these challenges are addressed against the backdrop of highly volatile oil, gas and other commodity prices, as well as the need to find ways of financing huge investment into renewables and nuclear energy necessary to control carbon emissions.
• The title is co-edited by oil and gas financing expert Huw Thomas and renewables and conventional power expert Antony Skinner. Contributions are made by leading practitioners from Milbank, Clifford Chance, Infrastructure Development Partnership, Arntzen de Besche and Ashurst.
• Energy and Natural Resources Financing in Practice is aimed at executives in energy and resources companies, as well as bankers and advisers involved in these sectors.
• The content and style is accessible to those who are new to these sectors, but the level of practical insight is valuable even to the most seasoned executives and professionals.
• This title is a useful introduction to these sectors and a day-to-day reference point for those working on transactions.

Source: Energy and Resources Financing: A Practical Handbook

Energy Storage: Legal and Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities – one of several titles newly available on Lexis+ as part of a new Energy Law menu

Energy Storage: Legal and Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities is an accessible guide to the key areas and issues that should be considered in relation to the development of storage projects.

Key updates and what’s new?

• Energy storage is a key trend in the electricity industry across the globe, with one recent analysis predicting 942GW of storage (excluding pumped storage) will be developed by 2040.
• This Special Report provides an overview of the key issues in relation to the development of storage projects, including:
• The main technologies
• Regulatory arrangements
• Revenue streams and
• Contracting arrangements
• and covers the key policy, commercial and legal principles that underpin this developing sector.

Source:
Energy Storage: Legal and Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities

Solar Power: A Practical Handbook, Second edition – one of several titles newly available on Lexis+ as part of a new Energy Law menu

This second edition of Solar Power: A Practical Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of various aspects of solar power including its commercial, technological and regulatory characteristics.

Key updates and what’s new?

• This second edition of Solar Power: A Practical Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of various aspects of solar power including its commercial, technological and regulatory characteristics.
• It also provides a practical guide to developing, financing, acquiring and disposing of solar power projects.
• While solar technology has been adopted on a global basis, each jurisdiction has its own dynamics, so the book considers the market-specific aspects of solar power in a number of key locations including Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Middle East, Morocco, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
• Featuring chapters by leading practitioners, the book will be of interest to lawyers, commercial managers, financiers and other consultants working in or alongside the solar power sector.

Source:
Solar Power: A Practical Handbook, Second edition

Wind: Projects and Transactions – one of several titles newly available on Lexis+ as part of a new Energy Law menu

This new title explores and explains the full range of issues encountered in the development of wind energy, providing guidance and insight into the legal and commercial areas of the industry. Both project and transactional facets of the industry are comprehensively analysed, with expert contributors delving deeper into specific matters of key relevance.

Key updates and what’s new?

• Wind energy is one of the leading technologies in the drive to increase electricity generation from renewable sources, and presents a vital solution for addressing concerns about sustainability and meeting carbon reduction targets.
• Already an industry in its own right, the wind sector faces numerous unique challenges relating to business development, land rights, consenting, contracting, financing and M&A activities.
• This title explores and explains the full range of issues encountered in the development of wind energy, providing guidance and insight into the legal and commercial areas of the industry.
• Both project and transactional facets of the industry are comprehensively analysed, with expert contributors delving deeper into specific matters of key relevance.
• Topics include the legal, industry and regulatory frameworks involved; consenting; insurance; project financing; power purchase agreements and subsidy arrangements; and geographical analyses that provide a regional overview of wind energy developments on different continents.
• As a practical handbook, this title will give readers a firm grasp of the wind energy industry from both a business and legal perspective.

Source:
Wind: Projects and Transactions

Fuller on the Law and Practice of International Capital Markets Fourth edition

This title offers comprehensive coverage of the key areas within capital markets.

Key updates and what’s new?

The book has been updated for subsequent developments in law, regulation and practice, and has significantly expanded the exploration of asset-backed securities, derivatives and securitised derivatives, and added a new chapter on the emerging area of digital bonds.

Source:
Fuller on the Law and Practice of International Capital Markets Fourth edition

13th Edition of Doyle, Keay and Curl: Annotated Insolvency Legislation published this month

This title provides fully curated practical guidance on the key primary and secondary insolvency legislation. In addition to the complete texts of the key statutory provisions, each is annotated with detailed analysis and commentary, providing practitioners and academics with everything they need within a single portable volume.

Key updates and what’s new?

Updates to the commentary for 2025 include the following key cases and developments:

• Comprehensive updates to the commentary on Part 26A restructuring plans and the Part A1 moratorium regime
• Updates on several decisions under s 423 on transactions defrauding creditors, most notably, the Supreme Court decision in El-Husseiny v Invest Bank PSC [2025] UKSC 4 and also Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd (in liquidation) v Marlborough Developments Ltd [2024] EWHC 3075 (Comm), Malik v Messalti [2024] EWHC 2713 (Ch) and Purkiss v Kennedy [2024] EWHC 1081 (Ch)
• Consideration of the Privy Council decision Sian Participation Corp v Halimeda International Ltd [2024] UKPC 16, effectively reversing Salford Estates (No 2) Ltd in relation to the presentation of petitions where there are arbitration agreements or exclusive jurisdiction provisions
• Court of Appeal decision in Servis-Terminal Llc v Drelle [2025] EWCA Civ 62 considering whether a debt based on a foreign judgment can form the foundation for bankruptcy or winding-up petitions
• Consideration of Re BHS Group Ltd; Wright v Chappell [2024] EWHC 1417 (Ch), [2024] EWHC 2166 (Ch) in the context of wrongful trading and ‘trading misfeasance’ claims

Source:
Doyle, Keay and Curl: Annotated Insolvency Legislation

Banks on Sentence

20^th Edition of the definitive sentencing guide used by judges, barristers and solicitors.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 20th Edition includes:

• Fully updated to reflect amendments to the general maximum sentence in the magistrates’ court following summary conviction for either-way offences.
• Amended legislation concerning release arrangements and home detention curfew eligibility, serious disruption prevention orders, and piloting of amendments to various types of community sentence.
• New and updated sentencing guidelines, including definitive guidelines for Strangulation and Suffocation offences; kidnap and blackmail, aggravated vehicle taking, and new guideline material clarifying the impact of pregnancy, of childhood trauma and of employment or educational opportunity as mitigating factors.
• Latest authorities providing guidance on strangulation offences (a line of authorities following R v Cook), on Immigration Act 1971 s 24 and s 25 offences (authorities following R v Ginar), on murders involving use of a vehicle (R v Deeprose and Others), and a wide variety of other offence-specific guidance.

Source: Banks on Sentence

Affordable Housing: Guide to Delivery, Management and Regulation, 2nd edition available in print and online

Revised and rewritten authoritative and practical guide to the provision of affordable housing in England.

Key updates and what’s new?

Extensively revised and rewritten by a team of expert legal advisers at Trowers & Hamlins LLP, this new second edition includes:

• Comprehensive overview of the main tenures of affordable housing and the different categories of affordable housing providers, including local authorities and for-profit registered providers of social housing;
• Detailed commentary on the regulatory framework governing registered providers following the reforms implemented under the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023;
• Summary of the main affordable housing tenancy regimes, including the impact of the forthcoming Renters’ Rights Bill;
• Analysis of the planning regime as it relates to affordable housing provision and the impact of the 2024 revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework;
• Consideration of how affordable housing provision is funded, ranging from traditional public subsidy and debt finance to new forms of ‘equity’ investment;
• Explanation of how affordable housing projects are structured from a legal and commercial perspective, including the use of joint ventures and trading subsidiary vehicles;
• Commentary from practitioners’ perspectives on the diverse range of key issues facing the sector today, including the Regulator of Social Housing’s new consumer standards, the new public procurement regime, building safety, Awaab’s Law, energy efficiency and partnering with institutional investors.

Sources: Affordable Housing Second Edition | LexisNexis UK

Munkman on Employer’s Liability 18^th edition available in print and online

The definitive guide for understanding the complexities of employer liability law.

Key updates and what’s new?

Expert contributors have meticulously updated the content to reflect the latest case law, statutory changes, and the implications of the UK's departure from the European Union.

Source: Munkman: Employer's Liability

Halsbury’s publishes updates to two volumes

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Volume 3: Armed Conflict and Emergency; Armed Forces
• Volume 24: Contempt of Court; Coroners; Corporations

Source:
Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 3: Armed Conflict and Emergency; Armed Forces
Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 24: Contempt of Court; Coroners; Corporations

Stair Memorial Encyclopedia publishes update to one volume

The Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia is the only comprehensive and authoritative narrative treatment of the law of Scotland and is the cornerstone of the Scots lawyer's library. The work is arranged in an alphabetical title scheme of over 120 titles.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been completely updated:

• Partnerships

Source: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia Partnerships

Encyclopedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to two volumes

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been completely updated:

• Volume 41(1): Timeshare
• Volume 40(3): Trusts and Settlements

Source:
Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precednts Volume 41(1) Timeshare
Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 40(3) Trusts and Settlements

Civil Court Practice (Green Book) 2025

The newly revamped edition of The Green Book brings together all the latest information and guidance around the development of the online court as part of HMCTS reform programme for the justice system. The introduction of a brand new Online Reforms section provides expert commentary for PD 51R Online Civil Money Claims Pilot and PD 51ZB Damages Claims Pilot, as well as other related topics including Artificial Intelligence. The online version also links to further reading from the Lexis+ Practical Guidance module to ensure customers are up to date on the most recent developments in this rapidly changing area.

Key updates and what’s new?

This edition introduces a series of enhancements, offering deeper analysis, practical guidance, and enriched contextual information. Our commitment to digital justice and online reforms is evident, reflecting the evolving landscape of the modern justice system.

Key updates include significant improvements to online claims portals, as outlined in the 181st Practice Direction update. These changes bring greater clarity and efficiency to case management, particularly in the intermediate and multi-track claims. The Small Claims Track Automatic Referral to Mediation Pilot Scheme has also been refined, ensuring precise application and relevant modifications to the Civil Procedure Rules.

Source: The Civil Court Practice (The Green Book)

Atkins Court Forms publishes an update to two volumes

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 29(1): Partnerships and LLPs; Patents and Inventions
• Volume 29(2): Part 20 Counterclaims and other Additional Claims; Part 36 Offers to Settle; Payment into and out of court; Parties to Claims

Sources:
Atkins Court Forms Volume 29(1): Partnerships and LLPs; Patents and Inventions
Atkins Court Forms Volume 29(2): Part 20 Counterclaims and other Additional Claims; Part 36 Offers to Settle; Payment into and out of court; Parties to Claims

Consumer and Trading Standards: Law and Practice 13^th edition</strong >

Revised and updated analysis of consumer and trading law across the UK, including all changes stemming from the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.

Key updates and what’s new?

This book has been fully updated and covers recent developments in this area of law including:

• Analysis and review of the CMA’s new direct enforcement powers to fine businesses up to 10 percent of global turnover
• Full review of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 and its implications for UK consumer law.
• Full review of the changes that the 2024 Act will make in relation to unfair commercial practices, transactional decisions and invitations to purchase.
• Analysis of the new provisions for civil enforcement in the 2024 Act, which will replace Part 8 of the Enterprise Act 2002.
• An update of all the new consumer and regulatory statutory provisions and case law.

Source: Consumer and Trading Standards: Law and Practice 13^th edition

Macdonald’s Immigration Law and Practice, 11^th Edition</strong >

The eagerly awaited 11th edition of Macdonald’s Immigration Law & Practice provides detailed coverage of all aspects of UK Immigration, Asylum and Nationality legislation through a mixture of commentary, supporting legislation and case law. The book is the leading work in this area of law and this edition has been fully revised and updated throughout, including heavy revisions to the sections on benefits, asylum, detention and EU free movement law.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 11^th edition of Macdonald’s Immigration Law and Practice retains the comprehensive coverage and detailed analysis that has made this book the market-leader in immigration law.

The book has been extensively revised and updated to include coverage of all major developments since the last edition, including:

• Changes brought about by the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, affecting asylum, appeals, removal and citizenship
• Coverage of the Illegal Migration Act 2023, including what is to be retained/repealed by the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025
• Significant recent revisions to the Immigration Rules
• Introduction of the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme
• Important changes to the EU Settlement Scheme
• Comprehensive update of key case law developments across the field

Source: Macdonald’s Immigration Law and Practice

Court of Protection Practice (with CD-ROM) 2025

The user-friendly text provides a clear and exhaustive analysis of the law including case law and its application, wording of the statutory provision, plus expert commentary and analysis of the practical issues. Thoroughly updated to take account of new case law and statutory updates. This title covers the law in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 2025 Edition has been enhanced and updated throughout to include:

• In depth coverage of recent and important case law, including: decisions on covert medical treatment, and obstetric treatment; decisions relating to obstetric treatment; significant decisions relating to the withdrawal of clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration; evaluation of the capacity to engage in sexual relations, and much more
• Narrative sections relating to the Court of Protection’s work and jurisdiction written by judges and practitioners in the field with an unrivalled knowledge of practice and procedure
• A new section dealing with interface between the jurisdiction of the Court of Protection relating to incapacitated adults and the family jurisdiction relating to teenagers
• Commentary on the rules which takes account of the latest practice in the court
• The most up to date precedents and forms
• An overview of the year from The Right Honourable Lord Justice Baker

Source: Court of Protection Practice 2025

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes updates to two volumes

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 24A: Courts and Tribunals; Cremation and Burial
• Volume 34: Ecclesiastical

Sources:
Halsbury’s Laws of England: Volume 24A: Courts and Tribunals; Cremation and Burial
Halsbury’s Laws of England: Volume 34: Ecclesiastical

Anthony and Berryman’s Magistrates’ Court Guide 2025

The updated edition of this title remains the essential publication that no court practitioner can afford to be without.

