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A round-up of key developments on State aid, first reported by the Lexis+ Competition team. This update covers the period 6–12 May 2026....
Public Law analysis: The Administrative Court held that the Metropolitan Police Service’s Live Facial Recognition (LFR) policy satisfied the ‘quality...
The Government Commercial Agency (GCA) has published a summary of commercial agreements that expired, were extended or were awarded in April 2026, as...
The Cabinet Office has published a joint UK-EU statement following the Specialised Committee on the Implementation of the Windsor Framework meeting on...
Sources of constitutional lawIn briefThe British constitution is unwritten in the sense that it does not derive from a single constitutional text. It...
Methods of statutory interpretation used to resolve disputes about the meaning of legislationIntroduction to statutory interpretationThe aim of...
Convention rights—structure of qualified rightsThe rights preserved under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as set out in the Human...
Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocolWhen considering whether and how to bring a claim for judicial review, the first step is to...
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
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