The East Africa International Arbitration Conference (EAIAC) has published its programme for its 2025 conference, scheduled for 25-26 September 2025. The two-day event will address emerging challenges in international arbitration, with dedicated sessions on sanctions-related disputes, arbitrating during conflicts, and natural resource disputes under the AfCFTA Investment Protocol. Key topics include procedures for sanctions-related arbitrations, risk management in conflict zones, and regulatory framework changes affecting natural resource investments. The conference will also examine developments in Pan-African arbitration and include the 6th Africa Arbitration Awards. Sessions will cover practical aspects such as addressing risk conflicts in contracts, arbitrating commercial and investment disputes arising from conflicts, and valuation challenges in natural resources cases.

The Emergency Arrangements Joint Working Group is an internal working group formed by a nuclear operator to ensure good coordination between those organisations directly involved in its nuclear emergency arrangements.

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Environment Agencies Requirements Working Group. The purpose of the EARWG is to identify and share good practice in the: (a) minimisation, re-use and recycling of solid radioactive waste (Low Level Waste and Very Low Level Waste) across the industry and in this respect support the UK Nuclear Industry National Low Level Waste Management Plan Re-use and Recycling (RR1) Initiative; and (b) monitoring/ assay of radioactive wastes (solid, liquid and gaseous). In doing so, EARWG will facilitate transparency of the information used by sites to meet the Additional Information and Improvement Requirements (AIIRs) specified in Environmental Permits/ Authorisations issued by the EA and SEPA to nuclear Operators by sharing information regarding waste minimisation and assay techniques, which in turn will help to reduce costs to sites. More can be found at http://www.rwbestpractice.co.uk/.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published a new National Aviation Authority resources page on drones. The new resources page is available in multiple languages and contains a list of website references for each of the EU Member States.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its 2026 ReFuelEU Aviation Annual Technical Report, covering the first full year of mandatory ReFuelEU Aviation compliance. Fuel suppliers reported 39.3 million tonnes of aviation fuel supplied at Union airports in 2025, including 1.1 million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), equal to 2.79% and above the 2% mandate. SAF supply increased nearly sixfold from 193,000 tonnes in 2024 and reached 121 Union airports across all 27 EU Member States, or 79% of Union airports. EASA calculates that SAF use delivered 3.77 million tonnes of CO₂e emissions savings, with a weighted average reduction of 89% compared with conventional jet fuel. EASA says projected EU SAF production capacity remains on track to meet the 2030 minimum share, excluding synthetic aviation fuels, while the synthetic aviation fuel market remains at an early stage of development. Most SAF supplied was produced in the EU, but 85% of feedstocks originated outside the EU, with used cooking oil accounting for 80% of SAF supplied.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published the Easy Access Rules for the Basic Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, revision from January 2023. The update incorporates the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1087 of 7 April 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, as regards updating the references to the provisions of the Chicago Convention, and outlines the wider objective to establish and maintain a high uniform level of civil aviation safety in the EU. In addition to addressing key principles, the revision covers aviation safety management, substantive requirements, and the EASA, among other areas.

The European Union Aviation Safety (EASA) has released the Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM), which will help EU Member States and organisations to comply with the Part-IS regulatory package, found in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1645 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/203.

This Practice Note deals with the case management powers of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), ie directions which may be made by the EAT either on its own motion or on application by one of the parties, amendment to a Notice of Appeal, waiver or variation of the EAT Rules, adjustments because of a medical condition or disability, adding or removing a party, and the infrequently used power to order a witness to attend before it or to produce documentation. It also covers the EAT’s power, on application to the Attorney General, to make a restriction of proceedings order debarring a vexatious litigant from instituting or continuing with proceedings and the appointment of a litigation friend if a party lacks mental capacity. The EAT has wide powers, as part of its case management function, to give directions to any party as to any steps to be taken by that party in relation to an appeal. Directions may be made either on application by one of the parties or of the EAT's own motion. They may be made at any stage

Employment analysis: The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that indirect discrimination under section 19 of the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) should be read compatibly with the Court of Justice decision in CHEZ so as to allow a claim by someone who does not have the protected characteristic of the disadvantaged group, thereby confirming that associative indirect discrimination claims are permitted for events prior to the introduction of a new EqA 2010, s 19A with effect from 1 January 2024.

Employment analysis: Special consideration should be given to the unique circumstances and difficulties involved in bringing discrimination claim when determining whether to award costs under the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 (ET Rules 2024), particularly where the claimant is a litigant in person (LiP) or was at the time the claim was brought, according to the EAT in Madu and Loughborough College.

When there is going to be an application to reconsider an employment tribunal judgment because fresh evidence has come to light, the normal procedure is for the EAT to stay any appeal. However, it may sometimes be appropriate for the EAT to dismiss the appeal, rather than stay it, for example if the question of a reconsideration is only raised at the final EAT hearing and the EAT determines that on the merits the appeal should not succeed. EAT: Noor v Metroline Travel.