It includes straightforward coverage of new case law, current court procedures, criminal offences, sentencing and more to ensure you have a complete picture of the law. Practical commentary and excellent value for money puts this title ahead of the competition as the single most important guide to the activities of the Magistrates’.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 2025 edition includes the following updates:

• The Online Safety Act 2023
• The Criminal Procedure Rules and The Criminal Practice Directions 2023
• The Dangerous Dogs (Designated Types) (England and Wales) Order 2023
• The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024
• New sections on Public Order to cover processions, assemblies and protests

Source: Anthony and Berryman’s Magistrates’ Court Guide 2025

Butterworths Competition and Foreign Investment Law Handbook 30th Edition

This is the latest edition of arguably the most comprehensive single collection of UK and EU statutory source material and official guidance on competition law.

Legislation is printed as currently practiced and the simple layout directs you to the information you need quickly and easily. In addition to all amendments, repeals and revocations, it features expert annotations regarding commencement and cross-references to other legislation.

Key updates and what’s new?

• In relation to the UK:
• The UK Parliament has passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill, a new key piece of legislation expected to come into force in Autumn 2024, bringing with it significant changes to merger control and antitrust laws including (among others): (a) a new Strategic Market Status regime; (b) an additional jurisdictional limb designed to enable the CMA to review so-called “killer acquisitions”; and (c) a “safe harbour” to exclude mergers from review where each party generates limited turnover in the UK.
• In addition, the UK Parliament has also enacted the Procurement Regulations 2024, which are designed to sit alongside the Procurement Act 2023 to simplify the UK’s public procurement regime and open up procurement to new entrants such as small businesses.
• The CMA has published an updated version of its CMA2 mergers guidance, concerning the CMA’s jurisdiction and procedure, including the CMA’s new Phase 2 procedural guidance as well as other updates such as changes to the CMA’s template merger notice forms and waiver.
• Furthermore, the CMA has published CMA 190, new guidance in relation to energy network mergers and, more specifically, the CMA’s related procedure and assessment.
• In relation to FDI, earlier this year the Cabinet Office published the outcomes of its consultation concerning the operation of the National Security and Investment Act 2021, and indicated that related guidance may be subject to significant overhaul later this year.
• In relation to the European Union:
• A revised Market Definition Notice has been published by the European Commission (the “Commission”), which takes into account significant developments since the publication of its predecessor (in 1997), and introduces new focus on digitalization as well as the increasingly interconnected and globalized nature of commercial exchanges.
• In relation to foreign subsidies, the Commission has published a policy brief, which provides statistics and trends over the first 100 days of the operation of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.
• With regard to foreign direct investment, the Commission has published a draft proposal for a new regulation to repeal and replace the existing EU FDI Screening Regulation, and is further considering the prospect of regulating outbound investment.
• The Council of the European Union (the “Council”) approved the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, marking the first comprehensive regulation of AI by a major global regulator, which takes a risk-based approach to AI regulation by separating AI into multiple risk categories each of which require a unique level of legal intervention.
• In addition, the Council has enacted the Data Act, introducing harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data.

Source: Print only

Glanville Williams & Dennis Baker Treatise of Criminal Law, Sixth Edition

The updated edition of this title provides a practical evaluation of criminal law that no practitioner can afford to be without.

Key updates and what’s new?

Updates for the 6th edition include:

• New chapters on Terrorism, Foreign Interference and Official Secrets and Public Order Offences
• Comprehensive coverage of the changes introduced by The National Security Act 2023, Online Safety Act 2023 and Public Order Act 2023

Source: Glanville Williams & Dennis Baker Treatise of Criminal Law, Sixth Edition

Paterson’s Licensing Acts 2025

Updated edition of this definitive reference work on licensing law in England and Wales, cited in over 60 decisions of the Senior Courts

Key updates and what’s new?

Updates for the 133rd edition include:

• Latest update on Uber and the Sefton case following the important decision of the Court of Appeal.
• Commentary on Department for Transport (DFT) 3rd edition of ‘Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing best practice guidance for licensing authorities in England’ (‘BPG 2023’) concerning taxi and PHV licensing outside London.
• Gambling Commission – update on new policies, Code provisions and enforcement activities following the long-awaited White Paper on the Gambling Act 2005.
• Walk Safe Security Services Ltd v London Borough of Lewisham [2024] EWHC 1787 (Admin): in which the legality of conducting licensing hearings remotely is considered by the High Court.
• Security Industry Authority (as regulator) and the important Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill 2024 – detailed analysis and complete Bill now proceeding through parliament.
• Handling sensitive information in licensing applications.
• Latest updates on regulatory easements, pavement licences and TENs.
• Pavement licensing provisions laid out in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023.
• MO v The Information Commissioner and Bristol City Council [2023] UKFTT 00966 (GRC): on whether licensing authorities are entitled to withhold parties’ details in licensing hearings.
• Westminster City Council v Andrabi (Westminster Magistrates’ Court) [October 2024] - analysis on the role of third-party delivery drivers and the question of ‘supply’ in the provision of late-night refreshment under the Licensing Act 2003.
• Security Industry Authority v Bryson [2024] NICA 23: considers the issue of delegation.
• The Pedicabs (London) Act 2024: overview and complete statute.
• The Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024: creating a new licensing regime for the retail sale of tobacco, vapes and nicotine products. Overview.

Source: Paterson’s Licensing Acts 2025

Cook on Costs 2025

The new edition of Cook on Costs has published this month.

Key updates and what’s new?

The go-to resource for legal professionals navigating the complexities of costs and litigation.

This well-established and practical title returns fully updated with legislative changes concerning every aspect of civil costs, providing concise and comprehensive commentary on costs developments as well as straightforward explanations of the remuneration of solicitors and barristers. Using a dual approach, the text both informs and guides you through all aspects of the costs of contentious and non-contentious legal business.

What's new for this year's edition:

• The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) chapter has been rewritten to take account of recent and forthcoming rule changes.
• Amendments made to the Fixed Recoverable Costs section to address teething problems with the FRC rules and the introduction of summary costs determination in the FRC regimes.

Source: Cook on Costs 2025

Calnan on Taking Security 5^th Edition</strong >

The new edition of Calnan on Taking Security has published this month.

Key updates and what’s new?

This highly respected, authoritative and practical text on security law examines the key legal principles in taking, perfecting, enforcing and challenging security. Written in a practical and accessible style, it is an invaluable addition to the busy practitioner’s shelf.

The 5^th Edition has been fully updated in light of major legislative and other changes over the last 6 years, including:

• The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 which signals a major change in the approach of the legislature to the question of how to deal with companies in financial difficulties, and how this has affected secured creditors.
• A new chapter has been included which provides more discussion concerning reform of the law of secured transactions.
• Important new cases, including the Supreme Court's decision in the Sequana case on the fiduciary duties of directors in relation to creditors.
• International security has also been affected by legislative changes to cross-border insolvency legislation — particularly the limitation on the effect of the recast EU Insolvency Regulation and the potential adoption of the UNCITRAL model law following on from Brexit.

Source: Calnan on Taking Security

Tolley’s Health and Safety at Work Handbook 2025 37^th edition</strong >

The new edition will publish on 15^th November.

Key updates and what’s new?

This practitioner-focused work presents clear narrative on the latest legislative changes, and how to comply with current law and practice. Experts in health and safety offer insight and guidance on a range of subjects, from accident reporting, welfare facilities, mental ill-health, an aging workforce, absenteeism, travel safety and personal safety. Updated annually, this essential handbook fully equips busy practitioners to deal with day-to-day issues quickly.

This new edition incorporates recent developments in health and safety law. Chapters that will be updated for the next edition include:

• Introduction
• Access, traffic Routes and Vehicles
• Community Health and Safety
• Corporate Manslaughter
• Dangerous Goods Systems
• Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres
• Disaster and Emergency Management Systems (DEMS)
• Equality Act 2010
• Harassment in the Workplace
• Hazardous Substances in the Workplace
• Joint Consultation in Safety - Safety Representatives, Safety Committees, Collective Agreements and Works Councils
• Lighting
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Rehabilitation
• REACH - Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals in Europe
• Risk Assessment
• Stress at Work
• Work at Height
• Working Time
• Workplaces - Health, Safety and Welfare

Source: Tolley’s Health and Safety at Work Handbook 2025 37^th

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes update to three volumes.

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 19: Conflict of Laws & Confidence
• Volume 29: Crown and Crown Proceedings and Damages
• Volume 30: Customs and Excise & Data Protection

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source:

• Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 19: Conflict of Laws & Confidence
• Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 29: Crown and Crown Proceedings and Damages
• Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 30: Customs and Excise & Data Protection

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to three volumes

The following volumes have been completely updated:

• Volume 25(3)C: Leasehold Flat Schemes
• Volume 9(1): Companies
• Volume 26(3) Mines, Minerals and Landfill

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Source:

• Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 25(3)C: Leasehold Flat Schemes
• Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 9(1): Companies
• Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 26(3) Mines, Minerals and Landfill

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes updates to three volumes

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 100: Unjust Enrichment; Water and Waterways
• Volume 101: Water and Waterways
• Volume 101A: Weights and Measures; Welfare Benefits and State Pensions

Source:

• Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 100: Unjust Enrichment; Water and Waterways
• Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 101: Water and Waterways
• Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 101A: Weights and Measures; Welfare Benefits and State Pensions

The Charities Acts Handbook: a Practical Guide to the Charities Acts published this month

This handbook is a definitive guide to modern charity legislation, providing comprehensive guidance on practical issues faced by charities.

Key updates and what’s new?

The new edition has been commissioned to address The Charities Act 2022 and covers (but is not limited to):

• Making changes to governing documents
• Selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of charity land
• Charity mergers and commission practice
• Using permanent endowment
• Charity names
• Paying trustees for providing goods to the charity
• Fundraising appeals that do not raise enough or raise too much
• Power to amend Royal Charters
• The regime allowing charitable companies to convert to charitable incorporated organisations
• The latest on charity investment (Butler-Sloss’s decision on climate change and trustee investments)
• The Fundraising Regulator
• Recent Charity Tribunal decisions

Source: The Charities Acts Handbook (lexis.com)

Atkins Court Forms publishes updates to two volumes

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Vol 18(1) Equitable Remedies
• Vol 17(3) Ecclesiastical Law

Source:

• Atkins Court Forms Vol 18(1) Equitable Remedies
• Atkins Court Forms Vol 17(3) Ecclesiastical Law

The Charities Acts Handbook: a Practical Guide to the Charities Acts published this month

This handbook is a definitive guide to modern charity legislation, providing comprehensive guidance on practical issues faced by charities.

Key updates and what’s new?

The new edition has been commissioned to address The Charities Act 2022 and covers (but is not limited to):

• Making changes to governing documents
• Selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of charity land
• Charity mergers and commission practice
• Using permanent endowment
• Charity names
• Paying trustees for providing goods to the charity
• Fundraising appeals that do not raise enough or raise too much
• Power to amend Royal Charters
• The regime allowing charitable companies to convert to charitable incorporated organisations
• The latest on charity investment (Butler-Sloss’s decision on climate change and trustee investments)
• The Fundraising Regulator
• Recent Charity Tribunal decisions

Source: The Charities Acts Handbook

Butterworths Company Law Handbook, 38th edition

With its combination of statutes, statutory instruments and retained European legislation, this title is considered the essential reference work for corporate lawyers, accountants, company secretaries, tax advisers, regulators and students. Legislation is printed as currently in force with all amendments, repeals and revocations, providing full assurance that you are advising clients accurately.

Key updates and what’s new?

Updates for the 2024 edition include:

• The bringing into force of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and the amendments made by it
• New Regulations made under the Companies Act 2006 relating to the powers of the Registrar
• New financial services Regulations relating to public offers of securities & the admission of transferable securities to trading on a regulated market, and financial promotion. As well as the commencement of FSMA 2023
• New Regulations made under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 relating to the register of overseas entities kept by the Registrar.

Source: Butterworths Company Law Handbook, 38th edition

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to one volume

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been completely updated:

• Volume 40(2): Trusts & Settlement

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 40(2) Trusts & Settlement

Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia publishes update to one volume

The Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia is the only comprehensive and authoritative narrative treatment of the law of Scotland and is the cornerstone of the Scots lawyer's library. The work is arranged in an alphabetical title scheme of over 120 titles.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been completely updated:

• Harbours

Source: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia - Harbours

Atkins Court Forms publishes updates to one volume

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 13(1) Costs

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Sources:

• Atkins Court Forms Volume 13(1) Costs

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to one volume

The following volumes have been completely updated:

• Volume 15(3): Entertainment & Media

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Sources:

• Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 15(3) Entertainment & Media

Atkins Court Forms publishes updates to three volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 27(2): Licensing and Gambling
• Volume 25(3) Mines, Minerals and Quarries; Misrepresentation; Money
• Court Guides 2024

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Sources:

• Atkins Court Forms Volume 27(2): Licensing and Gambling
• Atkins Court Forms Volume 25(3) Mines, Minerals and Quarries; Misrepresentation; Money
• Court Guides 2024

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to three volumes

The following volumes have been completely updated:

• Volume 19(1): IT
• Volume 8(2): Compulsory Acquisition
• Volume 25(3)(B); Leasehold Flat Schemes (Long Leases) letting schemes

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Sources:

• Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 19(1): IT
• Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 8(2): Compulsory Acquisition
• Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 25(3)(B); Leasehold Flat Schemes (Long Leases) letting schemes

A brand new publication, FCA Enforcement: Misconduct and Lack of Fitness and Propriety – A Practical Guide for Individuals and Firms, now published

This invaluable new title gives an expert insight into the FCA’s powers to investigate and impose sanctions on individuals in relation to misconduct and a lack of fitness and propriety. It provides a practical guide to these powers and the operation of the enforcement process in relation to them for individuals and authorised firms. The book highlights issues that may be faced following the identification of a potentially serious regulatory issue all the way through to an FCA decision to impose a sanction and the options then available.

Key updates and what’s new?

