Law360: The Paris Court of Appeal annulled an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) €452m ($US 536m) award issued to French electronic component distributor Sorelec following a dispute stemming from a school construction contract, saying that the award was based on a corruptly procured settlement.

STOP PRESS: Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 733, published on 12 March 2025, has introduced a new para SW 14.2A into the Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Worker, which will potentially have implications for the continued use of repayment of immigration fee clauses for Skilled Worker applications submitted on the basis of a CoS issued on or after 9 April 2025. The Home Office’s intention as to what is the full scope of the new provision is not yet clear, and guidance issued on 9 April 2025 does not provide sufficient clarification. For further information, see News Analysis: HC 733 and Skilled Workers and Practice Note: Sponsoring a Skilled Worker—How is salary calculated?. This Precedent will be updated once further

STOP PRESS: From 1 October 2026, section 48 of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (inserting sections 14A and 15A of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006) extends right to work civil penalty liability in certain contractual arrangements, including where a supplier which, having contracted to provide services to a customer, engages a subcontractor to perform all or part of those services. Although the subcontractor remains responsible for carrying out prescribed right to work checks on individuals it employs or engages to perform the subcontracted services, the supplier may be treated as 'employing' any individual who personally performs the services and so may also be held liable for illegal working unless it satisfies the prescribed requirements for establishing a statutory excuse. The extended liability requirements apply to relevant contractual arrangements entered into on or after 1 October 2026. See News Analysis: Extended scope of the right to work regime: how will it work in practice? and LNB News 14/09/2026 18 for further information. This Checklist will be updated shortly to reflect the changes. This

[ON THE HEADED NOTEPAPER OF CLAIMANT’S SOLICITORS] Our reference: [insert your file reference for this matter] FAO [RELEVANT NAME] [NAME OF PROPOSED DEFENDANT’S SOLICITORS, IF ANY] [ADDRESS LINE 1] [ADDRESS LINE 2] [POSTCODE] [DATE] Dear [insert name] RE [PROSPECTIVE CLAIMANT’S NAME] AND [PROSPECTIVE DEFENDANT’S NAME] LETTER OF CLAIM [ [We write further to our letter dated [insert date of previous correspondence, if any]].] [As you know, we OR We] act on behalf of [insert client’s full name], whose address is [insert full address]. This is our client’s letter of claim sent in accordance with the Practice Direction Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols of the Civil Procedure Rules (the Practice Direction), a copy of which is enclosed for your ease of reference. We draw your attention to the final section of this letter, which sets out the deadline by which your response is required, and the consequences of failing to respond properly within that time. [Your client should notify their insurer of this claim immediately. We would be grateful if you could kindly confirm the identity of your client’s insurer by return].

[ON THE HEADED NOTEPAPER OF CLAIMANT’S SOLICITORS] Our reference: [insert your file reference for this matter] FAO [RELEVANT NAME] [NAME OF DEFENDANT OR DEFENDANT’S SOLICITOR, IF KNOWN] [ADDRESS LINE 1] [ADDRESS LINE 2] [POSTCODE] [DATE] Dear [insert name] RE [PROSPECTIVE CLAIMANT’S NAME] and [PROSPECTIVE DEFENDANT’S NAME] letter of claim [We write further to our letter dated [insert date of previous correspondence, if any]]. [As you know, we OR We] are instructed by [insert client’s full name], whose address is [insert full address]. This is our client’s letter of claim sent in accordance with the sent in accordance with the Practice Direction Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols (the Practice Direction) of the Civil Procedure Rules, a copy of which is enclosed for your ease of reference. We draw your attention to the final section of this letter which sets out the deadline by which your response is required and consequences of failing to respond properly within that time. [Your client should notify their insurer of this claim immediately. We would be grateful if you could kindly confirm the identity of your client’s insurer

The statutory entitlement to holiday under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR 1998), SI 1998/1833 is to a total of 5.6 weeks’ annual leave each ‘leave year’, made up of: • a basic entitlement to a minimum of four weeks’ annual leave (20 days for a regular full-time worker) each leave year, implementing the right to annual leave under the Working Time Directive, Directive 2003/88/EC • an additional entitlement to 1.6 weeks’ annual leave (eight days for a regular full-time worker) each leave year, which is a right under domestic legislation only In the first year of an individual’s employment, this holiday entitlement is subject both to the pro-rata provisions of WTR 1998, SI 1998/1833, regs 13(5) and 13A(5), and the accrual provisions of WTR 1998, SI 1998/1833, reg 15A. In

Under section 5 of the Limitation Act 1980, an action on a contract must be brought within six years from the date of accrual of the action, and 12 years if it is a deed. For more information on the principal limitation periods, see Practice Note: Limitation Act 1980—the principal limitation periods. There

We refer you to the following which you may find useful for your purposes: • Sponsorship—overview contains useful Practice Notes, Precedents, Cases, and News Analysis • IP Practice Note: Brand protection online—strategy and Brand protection online—checklist • Court Forms: ◦ Claim form for breach of contract: breach of express term in a title sponsorship agreement: Atkin’s Court Forms [62] ◦ Defence

While it is not legally possible for a data subject to contract out of their data protection rights, often in settlement agreements some kind of waiver is sought. This is because data subject access requests in particular (but other rights as well) are commonly used as a tool in negotiations leading up to a settlement agreement. Given this, rather than

What are limitation periods? Broadly, a limitation period specifies a time limit within which: • legal proceedings of a particular kind must be brought, or • notice of a claim or dispute must be given to another party Limitations of actions are essentially a matter of statute. The principal enactment is the Limitation Act 1980 (LA 1980). Legal proceedings are brought for these purposes when a claimant’s request for issue of a claim form (with the requisite fee) is delivered to the court office. Three basic issues arise when considering limitation periods: • when does time start to run? • how long is the limitation period? • what happens when time expires? The first two questions depend on which cause of action is being brought—for further information, see Relevant limitation periods for typical pension claims below. As to the third question, the general rule is that if the time period has expired, no action may be brought in respect of the claim. Limitation is a complete defence, but it

This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: publication of the fourth edition of the RICS Service Charge Residential Management Code, the second edition of the New Homes Quality Code, publication of England's first Land Use Framework, HMLR updates, analysis of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 and SDLT and cases on residential statutory rights of first refusal, misrepresentation, the amount of rent repayment orders for HMO offences, rescission of contract, interpretation of joint venture agreements, professional negligence in the context of overage, interpretation of revised matters in planning, modification of restrictive covenants and SDLT.

STOP PRESS: Directive (EU) 2026/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2026 amending Directive (EU) 2015/2302 to make the protection of travellers more effective and to simplify and clarify certain aspects of that Directive was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 8 May 2026. Directive (EU) 2015/2302 (the EU Package Travel Directive) sets out rules on package travel contracts, including traveller information requirements, cancellation rights, refunds, liability for performance of travel services and insolvency protection. The new Directive amends the EU Package Travel Directive to strengthen traveller protection, simplify the legal framework and address issues identified since its application began, including issues relating to cancellations, refunds, vouchers and insolvency protection highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. See: LNB News 11/05/2026 27. This Practice Note will be updated shortly to reflect the changes introduced by the new Directive. This Practice Note provides guidance on Directive (EU) 2015/2302 on package travel and linked