This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on the Court of Justice’s ruling in CeramTev v Coorstek that held that the absolute grounds for invalidity under Regulation (EC) 207/2009 are autonomous but not mutually exclusive, the Unified Patent Court’s first injunction covering UK in Kodak case, the EU-US trade deal on 15% baseline tariff, the Commission’s guidelines for the protection of minors online under the EU Digital Services Act (EU DSA) and the Commission’s guidelines on the scope of obligations for general-purpose AI models. In addition this week, the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted an opinion proposing significant amendments to EU corporate sustainability reporting requirements, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators approved a new methodology for assessing national electricity flexibility needs, further, the Commission published a recommendation on voluntary sustainability reporting for SMEs, launched a call for evidence for an integrated framework for climate resilience and risk management across the EU, published guidelines for green bond disclosure templates, initiated the second stage of social partner consultations on proposed EU-level regulation of telework rights and the right to disconnect, and issued preliminary findings indicating that Temu, an online marketplace, may be in breach of the EU DSA.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the Commission’s adoption of a package of infringement decisions on transposition failures by Member States, the adoption of the European Common Criteria-based cybersecurity certification scheme (EUCC), the extension of the first CBAM reporting deadline for importers, and a proposal to derogate from certain Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) rules during 2024. In addition, new Regulations governing F-gases and ozone depleting substances have been finalised, the Council of the EU has published the final compromise text of revisions to Solvency II, the establishment of an European Artificial Intelligence Office has been announced, and the Council of the EU has adopted its position on a Regulation banning products made with forced labour.

This week's edition of Environment weekly highlights includes: news analyses on the UK government's third iteration of a critical minerals strategy within a three year period, key points for practitioners to consider under Part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (PIA 2025) and a round-up of key developments in the field of Environment in England and Wales in 2025. In addition this week, the Office for Environmental Protection has published England’s fourth Environmental Improvement Plan progress report, finding government off track on certain targets, the OEP has confirmed that it has identified possible failures by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Environment Agency (EA) to comply with the Water Framework Directive Regulations, and Defra has published guidance on closed loop recycling under the UK's extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging regulations.

This edition of the Sustainable finance and ESG round-up from the Finance Group includes: (1) HM Treasury publishes Good Practice Guide —TCFD reporting; (2) Commission seeks views on simplifying the EU taxonomy criteria; and (3) ICMA publishes position paper on SFDR 2.0 for EU co-legislation process.

This Practice Note considers the principles and application of the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people in employment. The duty to make reasonable adjustments is described by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) as a cornerstone of the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) and requires employers to take positive steps to ensure that disabled people can access and progress in employment. This goes beyond simply avoiding treating disabled workers, job applicants and potential job applicants unfavourably and means taking additional steps to which non-disabled workers and applicants are not entitled. Discrimination against a disabled person occurs where an employer fails to comply with a duty to make reasonable adjustments imposed on them in relation to that disabled person. Where a person treats or would treat disabled people more favourably than they would treat people who are not disabled, this will not amount to direct discrimination (see Practice Note: Direct discrimination). Hence any step taken under the duty to make reasonable adjustments which has the effect of treating disabled people more favourably will

This week's edition of Environment weekly highlights includes: the UK High Court's decision in the BHP dam collapse battle that BHP could not block Brazilian municipalities from bringing criminal contempt proceedings, with the court ruling there were reasonable grounds to argue the mining giant was in contempt. In addition this week, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a UK Climate Resilience Roadmap, the first guidance of its kind to outline how the UK's built environment is increasingly vulnerable to five key climate hazards, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has published a Solar Roadmap outlining over 70 actions to support the deployment of 45–47 GW of solar capacity across the UK by 2030, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published an update to its May 2025 response to the sandeel Arbitration Tribunal's final ruling in the UK-Sandeel case, Natural England has published its Action Plan for 2025–26 detailing how it will implement its new Strategic Direction, 'Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security' and PackUK has published a collection of four key documents related to the Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) scheme. Further this week, the Environment Agency (EA) has published comprehensive guidance outlining the framework for waste exemptions in England and the National Audit Office (NAO) has published a value for money report, assessing the performance of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) since its introduction in 2021.

This week's edition of Financial Services weekly highlights includes: New FCA, PRA and BoE regimes for operational incident and third-party reporting; ESMA publishes liquidity management guidelines for UCITS and open-ended AIFs; plus dates for your diary.

This week's edition of Financial Services weekly highlights includes FCA Chair outlines ‘rebalancing risk’ strategy for growth and innovation; Commission proposes streamlined SFDR rules to simplify ESG disclosures; IAIS launches consultation on revised Application papers on recovery planning and resolution: plus dates for your diary.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on EU progress towards ‘targeted’ legislation on AI and copyright, the Commission’s approval of a EU Designs Implementing Regulation, a revamp of EU telecom rules on ‘open internet’ principles, the implications of further delays to the Cloud and AI Development Act, and the Court of Justice’s decision on allowing news publishers to demand fair payment with social media companies. In addition this week, a joint letter was published by fossil fuel industry bodies calling for delays to the EU Methane Regulation, the EU Talent Pool Regulation was published in the Official Journal, and the Commission published its fifth State of the Schengen report, opened a consultation on the establishment of an EU Critical Raw Materials Centre, adopted an EU Fertiliser Action Plan, and launched a consultation on draft guidelines for the classification of high-risk AI systems under the EU AI Act.

This week's edition of Financial Services weekly highlights includes: UK Finance report calls on tech and telecoms firms to help fight fraud; MiFIR: Regulation on the suspension of the trading obligation for derivatives published in the OJ; ISDA paper examines digital assets and derivatives; plus dates for your diary.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of the provisional agreement on the Digital Omnibus on AI and EU short-term rental rules’ implementation. In addition this week, the European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee endorsed a provisional agreement with EU governments on updated rules for the coordination of social security systems, the Commission adopted reports on the implementation of the Employers Sanctions Directive and the Seasonal Workers Directive, adopted recommendations to strengthen protections for vulnerable energy consumers, published three proposed regulations intended to simplify cross-border travel booking and strengthening rail passenger protections throughout the EU, launched a call for evidence to support its review on copyright in the Digital Single Market and a consultation on draft revised State aid rules for air transport, the Council adopted a regulation streamlining EU biocides rules by extending certain data protection periods and agreed on a negotiating position on simpler and clearer organic farming rules.

This Practice Note is a summary of the key legal developments of relevance to personal injury and clinical negligence practitioners as of 2 March 2026. For developments that pre-date this horizon scanner, reference should be made to PI and Clinical Negligence horizon scanning and key cases—overview. Key PI & clinical negligence developments Eighteenth edition of the Judicial College Guidelines due The 18th edition of the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) is due for publication on 9 April 2026. The Lexis+® UK PI & Clinical Negligence team will be updating the JCG link in our Key Resources on the Lexis+® UK PI & Clinical Negligence homepage and all other relevant content. Law Society publishes practice note on conduct of litigation following Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys The Law Society has published guidance for solicitors, law firms and legal businesses on ensuring that only those authorised under the Legal Services Act 2007 carry on the conduct of litigation, following the High Court judgment in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB). The note