Provides an authoritative guide to handling the issues that may arise in this field. It simplifies what can be a difficult, confusing and highly stressful process. It is essential reading for individuals and authorised firms who may be involved.

Sources: FCA Enforcement: Misconduct and Lack of Fitness and Propriety – A Practical Guide for Individuals and Firms, 1^st Edition

New 25th edition of Butterworths Securities and Financial Services Law Handbook now published

This annual handbook provides a comprehensive curation of consolidated EU & UK legislative material, which forms the regulatory framework for the financial services industry.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 25th edition contains the following new material:

• Six sets of Commencement Regulations bringing into force FSMA 2023
• Five sets of EU legislation
• A substantial number of new financial services statutory instruments, including Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemptions from Financial Promotion General Requirement) Regulations 2023; Financial Services Act 2021 (Commencement No 5) Regulations 2023; Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Digital Securities Sandbox) Regulations 2023; Securitisation Regulations 2024; Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024; and Data Reporting Services Regulations 2024

It also contains the following amending material:

• SI 2024/301 - The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Order 2024
• SI 2024/169 - The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2024

Sources: Butterworths Securities & Financial Services Law Handbook

Atkins Court Forms publishes updates to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 20(1): Family: Relationships and their Breakdown (Part I)
• Volume 20(2): Family: Relationships and their Breakdown (Part II)

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Sources: Atkins Court Forms Volumes 20(1) and 20(2): Family: Relationships and their Breakdown (Parts I and II)

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to three volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 10(1): Companies
• Volume 10(2): Companies
• Volume 15(2): Entertainment

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Sources:

• Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 10(1) Companies
• Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 10(2) Companies
• Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 15(2) Entertainment

New 32^nd edition of the Butterworths Employment Law Handbook now published

The Butterworths Employment Law Handbook is an indispensable employment law reference source for employment law practitioners. It provides users with a quick reference to the statutory position in respect of virtually all conceivable employment law issues and disputes. Cross-references to Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law are also included, providing a convenient reference tool for use in tribunals.

Key updates and what’s new?

Key updates for the 2024 edition include:

• Significant new primary legislation, including the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023, the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023, and the Worker Protection Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023.
• New Commencement Regulations passed since the last edition, including for the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023, and the sixth Commencement Regulations for the 2022 Act which brings into force significant amendments to the Employment Tribunals Act 1996.
• Other new statutory instruments, including the Carer’s Leave Regulations 2024, and Regulations prescribing minimum service levels in relation to border security, NHS ambulance services, and railway services.
• An expanded Part 4, including a new Acas Code of Practice on requests for flexible working; the first Code of Practice made under the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023; and a new Code of Practice on picketing.
• Significant additions to Part 5, including the 2023 EAT Practice Direction.

Sources: Butterworths Employment Law Handbook

New 38^th edition of Tolley’s Employment Handbook now published

The 38^th edition of Tolley’s Employment Handbook provides the latest guidance on employment legislation and case decisions to give practitioners the knowledge they need to make effective decisions.
The editorial team has an unrivalled breadth of Employment Law experience. Chapters are contributed by leading and junior members of 11KBW Chambers, multi-time winners of the Chambers and Partners Award for Employment Law Chambers of the Year.

Key updates and what’s new?

Important recent developments considered in this new edition include:

• Significant changes to the Working Time Regulations made in January 2024.
• The latest case law in Religion and Belief discrimination.
• The Supreme Court’s landmark decision on holiday pay in Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another v Agnew and others.
• The Supreme Court’s consideration of vicarious liability in Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB.

Sources: Tolley’s Employment Handbook

New 2024 edition of the Butterworths Stone’s Justices’ Manual now published

Now in its 156^th edition, Butterworths Stone’s Justices’ Manual is the most comprehensive and authoritative reference source in its field.
In three volumes, this publication provides the most reliable and current coverage of all the changes affecting magistrates’ courts, including criminal procedure. The accompanying supplement in November, included in the subscription, ensure you remain completely up to date.

Key updates and what’s new?

• Public Order Act 2023
• National Security Act 2023
• Illegal Migration Act 2023
• Online Safety Act 2023
• Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
• Numerous cases have been added, and the topics include: contempt; bias; time limits; absence of parties; the standard of proof in civil proceedings; and the effect of errors in sending and committal to the Crown Court
• This edition includes significant recent decisions on: bad character evidence; cross admissibility; propensity and prejudice; identification; and adverse inferences from silence
• In addition, cases have been added which provide guidance on sentencing immigration offences where there are no SC guidelines and the Alfie Cook case which gave guidance on sentencing non-fatal strangulation

Sources: Stone’s Justices’ Manual

Atkins Court Forms publishes updates to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Volume 20(3): Family: Financial Remedies

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Sources: Atkins Court Forms: Volume 20(3) Family: Financial Remedies

Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia publishes update to one volume

The following volume has been completely updated:

• Evidence

Key updates and what’s new?

The Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia is the only comprehensive and authoritative narrative treatment of the law of Scotland and is the cornerstone of the Scots lawyer's library. The work is arranged in an alphabetical title scheme of over 120 titles.

Sources: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia: Evidence

The Caribbean Civil Court Practice — new title published this month

The Caribbean Civil Court Practice is the essential guide to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) as they apply in the Caribbean, with accompanying expert commentary

Key updates and what’s new?

The new edition for 2024 contains the following, with authoritative and user-friendly commentary:

• The sweeping new Bahamas Rules, which came into force in March 2023
• The rules for Barbados, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and Trinidad and Tobago
• Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Rules
• The Caribbean Court of Justice Rules
• Forms associated with the Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago Rules

Sources: Caribbean Civil Court Practice

Family Court Practice 2024 edition now published

Contains, in a single volume, all the essential materials needed to practice in the Family Court (ie Procedural Guides, Statutes, Procedure Rules, SIs, Practice Guidance, European materials), thus providing ‘one-stop-shop’

Key updates and what’s new?

In addition to the usual updating of text and commentary, FCP 2024 will include the first stage of the roll-out of two major new developments:

• The inclusion of ‘Essentials’ throughout the work, particularly intended to enable less experienced practitioners to get an overview of a key topic, by providing the broad legal framework of the area and an alert to the practical issues that frequently arise.
• The addition of a new Part VIII, addressing Evidence in Family Proceedings, which provides readers with a single practical point of reference.

Sources: Family Court Practice 2024

Atkins Court Forms publishes updates to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Volume 12(2): Contract

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Sources: Atkins Court Forms Volume 12(2): Contract

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to one volume

The following volume has been completely updated:

• 13(2) Education

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Sources: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 13(2): Education

The new edition of Bailey and Groves: Corporate Insolvency Law and Practice has published this month

Bailey and Groves provides leading commentary on the substantive law of corporate insolvency and offers practical guidance on the various procedures arising in this important field.

The new edition has been fully updated to cover all recent developments, as well as including three new chapters:

• The Moratorium and Restructuring Plan
• Commercial Leasehold Insolvency
• The Recast EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings

Sources: Bailey and Groves: Corporate Insolvency – Law and Practice

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes updates to two volumes

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 98: Trusts and Power
• Volume 96: Sports Law; Statutes and Legislative Process

Sources:

• Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 98 – Trusts and Power
• Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 96 – Sports Law
• Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 96 – Statutes and Legislative Process

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes update to two volumes

Atkins Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 2(1) Administration of Estates
• Volume 32(2) Professional and Clinical Negligence

Sources:

• Atkin’s Court Forms Volume 2(1) – Administration of Estates
• Atkin’s Court Forms Volume 32(2) – Professional and Clinical Negligence

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to two volumes

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volumes have been completely updated:

• 15(1) Entertainment
• 40(1) Trusts and Settlements

Sources:

• Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 15(1) – Entertainment
• Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 40(1) – Trusts and Settlements

Court of Protection Practice 2024

A new edition of this essential court reference work has been published.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 2024 Edition has been enhanced and updated throughout to include:

• Detailed narrative analysis and practical guidance on all recent case law and procedural developments
• The latest developments in deprivation of liberty law and reform
• Case law digest with all the important decisions
• Updated precedents to reflect changes in practice and procedures
• Up to date forms

Source: Court of Protection Practice 2024

Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia publishes update to one volume

The Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia is the only comprehensive and authoritative narrative treatment of the law of Scotland and is the cornerstone of the Scots lawyer's library. The work is arranged in an alphabetical title scheme of over 120 titles.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been completely updated:

• Arbitration

Source: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia Arbitration 2nd Reissue

The 12^th edition of Doyle, Keay and Curl: Annotated Insolvency Legislation has published this month

Doyle, Keay and Curl provides fully curated practical guidance on the key primary and secondary insolvency legislation. Each statutory provision is annotated with detailed analysis and commentary, providing practitioners and academics with everything they need within a single portable volume.

Key updates and what’s new?

Updates to the commentary for 2024 include the following key cases and developments:

• Comprehensive update of commentary on Part 26A restructuring plans, including each of the dozen or more cases decided during 2023
• Updates on several decisions under s.423 on transactions defrauding creditors, most notably Invest Bank PSC v El-Husseini, Integral Petroleum S.A. v Petrogat FZW and Dormco SICA Ltd (In Liquidation) v SBL Carston Limited
• Key new Supreme Court authority, including the wide-ranging judgment on standing to bring an application to challenge an office-holder's conduct in Brake v Chedington Court Estate Ltd

Source: Doyle, Keay and Curl: Annotated Insolvency Legislation

The new sixth edition of Spencer Bower and Handley: Res Judicata Sixth edition

Spencer Bower and Handley: Res Judicata is the most authoritative and comprehensive book available on the limitations imposed by the doctrine of Res Judicata. First published in the 1920s, the work has been updated to ensure readers understand how the doctrine of Res Judicata is enforced and also how it does not apply. It gives essential information on what constitutes a Res Judicata decision, how judicial decisions apply in rem and in personam, in taxation and rating cases, in criminal cases (autrefois acquit), in matrimonial cases, in prima facie cases of estoppel and in merger judgments. The text is fully supported by extensive footnotes and appropriate cases to demonstrate each point.

Key updates and what’s new?

Since the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union there have been changes in the statute law of the United Kingdom in relation to the exercise of jurisdiction and the recognition of foreign judgments which may give rise to issues of res judicata. These statutory changes are noted and discussed in this update.

Further reference is made in this edition to the significant decisions of the courts relating to res judicata that have been delivered since the previous edition, including:

• R (DN (Rwanda)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] 2 WLR 611;
• Test Claimants in the FII Group Litigation v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2020] WLR 1369;
• Gol Linhas Aereas SA v Matlin Patterson Global Opportunities Partners (Layman) 11 LR [2022] UKPC 21; and
• Clayton v Bant (2020) 272 CLR 1.

This book is indispensable for any practitioner involved in litigation in all areas of law in the UK and all common law jurisdictions especially Australia and New Zealand. It is of further use to academics and students as they study this complex area of law.

Source: Spencer Bower and Handley: Res Judicata

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes update to one volume

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Volume 91: Sale of Goods and Supply of Services; Settlements

Source: Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 91: Sale of Goods and Supply of Services; Settlements

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes an update to one volume

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Volume 18(2): Employment

Source: Atkin’s Court Forms Volume 18(2): Employment

Supperstone, Goudie & Walker: Judicial Review – new seventh edition now published

Supperstone, Goudie & Walker: Judicial Review provides an authoritative and comprehensive text on the entire law of judicial review. This seventh edition has been fully updated by a team of judicial review experts.

It contains a thorough, detailed analysis of this complex area of law, and an essential account of relevant cases and examples of the application of the general principles, covering a number of areas, including local government, town and country planning, immigration and housing and social security.

Key updates and what’s new?

• Considers the impact of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022, which introduced important changes to practice and procedure, including suspended quashing orders and new restrictions on availability of judicial review, and the implications of Brexit.
• Significant case law since the last edition, including the Miller cases (2017) and (2019) and the government response; Privacy International (2019) and Begum (2021); significant cases on devolution.
• Heavy updates on several chapters to bring them up to date, such as Discretion and Duty: The Limits of Legality, The Human Rights Act, Judicial Review and Devolution.

Being the most recent title on judicial review, this title is essential for barristers and lawyers practising public law.

Source: Supperstone, Goudie & Walker: Judicial Review

Consumer and Trading Standards: Law and Practice, 12^th edition – new twelfth edition published

Consumer and Trading Standards: Law and Practice is an authoritative and comprehensive guide for everyone involved in consumer, trading standards and regulatory law. It covers the law in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Key updates and what’s new?

The new edition has been fully updated to cover recent developments including:

• Full review of local authority territorial jurisdiction following the seminal decisions of the Court of Appeal in R v AUH (1) and (2);
• Analysis of all the new EU and domestic authorities on the meaning of consumer in retained EU consumer law provisions;
• Consideration of the recent High Court decisions on the application of UK consumer law on unfair terms to overseas contracts;
• In-depth assessment of the new law and procedure for compliance with time limit provisions when laying informations and its impact on the Bakers of Nailsea problem;
• A new section on the General Prohibition as it applies to financial services offered to consumers; and
• An update of all the new consumer and regulatory statutory provisions and case law.

Being the most recent title on judicial review, this title is essential for barristers and lawyers practising public law.

Source: Consumer and Trading Standards Law and Practice

Tristram and Coote’s Probate Practice - 3rd supplement to the 32nd edition

Tristram and Coote’s Probate Practice is the definitive work on probate and is extensively referred to by the Probate Registries. For December 2023, the expert author team have provided a full update to all changes in case law, regulation, and legislation since the publication of 2022’s second supplement to the 32nd edition.

Key updates and what’s new?

