Return of capital to the investors through additional debt being raised by the business.

Various annual levies must be paid in respect of pension schemes.

One of the three types of Green Energy Certificate that generators of electricity from renewable sources may be entitled to claim. LECs can be sold to suppliers who use them to prove that they have supplied nondomestic customers with renewable energy.

The bill delivered by the Pension Protection Fund for levy payable by a fund; it is in practice hard to challenge, though successful challenges are not unknown but are rare. The system seems to work according to some form of rough justice, and gaming of the system is essential for well-run funds.

Levying payment for safety equipment Employers have a series of general duties imposed upon them by the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA 1974) in relation to: • their employees, on employers • the self-employed in relation to people other than their employees • on people concerned with premises in relation to persons other than their employees, and • on manufacturers in respect of articles and substances for use at work and on employees HSWA 1974 creates a specific duty that an employer may not charge any employee for anything done or supplied in compliance with any specific requirement of the relevant statutory provisions. Contravention of this duty is a criminal offence under HSWA 1974, s 33(1)(b).Unlike the other duties imposed by HSWA 1974, there is a possibility of making a civil claim for the contravention of a breach of section 9. A breach of the other duties may lead to prosecution for an offence but

Lewisham Council has launched an intelligence-led taskforce to identify non-compliant landlords through data analysis, local intelligence and targeted inspections. The taskforce introduces proactive enforcement for the first time in the borough, covering licensed properties, suspected unlicensed properties and areas where intelligence indicates poor housing conditions. Since April 2026, the Council has issued 153 enforcement notices and imposed financial penalties totalling £160,875. Available enforcement tools may include civil penalty notices, statutory notices and prosecution, with penalty income ringfenced for private rented sector enforcement activity.

The law governing the proceedings under the EC Regulation on Insolvency/the Recast Regulation.

Lex fori means, in practical terms, the law of the court seised of the case. In cross‑border disputes it is the forum’s own law governing procedure (e.g. jurisdiction and service, pleadings and evidence, interim measures, costs, security for costs, enforcement steps) and the forum’s conflict‑of‑laws rules used to identify the applicable substantive law (lex causae). The term is a descriptive expression of private international law, recognised in case law rather than defined by statute.Key features include:- Characterisation and classification of issues as procedural or substantive are made by the forum under its lex fori.- Overriding mandatory rules and public policy of the forum may apply irrespective of the lex causae.- If the forum’s choice‑of‑law rules point to its own law, lex fori also supplies the substantive rules.Limitation periods illustrate the procedural/substantive divide: historically treated as procedural (and so lex fori), but now generally substantive when foreign law applies-see the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984 (UK, including Scotland and Northern Ireland) and the Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Act 1991 (Ireland).Usage is broadly consistent across England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland. The forum applies its own conflicts framework (e.g. Rome I/Rome II-retained in the UK; directly applicable in Ireland).

Law of the state where assets are located, for the purpose of conflicts of law/jurisdictional disputes.

Dear All Our Lexcel Assessment will take place [on [insert date] OR from [insert date] to [insert date]]. Lexcel is the Law Society’s practice management standard and is only awarded to firms that meet the highest management and customer care standards. To [achieve OR maintain] Lexcel accreditation, we must

Type of assessment Initial assessmentYear 1 annual maintenance visitYear 2 annual maintenance visitAnnual maintenance assessment Person responsible for co-ordinating logistics Person or committee with overall accountability A: Pre-assessment Before selecting an assessment body Required document or action Date completed ☐ Complete self-assessment checklist (this can be found in the Law Society’s website) [Insert date completed] ☐ Appoint person to take overall charge of logistics [Insert date completed] ☐ Appoint a person/committee to take overall accountability for the assessment [Insert date completed] ☐ Identify what policies and procedures are needed to comply with the Lexcel practice management standard [Insert date completed] ☐ Assign responsibility for review or creation of each policy/procedure [Insert date completed] ☐ Meet one-on-one with those responsible for the review/creation of the policies/procedures to explain what is required of them [Insert date completed] ☐ Set a deadline for submitting the required documentation(Make sure this deadline occurs before the assessment) [Insert date completed] ☐ Set a reminder to chase for the documentation well in advance of the assessment [Insert date completed] Application to assessment body Required document or action Date completed ☐ Select an assessment body from one of the following:• Centre

Dear All We have completed our recent Lexcel assessment. We would like to thank you all for your co-operation especially those who were interviewed by the assessor. [If there are any major non-compliances then give details and what rectification is required and explain in