This latest update to Tristram and Coote’s Probate Practice 32nd edition includes coverage of:

• The Administration of Estates 1925 (Fixed Net Sum) Order 2023 (SI 2023/758) made and laid before Parliament on 5 July 2023, which increased the spouse’s or civil partner’s fixed sum charged to the residuary estate of an intestate to £322,000 with effect from 26 July 2023. The text in Part 1 and forms in Appendix VI have been updated to reflect this change.
• The Powers of Attorney Act 2023, which received Royal Assent on 18 September 2023. Section 2 of the Act comes into force at the end of two months from the day on which it was passed. This confers on chartered legal executives the right to certify a copy of a power of attorney as a true copy. The implementation of the Act in due course will create a new online system for creating lasting powers of attorney while strengthening fraud protection and refining the present paper-based lasting powers of attorney.
• The Ministry of Justice’s consultation paper ‘Implementing increases to selected court and tribunal fees’ (10 November 2023). If the proposals concerning probate fees are implemented, probate fees for applications for grants of representation will be increased by about ten per cent.
• Inheritance Tax aspects concerning the limitation of agricultural relief solely to qualifying property situated in the UK with effect from 6 April 2024, thus excluding property situated in the EEU, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man from that date.
• Several changes to interest rates for late payment and repayment of Inheritance Tax. The office dealing with Inheritance Tax has an amended title.
• A number of significant changes in procedure and practice in the Business & Property Courts of England and Wales. The new Chancery Guide was published on 29 July 2022. It has been substantially rewritten and revised. As noted in the preface to the 32nd edition, Part 57 and PD 57 are no longer the only rules to which the probate practitioner is required to give particular attention. The conduct of a probate claim requires detailed reference also to be made to Part 57A Business and Property Courts and to its Practice Directions. The most recent of these, Practice Direction 57AD — ‘Disclosure in the Business and Property Courts’, came into force on 1 October 2022 substantially reproducing and bringing within the CPR, PD 51U — ‘The Disclosure Pilot Scheme’.
• This supplement includes the full text of PD 57AD. Part II of this supplement contains a case law update on testamentary capacity (Hughes v Pritchard [2022] EWCACiv 386 in the Court of Appeal), knowledge and approval (the judgment of Michael Green J in Reeves v Drew [2022] EWHC 159 (Ch)) and the correct way of assessing relief in proprietary estoppel claims (Guest v Guest in the Supreme Court, [2022] UKSC 27).
• The second appeal in Sangha v Sangha [2023] EWCA Civ 660 to the Court of Appeal, which is the subject of new commentary in para 34.87 on revocation by subsequent will, and in para 34.23 on the requirement of s 9 of the Wills Act 1837 as amended by s 17 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 that the steps required take place in sequence.
• Two recent decisions on costs in probate claims: Lumb v Lumb [2023] EWHC 2052 (Ch) on the limits of costs protection under CPR 57.7(5), and Jones v Tracey [2023] EWHC 2256 (Ch) on the relationship between CPR Parts 36 and 57.

Source: Tristram and Coote’s Probate Practice - 3rd supplement to the 32nd edition

Butterworths Company Law Handbook, 37th edition

Butterworths Company Law Handbook is widely regarded as the essential company law reference work, setting out the most important UK and EU legislation in this field. Known to many as “the Blue Book”, Butterworths Company Law Handbook is published annually, and also provides comprehensive coverage of the legislation governing partnerships, LLPs and insolvency.

Key updates and what’s new?

This edition contains the substantive provisions of, and the amendments made by, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 — arguably the most important piece of company law legislation since the Companies Act 2006. The 2023 Act makes wide-ranging amendments to the 2006 Act and the Limited Partnerships Act 1907, as well as amendments to the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022, and legislation relating to PSCs. The major changes made by the 2023 Act include:

• Mandatory identity verification for company directors (new and existing) with a prohibition on acting if not verified, and equivalent verification requirements for PSCs.
• The provision of corporate criminal liability for economic crimes where a senior manager acting within the actual or apparent scope of their authority commits a relevant offence.
• Significant changes to the rules governing limited partnerships — including a requirement for a registered office in the UK — and for additional information about partners.
• A new concept of ‘authorised service providers’ where an intermediary or agent wishes to file information with the Registrar — only authorised service providers will be able to deliver documents to Companies House on behalf of clients.
• Extensive new powers for the Registrar of Companies to allow her to challenge, decline to accept, and remove information from the register — including provision to empower her to impose financial penalties with respect to offences under the 2006 Act.

The effects of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2023 are also included in this edition.

Other significant new legislation in this edition includes:

• The Insider Dealing (Securities and Regulated Markets) Order 2023 which revokes the 1994 Order of the same name and update Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice Act 1993 to bring the securities and markets on which the offence of insider dealing can be committed under the 1993 Act broadly in line with the Market Abuse Regulation.
• Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemptions from Financial Promotion General Requirement) Regulations 2023 which create three exemptions to s 55NA(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 — the effect being to disapply the general requirement that authorised persons must not approve the content of a communication for the purposes of s 21 of the 2000 Act, unless granted permission by the FCA.
• Three new Regulations made under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022: the Register of Overseas Entities (Disclosure and Dispositions) Regulations 2023, the Register of Overseas Entities (Definition of Foreign Limited Partner, Protection and Rectification) Regulations 2023, and the Register of Overseas Entities (Penalties and Northern Ireland Dispositions) Regulations 2023.
• Women on Boards Directive (Directive 2022/2381/EU) which provides that Member States must ensure that women hold at least 40% of non-executive board positions in listed companies, or women hold at least 33% of all director positions (executive and non-executive) in listed companies — by 30 June 2026.
• Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (Directive 2022/2464/EU) which requires companies to disclose a broad range of data relating to their environmental, social, and governance practices according to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards.
• In so far as relevant to company law, this edition also includes the effects of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 and the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.

Source: Butterworths Company Law Handbook, 37th edition

Designs Law and Practice, 3rd edition

Formerly published as Sykes: Intellectual Property in Designs, this is a substantially revised and updated new edition of the comprehensive yet practical reference source for the various IP rights protecting designs.

Key updates and what’s new?

The design industry is constantly evolving, creating new opportunities and challenges for businesses, designers, and consumers. Design rights are an essential tool to protect the creativity and innovation that drives this sector, and to prevent unfair competition and imitation. However, design rights are also complex and varied, depending on the jurisdiction, the type of design, and the level of protection sought.

This book (formerly known as Sykes Intellectual Property in Designs, now authored by an expert IP team at RPC) provides a comprehensive and practical guide to design rights in the UK, and also examines three other key jurisdictions: Italy, the USA, and Hong Kong. It covers the basics of design law, the registration and enforcement procedures, the available remedies, and the emerging trends and issues. The following key areas are addressed throughout this new edition:

• What protection do I have/can I get for my designs, including by registration?
• How strong is this protection - can it be attacked, i.e. invalidated?
• How do I assess infringement - is illegal copying taking place?
• What remedies do I have and how do these work?
• How the rights in designs can be commercialised, e.g. licensing, merchandising etc.

New to this edition are the following features:

• A chapter on the impact of Brexit on design rights in the UK and the EU, including the implications for existing and future registrations, the transitional arrangements, and the potential changes to the legal framework and the courts' approach.
• Comparative tables illustrating the similarities and differences between legal systems and the best practices for securing and defending design rights.
• Updated case law and legislation reflecting the latest developments in design law and practice.
• A bespoke design with a strong emphasis on new case studies, diagrams, and examples to illustrate the practical application of design law and the strategies and solutions for common scenarios and problems.

Whether you are a business owner, a designer, a lawyer, a student, or simply interested in design rights, this book will help you navigate the complex and dynamic landscape of design law. You will learn how to identify, protect, and exploit your design assets, and how to avoid or resolve disputes with competitors or infringers. You will also gain insights into the current and future developments in design law, and how they may affect your business or practice.

Tolley’s Health and Safety at Work Handbook 2024, 36th edition

Published annually, this is the A-Z of health and safety law and practice.

Key updates and what’s new?

Whether you are based in an office, an industrial site, or at home, Tolley’s Health and Safety at Work Handbook is the definitive, one-stop reference source for health and safety practitioners.

The handbook is written by a team of expert authors from different disciplines with expertise in practical and legal aspects of health and safety, giving you the most comprehensive information possible. It continues to provide practical, authoritative coverage of health and safety law and practice relevant to all types of workplaces.

Tolley’s Health and Safety at Work Handbook covers all areas of health and safety and is presented in a logical A-Z format. This new edition incorporates significant developments in health and safety law including the following:

• Asbestos
• Access, Traffic Routes and Vehicles
• Confined Spaces
• Construction and Building Operations
• Construction, Design and Management
• Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Display Screen Equipment
• Electricity
• Emissions into the Atmosphere
• Employment Protection
• Ergonomics
• Facilities Management - An Overview
• Fire Prevention and Control
• First-Aid
• Food Safety and Standards
• Gas Safety
• Harassment in the Workplace
• Joint Consultation in Safety - Safety Representatives, Safety Committees, Collective Agreements and Works Councils
• Lighting
• Major Accident Hazards
• Managing Absence
• Managing Work-related Road Safety
• Noise at Work
• Statements of Health and Safety Policy
• Vibration
• Violence in the Workplace

Tolley’s Health and Safety at Work Handbook remains the essential resource for everything the practitioner needs to know about health and safety compliance.

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Cook on Costs 2024

Cook on Costs is the go-to resource for legal professionals navigating the complexities of costs and litigation. This well-established and practical title returns fully updated with legislative changes concerning every aspect of civil costs, providing concise and comprehensive commentary on costs developments as well as straightforward explanations of the remuneration of solicitors and barristers. Using a dual approach, the text both informs and guides you through all aspects of the costs of contentious and non-contentious legal business.

Key updates and what’s new?

What’s new for this year’s edition:

• Expansion and restructuring of content on fixed costs, following the wholesale amendment of CPR Part 45 to introduce the fixed costs regimes. Both pre- and post- October 2023 versions of Part 45 are included, along with substantial revision to other procedural provisions as a result of the changes. Practitioners will have everything they need in one place on these seismic changes in the world of costs and the conduct of litigation.
• The publication of the Civil Justice Council Costs Review Final Report, with recommendations for pilot costs management schemes and the creation of a working group to look at the methodology of determining guideline hourly rates.
• The Supreme Court judgment in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc & Ors) v Competition Appeal Tribunal & Ors, considering litigation funding in the context of Damages Based Agreements.
• The publication of the Civil Justice Council Review of Pre-Action Protocols Final Report Part 1, suggesting the possibility of change to the ways in which both the liability for, and the assessment of, costs in cases resolved pre-action are determined.

Source: Cook on Costs 2024

Words & Phrases Legally Defined 5th Supplement to the 5th edition

Words and Phrases Legally Defined is an anthology of selected judicial and statutory definitions gathered under relevant subject headings in alphabetical order. It covers material from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The definitions comprise extracts from judgments and explanatory editorial notes and, where relevant, contain cross-references to Halsbury's Laws of England. The 5th Supplement updates the main work which was published in 2018.

Key updates and what’s new?

Updates for the 2023 Supplement to Words and Phrases enable the practitioner to always have the precise meaning of a particular word or phrase. Definitions are taken from the Acts of Parliament, Halsbury's Laws of England, leading textbooks and verbatim judgments from all over the Commonwealth.

Source: Words & Phrases Legally Defined (lexis.com)

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes update to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Volume 23: Conveyancing & Copyright

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

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Atkins Court Forms publishes an update to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Volume 6(2): Bailment, Banking & Bills of Exchange

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

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Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes an update to one volume

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 3(3): Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Corporate Insolvency)

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P is the UK’s most comprehensive source of precedents for (non-litigating) solicitors. It contains almost everything that both the specialist and the non-specialist lawyer (in non-contentious fields) is likely to need:

• Around 15,000 forms and precedents (including those for sale of land, landlord and tenant, commercial law, wills and trusts, family law)
• Practical drafting notes to precedents
• Detailed commentary on relevant law and practice
• Checklists, procedural tables and guidance on land registration, stamp duty, and taxation

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Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Administrative Law

Key updates and what’s new?

The Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia is the only comprehensive and authoritative narrative treatment of the law of Scotland and is the cornerstone of the Scots lawyer's library.

Written by or in conjunction with leading lawyers, both practitioners and academics, it ensures that users benefit from a wealth of knowledge and experience. The text of those titles is supplemented by a regular comprehensive updating service written by a team of in-house editors in the form of annotations: all primary and secondary legislation and all leading law reports are monitored for developments that affect the law set out in the encyclopaedia.

Source: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia (lexis.com)

Private Children Law Proceedings: Practice and Procedure
District Judge Dewinder Birk

Private Children Law Proceedings: Practice and Procedure provides an updated overview of the current working practices and procedures based on the ‘Child Arrangements Programme’ (‘CAP’) (PD12B). After setting down the foundations of the law in this area, the challenges that private children law proceedings face are examined with clear insights as to the future development of the law and practice.

The remit of private children law has expanded to incorporate a variety of other areas and issues, all of which require practitioners to have more than a passing understanding in order to represent and present the best possible case for their clients. Accordingly, this new title provides a clear examination of the most topical, including cases involving forced marriages, FGM, domestic abuse, the concepts of ‘implacable hostility’ and ‘parental alienation’ and the interplay between the family courts and the immigration courts. With the increase of litigants in person, there is also a greater need to know how to deal most effectively with the issues of participation and vulnerable persons under PD3A.

Key updates and what’s new?

Private Children Law Proceedings: Practice and Procedure delivers an authoritative commentary which highlights areas of potential difficulty and provides practical solutions on how to manage cases most effectively. It is essential reading for the family law judiciary, solicitors and counsel, both newly qualified and established, academics, Cafcass officers and anyone who finds themselves involved in private family law proceedings.

Source: https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/store/products/private-children-law-proceedings-practice-and-procedure-skuuksku9781784734961PPPCLP88746/details

Anthony and Berryman's Magistrates' Court Guide 2024

The updated edition of this title remains the essential publication that no court practitioner can afford to be without. It includes straightforward coverage of new case law, current court procedures, criminal offences, sentencing and more to ensure you have a complete picture of the law. Practical commentary and excellent value for money puts this title ahead of the competition as the single most important guide to the activities of the Magistrates' Court.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 2024 edition incorporates the provisions of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 and the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, which have come into force since the last edition and are relevant to magistrates’ courts. We have also updated CPD references to the Criminal Practice Directions 2023.

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Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes updates to four volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volumes 14, 14A, 15 & 15A: Companies

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

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Atkins Court Forms publishes an update to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 6(1) Auction, Bailment, Banking & Bills of exchange, Anti-social behaviour & harassment
• Volume 31(1) Peerages & dignities, Pensions & Police claims

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal/api/version1/toc?shr=t&hct=f&hac=f&scl=t&csi=280122

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes an update to one volume

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 21(1) Intellectual Property — Patents, Technology Transfer and Licensing

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P is the UK’s most comprehensive source of precedents for (non-litigating) solicitors. It contains almost everything that both the specialist and the non-specialist lawyer (in non-contentious fields) is likely to need:

• Around 15,000 forms and precedents (including those for sale of land, landlord and tenant, commercial law, wills and trusts, family law)
• Practical drafting notes to precedents
• Detailed commentary on relevant law and practice
• Checklists, procedural tables and guidance on land registration, stamp duty, and taxation

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Butterworths Securities and Financial Services Law Handbook 24th edition

The most comprehensive curation of consolidated UK legislative material on the financial services industry. Presented across two volumes, this annual handbook brings together the primary, secondary, European and Retained EU legislation which forms the regulatory framework for the financial services industry. To complete this comprehensive work, lists or tables of all amending enactments are included at the beginning of each Act, statutory instrument and European Directive and Regulation.

Key updates and what’s new?

The new edition includes:

• The full effects of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 — arguably the most important piece of financial services legislation since FSMA 2000, fundamentally altering what has been the foundations of financial services regulation in the UK for decades
• Major amendments made by the Economic Crime and Transparency Act 2023 — heavily amends a variety of provisions in the Handbook including: the Companies Act 2006; the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022; the money laundering provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; and the Limited Partnerships Act 1907.
• New pieces of EU financial services legislation including: the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA); the Resilience of Critical Entities Directive; the ELTIF 2 Regulation; and the Distributed Ledger Technology Pilot Scheme Regulation.

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Butterworths Employment Law Handbook, 31st edition

This popular Handbook, published annually, contains a fully-updated collection of statutory, non-statutory and retained European materials relating to employment law in England and Wales, and Scotland. Cross-references to Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law are also included.

Key updates and what’s new?

It provides practitioners with a quick reference to the current statutory position in respect of virtually all conceivable employment law issues and disputes.

The new edition addresses the impact of major new employment law legislation, including:

• Carer's Leave Act 2023
• Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023
• Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023
• Nationality and Borders Act 2022
• Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023
• Finance Services and Markets Act 2023

Significant new secondary legislation has been added, including:

• Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England) Order 2022
• Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2023 SI 2023/318
• Exclusivity Terms for Zero Hours Workers (Unenforceability and Redress) Regulations 2022

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Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes update to one volume

The following volume is updated in Halsbury’s Laws:

• Volume 6: Building; Building Contracts

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source: Halsbury’s Laws of England

Atkins Court Forms publishes an update to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Family Procedure 2023

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: Atkin's Court Forms

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to four volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 25(3)A: Leasehold Flat Schemes (Long Leases) letting schemes Part 1
• Volume 6(1)B: Carriage by Road and Rail; Carriage by Air; Commons
• Volume 21(3): Intellectual Property - Trade marks; Designs; Border measures; Taxation
• Volume 23(4): Landlord & Tenant (Residential Tenancies)

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P is the UK’s most comprehensive source of precedents for (non-litigating) solicitors. It contains almost everything that both the specialist and the non-specialist lawyer (in non-contentious fields) is likely to need:

• Around 15,000 forms and precedents (including those for sale of land, landlord and tenant, commercial law, wills and trusts, family law)
• Practical drafting notes to precedents
• Detailed commentary on relevant law and practice
• Checklists, procedural tables and guidance on land registration, stamp duty, and taxation

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes an update to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 18: Highways; Housing

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P is the UK’s most comprehensive source of precedents for (non-litigating) solicitors. It contains almost everything that both the specialist and the non-specialist lawyer (in non-contentious fields) is likely to need:

• Around 15,000 forms and precedents (including those for sale of land, landlord and tenant, commercial law, wills and trusts, family law)
• Practical drafting notes to precedents
• Detailed commentary on relevant law and practice
• Checklists, procedural tables and guidance on land registration, stamp duty, and taxation

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes a brand new title

The following volume is a new addition to Halsbury’s Laws:

• Volume 95: Safeguarding; Space Industries

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source: Halsbury’s Laws of England

Banks on Sentence

Banks on Sentence is the definitive sentencing guide. It is used by judges, barristers and solicitors for sentencing hearings in the Magistrates' Court, Crown Court, Courts Martial and the Court of Appeal.

Volume 1 sets out the sentencing powers available to the Courts. It contains all relevant material to set complex and overlapping legislation in context. It includes procedure to be applied in sentencing hearings, including applications for behaviour orders and appeal hearings.

Volume 2 contains all the relevant guidelines, cases and sentencing material to enable judges, magistrates and practitioners to determine the sentence for almost all commonly prosecuted offences.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 18th Edition includes:

• Wide range of statutory amendments made by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 fully reflected including new criminal offences, increased maximum sentences, altered release arrangements and other minor legislative changes.
• Fully updated to reflect amendments to the magistrates' court powers to imprison offenders for either-way offences and the reversion to a 6-month maximum sentence on 30/03/23.
• New powers to remit for trial and sentence in the magistrates' court following commencement of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022.
• Updated and new sentencing guidelines, including for burglary, child cruelty and sexual offences involving children.
• Updated legislation providing for a range of ancillary orders: changes to Sexual Harm Prevention Orders, new powers to make Serious Violence Reduction Orders.
• Selected new authorities to illustrate likely sentence outcome for the most commonly prosecuted criminal offences.

Source: Banks on Sentence

Atkins Court Forms publishes an update to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 23(1): Injunctions; Insurance; Interim Remedies
• Volume 21(1): Guarantee and Indemnity; Human Rights

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: Atkin's Court Forms

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes updates to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 2: Animals; Arbitrations
• Volume 1A: Agricultural Production and Marketing

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source: Halsbury’s Laws of England

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes an update to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 2(3): Allotments, smallholdings, Gardens & Animal protection and health

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P is the UK’s most comprehensive source of precedents for (non-litigating) solicitors. It contains almost everything that both the specialist and the non-specialist lawyer (in non-contentious fields) is likely to need:

• Around 15,000 forms and precedents (including those for sale of land, landlord and tenant, commercial law, wills and trusts, family law)
• Practical drafting notes to precedents
• Detailed commentary on relevant law and practice
• Checklists, procedural tables and guidance on land registration, stamp duty, and taxation

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents

Atkins Court Forms publishes an update to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 23(1): Injunctions; Insurance; Interim Remedies
• Volume 21(1): Guarantee and Indemnity; Human Rights

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: Atkins Court Forms

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes updates to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 2: Animals; Arbitrations
• Volume 1A: Agricultural Production and Marketing

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source: Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales

Court of Protection Practice (with CD-ROM) 2023

This title is the leading court reference work governing this fast-developing jurisdiction, with a status akin to its sister publication ‘The Family Court Practice’. With a specialist contributor team of leading practitioners and judges, the title provides vital procedural guidance for all practitioners involved in cases in the Court of Protection. Contains, in one portable and easy-to-use volume, all the essential materials needed to practice in the Court of Protection

Key updates and what’s new?

Court of Protection Practice is the leading procedural work, used daily by the specialist nominated judges and those practitioners who appear in the courts before them.

What’s new for 2023?

• Updates to the Court of Protection Rules, including new rules for contempt proceedings
• Extensive new and revised commentary to support the new rules
• All the latest amendments to the practice directions, including a new practice direction on the scheme for unopposed property and affairs orders
• Updated commentary to reflect the latest case law
• Case summaries of all recent decisions
• Commentary on the latest position with liberty protection safeguards
• An overview of the year from Right Honourable Lord Justice Baker

Source: Court of Protection Practice (with CD-ROM) 2023

Kingsley Napley & 6KBW College Hill: Serious Fraud, Investigation & Trial, Fifth edition

Containing comprehensive coverage of recent changes and new legislation, the book explains clearly and succinctly the rules applicable to fraud cases, examining the means open to the prosecutor, defendant and judge in preparatory hearings to ensure a fraud trial is more manageable. The title covers the sentencing options open to the court, providing a comprehensive selection of important statutes, statutory instruments and practice directions.

Key updates and what’s new?

The new edition includes the updates in:

Legislation

• Criminal Finances Act 2017
• Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019

Guidance

• Attorney General’s Revised Guidelines on Disclosure 2022
• CPS Disclosure Manual 2022
• Updates Codes of Practice under PACE 1984
• DPA Code of Practice

Cases

• Aquila Advisory Ltd v Faichney & Others (Crown Prosecution Service intervening) - concerning the limits of the confiscation regime
• R v Luckhurst - concerning the inter-relationship between criminal and civil regimes
• R v Andrewes - concerning proportionality in the confiscation regime
• R (KBR) v DSFO - concerning limits on the SFO's ability to compel the production of documents
• R v Byrne and others - concerning the impact of the discrediting of an expert witness
• R v Hunter - concerning running a business for a fraudulent purpose

Source: Kingsley Napley & 6KBW College Hill: Serious Fraud, Investigation & Trial, Fifth edition

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes an update to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 4(3): Boilerplate and Commercial Clauses

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P is the UK’s most comprehensive source of precedents for (non-litigating) solicitors. It contains almost everything that both the specialist and the non-specialist lawyer (in non-contentious fields) is likely to need:

• Around 15,000 forms and precedents (including those for sale of land, landlord and tenant, commercial law, wills and trusts, family law)
• Practical drafting notes to precedents
• Detailed commentary on relevant law and practice
• Checklists, procedural tables and guidance on land registration, stamp duty, and taxation

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes updates to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volumes 11(2): Consumer Credit

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: Atkin’s Court Forms

A Guide to Solar PV Projects for Local Government and the Public Sector 3rd edition

The only ‘how to’ guide for a local authority intending to embark on a solar PV scheme with complete coverage from start to finish, written one of the most experienced consultants on public sector green agenda work and former Eversheds partner, Stephen Cirell.

Key updates and what’s new?

New edition of this guide to officers and members in local government and those in the wider public sector as to how to undertake a solar PV project. It covers all projects, large and small, building related or stand alone and goes through all of the main stages, considers all of the relevant issues and breaks down the mystique involved.

The 3rd edition has been fully updated to take account of all developments since publication of the last edition in 2016, including the introduction of the Government’s Net Zero Strategy, and expanded to give more detailed consideration of issues such as securing planning consent, arranging a grid connection and sale of the electricity generated.

Source: A Guide to Solar PV Projects for Local Government and the Public Sector 3rd edition

Doyle, Keay and Curl: Annotated Insolvency Legislation Eleventh Edition

Doyle, Keay and Curl: Annotated Insolvency Legislation has been fully updated to again provide fully curated practical guidance on the key primary and secondary insolvency legislation. In addition to the complete texts of the key statutory provisions, each is annotated with detailed analysis and commentary, providing practitioners and academics with everything they need within a single portable volume.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 11th edition of this well-established work brings together all the relevant statutory material as well as the SIPs and essential practice directions in a single manageable volume.

Key new cases covered in this edition include:

• Finance Plc; Re Smile Telecoms Ltd; Re Houst Ltd — recent cases on the new Part 26A restructuring plan
• Carton-Kelly v Darty Holdings SAS — the largest ever preference action arising from the Comet liquidation
• Re Edengate Homes (Butley Hall) Ltd — the circumstances in which a dissentient creditor may challenge office-holder decision-making
• Re MBI & Partners Inc — witness immunity for statements made during a s.236 examination
• Hughes v Howell — what counts as an “offer” for the purposes of s.271(3)
• Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Sinclair — remedy against debtor’s property under s.285(3)(a)

Source: Doyle, Keay and Curl: Annotated Insolvency Legislation Eleventh Edition

Scammell, Densham & William’s Law of Agricultural Holdings 11th edition

Indispensable reference to agricultural law for all practitioners is fully updated by expert author Peter Williams of Ebery Williams.

Key updates and what’s new?

Comprehensive, practical, accessible, and authoritative coverage of agricultural property for practitioners. The new 11th edition update provides detailed coverage of recent important cases, including: Windsor-Clive v Rees (one Arbitration, four decisions of the High Court and one of the Court of Appeal); Carr v Evelyn (two decisions of the First-tier Tribunal); Procter v Procter (two High Court decisions and one of the Court of Appeal); Tuner v Jones (decisions of the County Court and the High Court).

The 11th Edition also contains coverage of:

• The Agriculture Act 2020, which makes a number of important changes to the law of landlord and tenant including concerning the appointment of an arbitrator/expert, but more importantly in connection with a tenant’s ability to vary the terms of a tenancy and changes in the law of succession
• Regulations made consequential upon the Agricultural Act 2020
• Implementation of the Welsh Model Clauses
• Further cases reported in both the First-tier Tribunal and the Agricultural Land Tribunal
• Many cases in relation to arbitration, including the first decision for a very long time establishing serious irregularity and unfair prejudice to enable an award to be set aside
• Further High Court and Court of Appeal cases impacting on the agricultural landlord and tenant sector.

Finally, new for this edition, Peter Williams is joined by Professor Michael Cardwell who, with Jeremy Moody of the CAAV, replace the existing chapter in the 10th Edition relating to Europe to reflect the new post-Brexit world.

Source: Scammell, Densham & William’s Law of Agricultural Holdings 11th edition

Halsbury’s Laws of England publishes update to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 86: Railways and Tramways

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury&s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source: Halsbury’s Laws of England

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes updates to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 7(3): Children and Young Persons (Part I)
• Volume 7(4): Children and Young Persons (Part II)

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: Atkin’s Court Forms

Halsbury’s Laws of England publishes updates to five volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volumes 50 & 50A: Financial Services Regulations
• Volumes 62-64: Landlord & Tenant

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source: Halsbury’s Laws of England

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes an update to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 25(1)B: Land registration- A commentary, Land Registry Forms (Part 2)
• Volume 23(1): Landlord and Tenant (Residential Tenancies)

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P is the UK’s most comprehensive source of precedents for (non-litigating) solicitors. It contains almost everything that both the specialist and the non-specialist lawyer (in non-contentious fields) is likely to need:

• Around 15,000 forms and precedents (including those for sale of land, landlord and tenant, commercial law, wills and trusts, family law)
• Practical drafting notes to precedents
• Detailed commentary on relevant law and practice
• Checklists, procedural tables and guidance on land registration, stamp duty, and taxation

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes updates to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volumes 14(1) & (2): Court System and Claims Procedure

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: Atkin's Court Forms

Anthony and Berryman’s Magistrates’ Court Guide 2023 has published on LexisLibrary

The updated edition of this title remains the essential publication that no court practitioner can afford to be without. It includes straightforward coverage of new case law, current court procedures, criminal offences, sentencing and more to ensure you have a complete picture of the law.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 2023 edition incorporates the provisions of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 and the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, which are relevant to magistrates’ courts. We have also taken in changes regarding the increase in the maximum sentence on summary conviction of offences triable either way, and the effect of many other statutory instruments.

In addition, dozens of recent cases have been added.

Source: Anthony and Berryman’s Magistrates’ Court Guide 2023

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes an update to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 25(1)A: Land registration- A commentary, Land Registry Forms (Part 1)

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P is the UK’s most comprehensive source of precedents for (non-litigating) solicitors. It contains almost everything that both the specialist and the non-specialist lawyer (in non-contentious fields) is likely to need:

• Around 15,000 forms and precedents (including those for sale of land, landlord and tenant, commercial law, wills and trusts, family law)
• Practical drafting notes to precedents
• Detailed commentary on relevant law and practice
• Checklists, procedural tables and guidance on land registration, stamp duty, and taxation

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes updates to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volumes 3(1) & (2): Admiralty and Commercial Courts

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: Atkin’s Court Forms

Halsbury’s Laws of England publishes updates to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 87: Real Property and Registration
• Volume 1: Agency; Agricultural Land and Allotments

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source: Halsbury’s Laws of England

The new second edition of APIL Guide to Accidents at Work has published this week

The work covers three distinction areas. Part A concerns the general principles applicable to all cases focusing on negligence, statutory duties, causation and remoteness, with an emphasis on what these principles mean in practice. Part B looks in detail at the statutory framework with special attention given to workplaces, work equipment, manual handling, working at height and construction. Part C offers practical guidance on effective case preparation and presentation, providing invaluable know-how on investigation guidelines, evidence, and practice and procedure.

Key updates and what’s new?

This new edition has been extensively revised and rewritten to include:

• Liability for workplace accidents post Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
• Understanding how risk assessment works and can help you win your cases
• The Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 and the updated HSE guidance on construction site accidents
• The continuing importance of health and safety regulations
• Understanding the concept of workers, the gig economy and the self-employed
• What now for health and safety in a post Brexit world

Source: APIL Guide to Accidents at Work

The new thirteenth edition of Arnold-Baker on Local Council Administration published this week

Arnold-Baker on Local Council Administration has long been established as the guide to this specialist field of local government law. Among local councillors it is often referred to as ‘the bible’. It is a complete statement of the law relating to parish and community councils through an extensive, though succinct, narrative accompanied by relevant statutory materials.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 13th edition of this popular book has been comprehensively updated to cover the many changes to law and practice with direct application to local councils since the previous edition in 2020 including content on VAT and Wales.

This is a key text for parish and community councils, local authorities and solicitors practising in local government and public/administrative law.

Source: Arnold-Baker on Local Council Administration

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents published updates to two volumes

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 42(3) Wills & Administration
• Volume 16(2) Family

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P is the UK’s most comprehensive source of precedents for (non-litigating) solicitors. It contains almost everything that both the specialist and the non-specialist lawyer (in non-contentious fields) is likely to need:

• Around 15,000 forms and precedents (including those for sale of land, landlord and tenant, commercial law, wills and trusts, family law)
• Practical drafting notes to precedents
• Detailed commentary on relevant law and practice
• Checklists, procedural tables and guidance on land registration, stamp duty, and taxation

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes update to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 14(1)(B) Employment

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P is the UK’s most comprehensive source of precedents for (non-litigating) solicitors. It contains almost everything that both the specialist and the non-specialist lawyer (in non-contentious fields) is likely to need:

• Around 15,000 forms and precedents (including those for sale of land, landlord and tenant, commercial law, wills and trusts, family law)
• Practical drafting notes to precedents
• Detailed commentary on relevant law and practice
• Checklists, procedural tables and guidance on land registration, stamp duty, and taxation

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents

Atkins Court Forms publishes updates to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Court Guides 2022
• Volume 13(2) Costs Management, Case Management and Applications

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin's Court Forms is the United Kingdom's only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: Atkin's Court Forms

Halsbury’s Laws of England published updates to two titles

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volumes 99 & 99A Taxation Law

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source: Halsbury's Laws of England

Atkin's Court Forms publishes update to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 12(3): Copyright

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin's Court Forms is the United Kingdom's only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales

Source: Atkin's Court Forms

Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia publishes update to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Housing

Key updates and what’s new?

The Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia is the only comprehensive and authoritative narrative treatment of the law of Scotland and is the cornerstone of the Scots lawyer's library.

Source: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia

The new 36th edition of Tolley’s Employment Handbook has published

Tolley's Employment Handbook contains the best possible coverage of Employment Law, and offers authoritative guidance written in a clear, highly accessible style.

The editorial team has an unrivalled breadth of Employment Law experience. Chapters are contributed to by leading and junior members of 11KBW Chambers, multi-time winners of the Chambers and Partners Award for Employment Law Chambers of the Year. Tolley's Employment Handbook is useful for all levels; it steers junior lawyers through the law, enables senior lawyers to stay up-to-date and quickly allows inhouse lawyers to get to the root of a problem. This book will help you understand exactly how the latest developments affect you, your company, your employees or your clients.

Key updates and what’s new?

Important recent developments considered in this new 36th edition include:

• The Forstater decision in the EAT examining whether gender critical beliefs were worthy of respect in a democratic society and within the scope of the Equality Act 2010’s protection.
• The Supreme Court’s consideration of the burden of proof in discrimination cases in Efobi v Royal Mail Group Limited
• Significant cases on Industrial Relations including the Supreme Court’s decision in Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley and Others on inducements relating to collective bargaining and Mercer v Alternative Future Group Ltd on protection of workers taking industrial action.

Source: Tolley's Employment Handbook

The 2022 Edition of Stone’s Justices’ Manual has been published

Now in its 154th edition, Butterworths Stone's Justices' Manual is the most comprehensive and authoritative reference source in its field.

In three volumes, this publication provides the most reliable and current coverage of all the changes affecting magistrates' courts, including criminal procedure.

Key updates and what’s new?

Updates to the 2022 edition include:

Offences and principles of criminal liability
• Attorney General's Reference (No 1 of 2020) - no need to prove the defendant intended the touching to be sexual
• R v Grant and Others - joint enterprise murder - the secondary liability of a defendant charged with encouraging or assisting crime is not based on causation

Practice and procedure
• R (Director of Legal Aid Casework) v Crown Court at Southwark - Legal aid capital contribution orders - the Crown Court can consider applications under reg 26 for proportionate reduction outside the 21-day time limit

Evidence
• R v Thomasson - identification by efir pictures

Sentencing
• R v Walton - extended sentence not appropriate for non-contact sexual offences

Youth courts
• AM v Chief Constable of West Midlands - no obligation to consult YOT before arresting a youth for breach of a youth injunction
• R v Mohammed - assessment of age

Legislation
• Prisons (Substance Testing) Act 2021
• Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021
• National Security and Investment Act 2021
• Environment Act 2021
• Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022

Source: Stone's Justices' Manual

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to three volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 3(1): Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution; Auctioneers, estate agents and valuers; Bailment
• Volume 19(2): Joint Ventures
• Volume 12(1)A Consumer Credit

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P is the UK’s most comprehensive source of precedents for (non-litigating) solicitors. It contains almost everything that both the specialist and the non-specialist lawyer (in non-contentious fields) is likely to need:

• Around 15,000 forms and precedents (including those for sale of land, landlord and tenant, commercial law, wills and trusts, family law)
• Practical drafting notes to precedents
• Detailed commentary on relevant law and practice
• Checklists, procedural tables and guidance on land registration, stamp duty, and taxation

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents

Atkins Court Forms publishes updates to three volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 7(1) & (2): Bankruptcy & Insolvency
• Volume 22(1): Housing

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin's Court Forms is the United Kingdom's only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: Atkin's Court Forms

Halsbury’s Laws of England published updates to four titles

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 2A: Aviation
• Volume 21: Consumer Protection & Consumer Credit
• Volume 93 & 94: Shipping & Maritime Law

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source: Halsbury's Laws of England

Family Court Practice 2022 (The Red Book) has published this month

The Family Court Practice covers the entire range of family business and contains all the essential materials you need to practice in the Family Court.

The new edition is fully updated to include the latest case-law, full coverage of new and amended legislation, Practice Directions and guidance. It also contains fully and expertly annotated statutes and rules together with scores of unique step-by-step procedural guides, which direct you effortlessly to the relevant rules and annotation.

Key updates and what’s new?

What's new for 2022:

• The addition of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 with cross-referencing to it throughout
• The incorporation of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 so that both the 'old' and 'new' law are shown
• Detailed commentary and practical guidance on all recent case law and key procedural developments in the areas of divorce, civil partnership, private/public child law, financial provision, enforcement and appeals
• The latest amendments to the Family Procedure and Civil Procedure Rules
• A new procedural guide about arbitration
• The latest Practice Guidance
• A chronology of the key developments in family law and practice

Source: The Family Court Practice (The Red Book)

Atkins Court Forms publishes updates to two titles

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• CPR: Civil Procedure 2022
• Volume 8(1): Bills of Sale, Carriers, Civil Aviation

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin's Court Forms is the United Kingdom's only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: Atkins Court Forms

Marriage and Civil Partnership – The Modern Law of Formation, Nullity & Dissolution (new title) now published

An invaluable expert guide to this field for family practitioners, the judiciary, academics, and all others who need to understand the relevant law.

Key updates and what’s new?

Provides an accessible guide to the law and procedure which will apply following implementation of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020.

In addition to examination of the new Act, the text includes analysis of two very significant decisions: namely HM Attorney General v Akhter and Khan, in which the Court of Appeal affirmed the principle that there was a class of marriage (termed “non-qualifying”) which would not attract a decree of nullity; and Re K, where the practice and procedure in forced marriage cases was considered and set out.

There is also detailed coverage of the law of nullity (following codification in 1971), in the light of subsequent statutory and case-law changes.

In each scenario, the title provides a comparison of the law applicable to single-sex marriages, where different, and civil partnerships, both single and opposite-sex.

The position on staying applications for divorce is fully considered now that the UK has left the EU and the previous mandatory provisions no longer apply.

Banks on Sentence 2022 edition now published

The definitive sentencing guide used by judges, barristers and solicitors.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 17th Edition includes:

• A Foreword by The Secret Barrister
• Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021
• Domestic Abuse Act 2021
• Amendments to maximum sentences brought about by the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021
• Updated Sentencing Council Guidelines for Assault offences, attempted murder and importation of firearms; updated guidance for animal cruelty offences
• R v Gould on use of Courts Act 2006 s 66 as a mechanism for correcting errors in sending and committal
• R v Xue on assessing harm in offences of grievous bodily harm
• R v Reed, Bennett and Others on child sexual offences where no sexual activity in fact occurs
• Criminal Procedure Rules 2020, as amended by Criminal Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2021 and Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022

Source: Banks on Sentence

Halsbury’s Laws of England published updates to two titles

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 56: Housing
• Volume 56A: Housing

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source: Halsbury’s Laws

Atkins Court Forms published updates to one title

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 35(1): Sale and Supply of Goods and Services

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin's Court Forms is the United Kingdom's only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: Atkins Court Forms

The third edition of Howard, Warner & Beatty: Restructuring Law & Practice is publishing this month

Restructuring Law & Practice Third edition is the latest edition of the best practice bible for restructuring. No other book covers the practical aspects of out of court restructurings or looks at the law and practice in a sustained and systematic way. Restructuring Law and Practice brings a coherent and comprehensive approach to the complex practice of restructuring in the UK and beyond.

Key updates and what’s new?

The third edition is fully updated to cover all recent developments including the new market abuse regime, information and disclosure requirements and credit derivatives. There are three new chapters on project financing and commodities restructuring, bond restructurings and liability management.

Source: Howard, Warner & Beatty Restructuring Law & Practice

International Corporate Procedures – Issue 122 – reviewing 8 jurisdictions

This edition covers relevant changes from the following countries:

• Guernsey
• Hungary
• India
• Netherlands
• Russia
• Turkey
• UK: England and Wales,
• UK: Scotland

Key updates and what’s new?

The Taxation and Accounting sections (Part III) of the following countries have been updated to make sure we are providing the most up to date information: Hungary, India, Netherlands, Russia and Turkey.

Source: International Corporate Procedures

Atkins Court Forms publishes updates to one volume

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 4(1): Agency, Agricultural Land & Animals

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin's Court Forms is the United Kingdom's only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: Atkins Court Forms

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to one volume

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 12(3): Confidentiality; Deeds, Agreements & Declarations

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P is the UK’s most comprehensive source of precedents for (non-litigating) solicitors. It contains almost everything that both the specialist and the non-specialist lawyer (in non-contentious fields) is likely to need:

• Around 15,000 forms and precedents (including those for sale of land, landlord and tenant, commercial law, wills and trusts, family law)
• Practical drafting notes to precedents
• Detailed commentary on relevant law and practice
• Checklists, procedural tables and guidance on land registration, stamp duty, and taxation

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents

Underhill & Hayton Law of Trusts and Trustees 20th Edition publishes this month

Provides practitioners with expert commentary on the law of trusts and trustees and is a guide to all legal developments relating to trusts.

Key updates and what’s new?

• Written by renowned experts in the field, this major work examines legislation and case law, including cases from significant offshore trust jurisdictions likely to affect UK trust law - beneficial to those working in trusts both at legal practices as well as banks and accountancy firms
• The Easy reference format takes you through the definitions of trusts, administration of trusts and consequences of breaches of trust
• First new edition in 5 years so a huge update across all included key topics to bring it up to date
• New interpretations of recent developments across the world of trusts
• Mix of practical learning and academic insight in a remixed author team on a constantly evolving area of the law

Source: https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal/api/version1/toc?shr=t&hct=f&hac=f&scl=t&csi=364992

Court of Protection Practice 2022 publishes this month

The leading court reference work governing this fast-developing jurisdiction, with a status akin to its sister publication ‘The Family Court Practice’. With a specialist contributor team of leading practitioners and judges, the title provides vital procedural guidance for all practitioners involved in cases in the Court of Protection. Contains, in one portable and easy-to-use volume, all the essential materials needed to practice in the Court of Protection.

What’s new for 2022?

• Detailed narrative analysis and practical guidance on all recent case law and procedural developments
• The latest developments in deprivation of liberty law and reform
• The effect of the pandemic on mental capacity law and practice
• The latest law report summaries
• Updated precedents to reflect changes in practice and procedures
• Up to date forms

Source: https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal/results/renderTocBrowse.do?rand=0.7177085571019209&pap=quicklinks&formIdLawNow=GB01PrvCtPRA&sourceId=Q_CAT6000009.435179

Case Overview – new mini summaries of cases and better speed and coverage of case treatment and history information

Case Overview is a daily updated comprehensive database of over 630,000 case records, dating from 1502, which provides procedural history, annotations, keywords, summaries and links to all subscribed versions of a case.

Judgment Alerter is a designated Current Awareness source that provides users with onscreen and e-mail alerts on the latest handed-down judgments from the Courts that have been loaded to LexisLibrary. The alerts also provide access to the full text judgments on LexisLibrary. Personalised onscreen and e-mail alerts can be set up using this source and other current awareness sources from the alerts wizard in the Alerts tab area.

Key updates and what’s new?

7,500 mini summaries have been added to Case Overviews where previously there was nothing. An additional 99,000 mini summaries have replaced longer summaries in Case Overviews.

Mini summaries are now being written for new judgments, on a trial basis, and will be available in Case Overviews and also in the Judgment Alerter current awareness email alerts.

We’re improving Case Overview further, by adding treatment information (whether a case has been positively or negatively reviewed by other courts / judges) and history information (where applicable) faster, and for a wider range of judgments, on a trial basis.

Source: SM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 1566, [2021] All ER (D) 13 (Nov)

Atkins Court Forms published an update to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 5(1): Appeals

Atkin’s Court Forms is a unique encyclopaedia of forms and precedents of pleadings covering more than 130 practice areas. It provides practitioners with an unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents needed in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Source: Atkins Court Forms

The 10th edition of Consumer and Trading Standards Law and Practice has been published

Consumer and Trading Standards: Law and Practice is an authoritative and comprehensive guide for everyone involved in consumer, trading standards and regulatory law. This book covers the full range of work undertaken by consumer law practitioners, regulators, regulatory lawyers and trading standards officers in local authorities.

Key updates and what’s new?

The tenth edition has been fully updated and covers recent developments in this area of law including:

• A full update on the consequences of Brexit, including the continued implementation of EU Exit regulations and their impact on retained EU law.
• A new chapter on Health and Medicine, including detailed analysis of the Human Medicines Regulation, medical devices, cosmetics regulation and vaping.
• Updated charging precedents for commonly prosecuted criminal offences.
• Analysis of important developments in criminal procedure such as charging practice following the Bakers of Nailsea case and time limits for continuing offences.
• Inclusion of all recent domestic and CJEU decisions on unfair terms and unfair commercial practices.

Source: Consumer and Trading Standards: Law and Practice Tenth edition

The 6th edition of Housing Allocation and Homelessness has been published

Housing Allocation and Homelessness: Law and Practice is the comprehensive and authoritative guide to the legal obligations of local housing authorities when allocating social housing and assisting those who are homeless. Written by leading practitioners in the field, it provides detailed guidance on the statutory framework, case law and government policy in both England and Wales.

Key updates and what’s new?

This sixth edition provides a detailed update on the legislative and policy developments since the last edition, including the ground-breaking initiative under which the English and Welsh governments made emergency provision to accommodate all homeless people during the COVID-19 pandemic, known in England as 'Everyone In' also includes:

• Amendments to Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996 made by the Domestic Abuse Act 2021
• Revisions to the Codes of Guidance
• Consideration of the latest case law on homelessness duties
• Consideration of the latest case law on allocation of social housing
• A review of unreported first-instance decisions and Ombudsman complaints
• Updated sections on discrimination in the allocation of social housing

Source:
https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/store/categories/legal/local-government-law-50/housing-allocation-and-homelessness-law-practice-sixth-edition-with-cdrom-skuuksku9781784734329HAH682461/details

Halsbury’s Laws of England published an update to one volume

The following volume has been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 18: Competition; Compulsory Acquisition of Land

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source: Halsbury’s Laws

The new 11th edition of Williams on Wills has published

Williams on Wills has long been recognised as the leading text in the area of wills. Considered to be the definitive practitioner textbook, the new edition has been fully revised and updated for the 11th edition. As always, the title consists of two volumes, the second of which comprises an extensive collection of gold standard precedents both for complete wills and clauses used in wills, also included on a CD in Word format ready to edit and use in practice.

Key updates and what’s new?

• Vol. 1:
  • Case law updates since the last supplement in 2018;
  • Additional commentary on digital assets;
  • New commentary on the Covid attestation rules.
• Vol. 2:
  • New RNRB precedents added where appropriate, including 2-yr, 2-day spousal interest in possession
  • New precedent wording for a ‘Covid attestation’ clause;
  • Discussion of Brexit.

Source:

Volume 1: Williams on Wills

Volume 2: Williams on Wills Precedents

The first supplement to the 32nd edition of Tristram and Cootes Probate Practice has published

Tristram and Coote's Probate Practice is the definitive work on probate and is extensively referred to by the Probate Registries. In this first supplement, the expert author team provide a full update to all changes in case law, regulation and legislation since the publication of the 32nd edition in December 2020.

Key updates and what’s new?

• The first supplement to Tristram and Cootes Probate Practice 32nd edition includes:
• Coverage of the current situation of the probate registries and offices; the registries offer a much reduced service during the pandemic;
• Recent developments in applications for grants of probate and administration using the forms PA1A and PA1P as they apply across the work;
• The revised practice in summons applications for inventory and account;
• The revised procedure in applications for resealing grant;
• The indexation provisions for the taxpaying threshold and the unused residence nil rate band have been negated until 5 April 2026;
• Death benefit payments under life assurance schemes, which may be paid to personal representatives of frontline Health and Social Care staff who die after contracting Covid 19 at work are not subject to Inheritance Tax as they are not due to the estate as of right;
• The temporary arrangements for declarations and signatures made to help with Covid 19 social distancing becoming permanent;
• New regulations and practices whereby over 90% of non-taxpaying cases will not need to complete inheritance tax forms will have effect for deaths on or after 1 January 2022;
• Case law update on the test for testamentary capacity: Clitheroe v Bond [2021] EWHC 1102 (Ch);
• Case law on the power to admit a will to probate with words omitted: Mundil v Williams [2021] EWHC 586 (Ch);
• Case law update on s.9(1)(d): Sangha v The Estate of Sangha [2021] EWHC 1599 (Ch);
• New commentary on the function of a reply and defence to counterclaim in probate proceedings in response to a revocation defence - with a draft precedent alleging that a revocation clause in a later will was impliedly limited to a particular country; and
• New commentary on promises to leave the property by will or on death - in view of the increased number of proprietary estoppel claims being combined with probate claims.

Source: Tristram and Coote's Probate Practice

Education Law Handbook has published this month

The Education Law Handbook is a comprehensive new title for legal practitioners covering all areas of education law from pre-school to university. It has been written by a judge and a team of specialist education law barristers at 11KBW in London, the leading education law chambers in the country, with contributions from other experts.

Key updates and what’s new?

The title is structured according to the four main phases of education:

• (1) pre-school and nurseries
• (2) schooling for children of compulsory school age
• (3) sixth-form and further education
• (4) higher education

The law applicable to all types of schools, colleges and universities is explained, and themes such as special educational needs, transport, negligence, discrimination and human rights are all dealt with in detail, as is the law applicable to teachers and other staff and governing bodies.

This title is quite simply the most comprehensive and detailed book on education law available, making it an invaluable guide for all solicitors and barristers practising in this field, as well as local authorities, schools, further education colleges, universities and anyone else who needs to understand the relevant law.

Source: Education Law Handbook

Halsbury’s Laws of England publishes updates to two titles

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Volume 47: Explosives, Equitable Jurisdiction, Estoppel and Extradition
• Volume 13: Choses in Action, Clubs, Commons and Commonwealth

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source: Halsbury’s Laws

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to several titles

The following volumes have been fully updated on LexisLibrary:

• Form Finder
• 14(3) Energy (Pipelines)
• 7(1)C Clause Bank
• 14(1)C Employment

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P is the UK’s most comprehensive source of precedents for (non-litigating) solicitors. It contains almost everything that both the specialist and the non-specialist lawyer (in non-contentious fields) is likely to need.

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents

The Family Court Practice 2021 Autumn Supplement has published

The Family Court Practice (also known as the Red Book), covers the entire range of family business and contains all the essential materials you need to practise in the Family Court.

Key updates and what’s new?

The FCP Autumn Supplement updates subscribers on the latest developments in case law, practice and procedure, including coverage of both the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 which introduces ‘no fault’ divorce (due to be implemented in April 2022) and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.

Also includes essential updated Welsh materials relating to devolved children law in Wales.

Source: The Family Court Practice (The Red Book)

Tolley’s Company Law Handbook, 29th Edition is now live on LexisLibrary

Now in its 29th edition, the essential Tolley's publication is the first point of reference for accountants, solicitors, company secretaries and all those involved in company law. Fully updated with all the latest company law developments and in an A-Z format, this practical guide will enable you to remain at the forefront of company legislation matters.

Key updates and what’s new?

This new edition covers, among tax law developments and other changes:

• Satyam Enterprises Ltd v Burton on the application of the Duomatic principle where beneficial owner consented to course of action
• Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation v Hardy on the validity of section 117 CA 2006 requests to inspect and require copies of register of members
• Re Peter Jones (China) Limited ordering the Registrar to remove from the register readily separable unnecessary material that had been lodged in error
• MDW Holdings Ltd v Norvill on breach of environmental warranties in a share purchase agreement, and the status of an entire agreement clause
• Re Pottinger Private Ltd on liability of LLP members to disqualification under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
• Burnell v Trans-Tag Ltd on the application to a former de facto director of a company of the duty to avoid conflict of interest
• The Appeal in Chalcot Training v Ralph
• New rules on service of documents on overseas companies
• Coronavirus-related amendments to guidance on filing and other aspects
• The post-Brexit "on-shoring" of the Market Abuse Regulation and EU rules relating to prospectuses

Source: Tolley’s Company Law Handbook

Tristram and Coote's Probate Practice 1st Supplement to 32nd Edition publishes

Tristram is the definitive work on probate and is extensively referred to by the Probate Registries.

Key updates and what’s new?

The first supplement to Tristram and Cootes 32nd edition includes:

• Coverage of the current situation of the probate registries and offices; the registries offer a much reduced service during the pandemic;
• the recent developments in applications for grants of probate and administration using the forms PA1A and PA1P as they apply across the work; and
• the revised practice in summons applications for inventory and account.
• the revised procedure in applications for resealing grant
• the indexation provisions for the taxpaying threshold and the unused residence nil rate band have been negated until 5 April 2026;
• death benefit payments under life assurance schemes which may be paid to personal representatives of frontline Health and Social Care staff who die after contracting Covid 19 at work are not subject to Inheritance Tax as they are not due to the estate as of right;
• the temporary arrangements for declarations and signatures made to help with Covid 19 social distancing have become permanent;
• new regulations and practices whereby over 90% of non-taxpaying cases will not need to complete inheritance tax forms will have an effect on deaths on or after 1 January 2022. Such regulations and practices will be published later this year.
• case law update on the test for testamentary capacity: Clitheroe v Bond [2021] EWHC 1102 (Ch)
• case law on the power to admit a will to probate with words omitted: Mundil v Williams [2021] EWHC 586 (Ch)
• case law update on s.9(1)(d): Sangha v The Estate of Sangha [2021] EWHC 1599 (Ch)
• new commentary on the function of a reply and defence to counterclaim in probate proceedings in response to a revocation defence - with a draft precedent alleging that a revocation clause in a later will was impliedly limited to a particular country.
• new commentary on promises to leave property by will or on death - in view of the increased number of proprietary estoppel claims being combined with probate claims.

Source: Tristram and Coote's Probate Practice

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to one title

The Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following titles have been fully updated since they were last reissued:

• Landlord and Tenant (Business Tenancies) (Vol 22(1))

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes updates to two titles

Atkin’s Court Forms is a unique encyclopaedia of forms and precedents of pleadings covering more than 130 practice areas. It provides practitioners with an unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents needed in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following titles have been fully updated since they were last reissued:

• Landlord and Tenant; Enfranchisement: Private Sector; Statutory Right to Buy: Public Sector; Management of Premises (Vol 24(3))
• Elections; Evidence (18(4))

Source: Atkin's Court Forms

Halsbury’s Laws of England publishes updates to four titles

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following title contains important Brexit elements that will be of interest to customers:

• Employment (Vols 39-41A)

The tenth edition of Doyle, Keay and Curl: Annotated Insolvency Legislation has published in print and on LexisLibrary

Anthony & Berryman’s Magistrates’ Court Guide 2022 is the definitive guide to all activities of the magistrates’ court and provides a completely up-to-date picture of the law as at 1 October 2021.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 2022 edition includes the following updates:

• The Sentencing Act 2020
• The Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines
• The Domestic Abuse Act 2021
• The latest cases on:
• Assault on emergency worker – meaning of ‘acting in the exercise of the functions’ as such worker
• Breach of a restraining order – ‘without reasonable excuse’ sufficient to ensure a blameless person will not be convicted- no requirement for any further mental element
• Obstructing the police – no obligation for individual to give name and address – the Covid regulations did not create such an obligation or require one to be implied
• Test to be applied in appeals by way of case stated in the assessment of the trial court’s decision on ‘lawful excuse’ when Convention rights are engaged
• Deliberate physically obstructive conduct by protesters is capable of constituting a lawful excuse for the purposes of section 137 of the Highways Act 1980, even where the impact of the deliberate obstruction on other highway users is more than de minimis
• Prosecution costs – recovery of pre-commencement costs
• Sentence reduced by 25% on account of unjustified delay between arrest and notice of prosecution
• If an offender is convicted in the magistrates’ court of offences and some are committed for sentence, but others are sentenced by the magistrates’ court, both courts must impose a surcharge
• Causation in causing death offences
• Sending indictable only cases to the Crown Court in the absence of the defendant
• Time limits – when a written charge is issued

Circumstances in which a defendant will be allowed to vacate his or her plea of guilty in the magistrates’ court

Source: Anthony and Berryman's Magistrates' Court Guide 2022

The 4th Edition of Corporate Finance: IPO & M&A has published on LexisLibrary

Corporate Finance: IPO & M&A describes the theory and practice of these complex, inter-related and dynamic areas. The book sets out an up to date and accessible framework for the understanding, analysis and implementation of IPO and M&A deals.

Key updates and what’s new?

Includes new material that takes into account recent developments, including innovations in IPOs, such as the rise of private equity, new techniques in allocation/pricing and the use of SPACs.

Source: Corporate Finance: IPO & M&A

The 130th edition of Paterson’s Licensing Acts 2022 has now published

Paterson's is the definitive reference work on licensing law in England and Wales.

Key updates and what’s new?

Celebrating its 150th anniversary, the work continues to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date source for practitioners. The 2022 edition covers major changes in licensing laws over the past 12 months including the popular new section addressing Coronavirus-related statutes, regulations, and government Guidance.

Source: Paterson's Licensing Acts 2022

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to one title

The Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following titles have been fully updated since they were last reissued:

• Powers of Attorney (Vol 31(2))

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes updates to two titles

Atkin’s Court Forms is a unique encyclopaedia of forms and precedents of pleadings covering more than 130 practice areas. It provides practitioners with an unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents needed in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following titles have been fully updated since they were last reissued:

• Landlord and Tenant; General Litigation; Business Tenancies (Vol 24(2))
• Trademarks and Trade Names; Transport; Trespass to Goods and Conversion (Vol 39(2))

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to four titles

The Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter.

Key updates and what’s new

The following titles have been fully updated since they were last reissued.

• Building Societies (Vol 6(1))
• Burials (Vol 6(1));
• Employment (Vol 14(1)A)); and
• Leasehold Enfranchisement (Vol 25(4)).

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes updates to four titles

Atkin’s Court Forms is a unique encyclopaedia of forms and precedents of pleadings covering more than 130 practice areas. It provides practitioners with an unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents needed in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following titles have been fully updated since they were last reissued.

• Technology and Construction Court (Vol 37(1))
• Transfer and Consolidation (Vol 37(1))
• Health and Safety at Work (Vol 21(2))
• Highways (Vol 21(2))

Source: Atkin’s Court Forms

Tolley’s Tax Annuals

Tolley’s Income Tax, Corporation Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax Annuals now updated for 2021-22.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 2021-22 editions include all of the vital developments in the last year relevant to each of the taxes. Included are full coverage of the Finance Act 2021 plus cases, statutory instruments and other HMRC announcements.

Source: Tolley’s Income Tax; Tolley’s Corporation Tax; Tolley’s Capital Gains Tax; Tolley’s Inheritance Tax

The new Sixth edition of Morcom on Trade Marks has published this month

Morcom on Trade Marks (formerly known as Modern Law of Trade Marks) is a comprehensive guide on trade mark law, enabling practitioners to provide clients with effective advice with the best possible support and authority. It includes detailed analysis of important UK and European legislation and in-depth commentary on key cases.

This new sixth edition has been fully revised and updated to take into account all the latest developments since the last edition published in 2016.

Key updates include:

• Coverage of the most important new decisions of the Courts and other decision-making bodies, and legislation (eg Unjustified Threats legislation of 2017);
• The implementation by the UK of the 'recast' EU Harmonisation Directive of 2015;
• Detailed treatment of the consequences of the exit of the UK from the EU (including a brand new chapter) and coverage of measures ensuring that proprietors of EU Trade Marks and International Registrations designating the UK, also geographical indications will retain protection of their rights in the UK as well as in the other 27 EU Member States;
• A comprehensive update of The European Union Trade Mark section (Part VIII) to incorporate relevant changes to the EUTM law and regime, and new decisions that will continue to be of relevance to businesses world-wide;
• Inclusion of references to important decisions of the EU institutions, in particular the Court of Justice of the European Union and the General Court, which continue to be an important part of jurisprudence relevant to UK trade mark law;
• Updated 'Consolidated' versions of the Trade Marks Act 1994 and the Trade Marks Rules 2008, and the full text of the 2015 Directive included as Annexes.

Source: Morcom on Trade Marks

The new Sixth Edition of International Family Law Practice will publish this month

This major practitioner reference work provides comprehensive coverage of the international elements of English law and also includes all relevant source material.

• Fully updated throughout, including the implications of the UK's final departure from the EU.
• Provides timely, practical and expert advice on Brexit and related international matters, at a time of unrivalled uncertainty
• Provides an unparalleled width of specialist coverage, with chapters dealing with key topics such as recognition of foreign marriages and divorce, same-sex and cohabitation relationships, financial provision after an overseas divorce, marital agreements, child abduction, child relocation, surrogacy, international adoption, enforcement and registration of orders, stays in the UK, Europe and worldwide, pensions, trusts, Islamic Law, immigration issues and forced marriage.
• Useful practical chapters dealing with service, affidavits and statements of truth, evidence, cross border alternative dispute resolution, international judicial collaboration and legal aid.
• Indispensable appendices which not only contain the disparate relevant domestic and international legislation but also various Protocols and international Declarations.

Source: International Family Law Practice Sixth edition

The new fifth edition of Public Rights of Way and Access to Land will publish this month

Public Rights of Way and Access to Land explains the creation and loss of public rights of way and access to land, how their existence can be ascertained, and the nature of the obligations to maintain and manage them. It is a vital resource for both practitioners in local authorities and planning departments, and with landowners and their advisers.

This new edition will offer coverage of all relevant recent developments, including:

• The Anti-Social Behavior Crime and Policing Act 2014
• The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013
• The Deregulation Act 2015
• Statutory Instruments and important case law
• The latest Government guidance and ongoing effects of the Covid pandemic.

Source: Public Rights of Way and Access to Land Fifth Edition

LexisNexis and Sader Publishing Launch the First Trilingual French Civil Code

It is by joining forces that LexisNexis, leading legal publisher in France and around the world, and Sader Publishing, the oldest and most prestigious legal publisher in the Arab world, have successfully published a trilingual version (French - English - Arabic) of the French Civil Code.

Key Updates:

More than 200 years after its first edition, the Civil Code continues to have a global reach. It remains the point of reference for many codified and non-codified texts around the world.

To make sure that language is no barrier, LexisNexis and Sader Publishing have taken the initiative to combine in one book, an English and Arabic translation of the entire French Civil Code in order to make the concepts accessible to as many people as possible – especially common law trained lawyers. Each section of the Civil Code is preceded by an explanatory note, written by a renowned professor.

This Code is part of LexisNexis' desire to share the civil law tradition with lawyers from around the world and contribute to advancing the Rule of Law globally.

Why this title?

This trilingual publication is unique and therefore, has no equivalent on the market.

Source: French Civil Code

New edition of Finance Act Handbook is available online in LexisLibrary/TolleyLibrary

This annotated version of the Finance Act 2020 provides section by section and schedule by schedule commentary written by a team of 20 specialist tax writers and practitioners.

Why is this important to our customers?

Combines legislation and commentary in a handy, accessible format. Also includes an introductory section which provides an overview of the whole act.

Source: Finance Act Handbook 2020

New 5th edition of A Modern Approach to Wills, Administration and Estate Planning publishing in print and in library

Written by leading lawyers in the field, this popular guide to the tax efficient drafting of wills, estate planning and administration provides practitioners with help and guidance, and discusses the typical problems and pitfalls that may be encountered in practice. The precedents have been carefully selected to deal in a straightforward fashion with the common needs of clients.

The book begins by looking at the essential legal framework of wills, trusts and taxation through a combination of detailed and authoritative commentary, worked examples and expertly drafted precedents. It then examines specific topics including: transferable nil rate band, using IPDIs, provision for children, pilot trusts, gifts, APR and BPR, instruments of variation and disclaimer, and tax efficient administration. The authors narrative commentary is supplemented by 40 precedents.

Why is this important to our customers?

New case law and updated precedents for practitioners. Contains expert tax guidance building on the authors earlier title A Modern Approach to Lifetime Tax Planning for Private Clients.

How does this compare to our competitors’ offering?

Unique as a practical guide that combines wills, administration and estate planning with tax advice in a compact volume.

New 3rd edition of Lissack and Horlick on Bribery and Corruption published in print and on Library

The new edition of this comprehensive work offers a full overview of the legislation set in both a national and international context, with a full explanation of the scope of the Act and Ministry of Justice guidance together with detailed insight into anti-corruption measures and sentencing.

Updated to include: Recent pre BA corruption trials and the learning points/ challenges in prosecuting or defending historic bribery offences; Sentencing for breach of s 7 BA 2010 (failure to prevent bribery); SFO investigations into bribery offences- developments re privilege and section 2 notices; disclosure of s 2 information, impact of Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR; likely increase in use of civil recovery powers; FCPA policy changes and increase use in monitorships; Increase in corporate criminal offences of failure to prevent bribery/corruption with extraterritorial effect in other jurisdictions too such as France (SAPIN2); Developments re cross jurisdictional bribery investigations and possible impact of Brexit on information sharing powers.

Why is this important to our customers?

Written by expert practitioners in white collar international crime (Richard Lissack QC and Fiona Horlick QC) it offers a definitive voice amid confusion toward the bribery legal system.

It is a complex subject area with rule changes and case law that affect businesses and organisations globally. Both authors are high profile and recognised experts in the field and have assembled an international panel of contributors.

How does this compare to our competitors’ offering?

There is one main competing book published by OUP:  Bribery: Law and Practice Paperback – 10 Mar 2016, Monty Raphael. Ours is internationally focussed and far more up to date than their title.

Updated EF&P Insurance title now available on LexisLibrary

INSURANCE (2020 Reissue) contains a detailed commentary on insurance law written by one of the leading academics in this field, Andrew McGee, Professor of Business Law at the University of Manchester and a barrister of Kings Chambers, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham

What’s the story?

Professor McGee’s commentary provides interesting reading with a hard pragmatic edge: statute and case law are presented within the framework of current insurance practice; subscribers can see easily how principles established in historical cases and statutes continue to provide the basis for today’s insurance contracts; key modern day cases which extend those principles, such as Pan Atlantic v Pine Top, are examined in detail. The text has also been updated to reflect the major changes brought about by the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 and the Insurance Act 2015. On the Regulatory side the move from the Financial Services Authority to the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority is also reflected.

The 15th Edition of Banks on Sentence publishes on library

Banks on Sentence is the definitive sentencing guide. It is used by judges, barristers and solicitors for sentencing hearings in the Magistrates' Court, Crown Court, Courts Martial and the Court of Appeal. The source is only available on Lexis Library.

The 15th Edition includes:

• The new and updated digital guidelines cross-referenced
• New public order offences guidelines 2019
• New general guideline and expanded explanations 2019
• Arson and criminal damage guidelines 2019
• Stalking Protection Act 2019
• Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019
• Offensive Weapons Act 2019
• Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020

Link of the content in LexisLibrary: Banks on Sentence

The latest edition of the Civil Court Practice (the Green Book) has published

The Green Book 2020 has been fully updated to take into account all relevant case law and statutory developments since the last edition, as well as all the latest updates and amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules. It contains all the sources relating to civil proceedings in the High Court and the County Court, complemented by commentary from eminent experts.

What's new for the 2020 edition:

• Fully reviewed and updated, from the Civil Procedure Rules, commentary and case law to Practice Directions, court guides and fees
• Expanded Europe section in light of current legislation and case law, explaining the significance of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU to the jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts
• Revised with everything you need to know for court proceedings based on the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR

Which practice area is this relevant to?

Civil Procedure, Litigation

Why is this important to our customers?

Customers expect a new edition of The Green Book every year so that they can be confident they have the most up to date information to hand – and this is what we have provided.

Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia: Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Reissue

This can be a short paragraph or something quite details which could be turned into a PDF (e.g. table to content) The title has been fully updated by reflect changes to the operation and training and powers of these Officers of Court.

Why is this important to our customers?

The title is the only texts to deal with these Officer of Court.