The European Parliament has approved reform in relation to a series of new transparency and workload management measures to be adopted by the Court of Justice of the EU as agreed with the Council and the Court on 7 December 2023. Under the new rules, the Court of Justice will ensure that requests for preliminary rulings in certain areas such as taxes and emissions trading are automatically transferred to the General Court and judges and advocates general responsible for preparing the cases will be subject to the same procedural rules in the General Court as in the Court of Justice. Requests for preliminary ruling raising questions of the primary law or general principles of EU law will remain with the Court of Justice. The mechanism filtering appeals will be strengthened with cases already considered twice and those on disputes relating to the performance of contracts with an arbitration clause to only proceed upon decision of the Court of Justice needing to be reasoned and published. Additionally, there will be public access to certain documents held by the Court of Justice such as written observations.

The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary (CATJ) has published a practice note, dated 6 June 2025, announcing new financial thresholds for case transfers between commercial courts, effective 1 July 2025. The Commercial Court will now transfer claims valued at £7m or less to the London Circuit Commercial Court (LCCC), increased from £5m. The LCCC will transfer claims below £1m to County Courts, increased from £500,000. The practice note maintains existing transfer practices under CPR Parts 58 and 59, with parties retaining the right to make representations before transfers. The practice note is signed by signed by the President of the King's Bench Division, the Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court and the Judge in Charge of the LCCC.

The London Property Support Lawyers Group has released new versions of CPSE.1 and CPSE.6 to take account of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022).

The London Property Support Lawyers Group has released new versions of CPSE.1 and CPSE.7, the main change being to take account of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (EC(TE)A 2022).

The London Property Support Lawyers Group has released a new version of CPSE.1 to take account of the change in the relevant heat network regulations.

The Government has announced the launch of a new concierge service and visa support package to help high-growth firms ‘start, scale and stay’ in the UK. The visa support package is made up of a time-limited visa fees reimbursement scheme for new businesses in certain sectors across specified routes, and a fast-track referral system for sponsor licence applications under the UK Expansion Worker route which will apply to certain overseas businesses which wish to set up in the UK and are supported by the Office for Investment (OfI). More details of the two schemes, including the eligibility criteria, are set out below.

In an acquisition finance transaction, the special purpose vehicle incorporated to make the acquisition and, typically, to borrow the majority of the debt.

Newly discovered evidence refers to material that existed at the time of the original trial or hearing, but which was not known to, and could not reasonably have been discovered by, the party seeking to rely on it. It commonly arises in appeals, applications to set aside judgments, and applications for criminal case review.Across England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, courts generally require that such evidence: (i) is genuinely new; (ii) could not with reasonable diligence have been obtained earlier; (iii) is credible and admissible; and (iv) could have had an important, often decisive, impact on the outcome. These principles are derived mainly from case law, and their precise formulation varies by jurisdiction and context (civil or criminal).In criminal proceedings, newly discovered evidence often underpins arguments that a conviction is unsafe or a miscarriage of justice has occurred, including references to Criminal Cases Review Commissions or equivalent bodies. In civil litigation, it may justify an appeal out of time, or an application to reopen proceedings or set aside default or summary judgment, particularly where fraud, mistake or procedural irregularity is alleged.

Relevant News Analysis The Lexis+® UK practical guidance team regularly publish analysis on the LMA and its documentation, which are set out in the table below in inverse chronological order. Date News Analysis Brief description of News Analysis 14 July 2025 Exercising assigned rights prior to enforcement (Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company v FW Aviation (Holdings) 1 Ltd) This News Analysis looks at the case of Vietjet Aviation. In that case, the court drew a clear distinction between the lender’s entitlement to exercise rights assigned under a security document, which could arise immediately, and its rights to enforce the security, which would arise after an ‘enforcement event’. It also confirmed the broad Argo Fund meaning of the term ‘financial institution’. The transfer provisions in the loan agreement were based on LMA standard loan documentation. 12 February 2024 Revised Guidance for Green, Social, and Sustainability-Linked Loans External Reviews—what has changed? On 25 January 2024, the LMA published an updated version of their Guidance for Green, Social,

Lexis+® UK has published News Analysis on a range of issues concerning the implications of Brexit. Key highlights are set out in the tables below. You can receive Brexit news updates and analysis by signing up for alerts. See Q&A: How do I sign up for Brexit alerts?. For an archive of Brexit news and analysis published during the transition period, see: News Analysis—transition—Brexit collection [Archived] and for Brexit news analysis published during the withdrawal period, see: News Analysis—withdrawal—Brexit collection [Archived]. Brexit News Analysis Q2 & Q3 2025 Date News Analysis Brief description of News Analysis 06/10/2025 Weekly round-up of EU-UK TCA Specialised Committees’ publications—6 October 2025, LNB News 07/10/2025 8 This round-up includes details of publications made by Specialised Committees established by the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) for the period from 1–7 October 2025. 02/10/2025 Cabinet Office publishes joint statement on Windsor Framework implementation progress—2 October 2025, LNB News 03/10/2025 19 The Cabinet Office published a joint statement from the UK government and the European Commission, following the Specialised Committee on the

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. For the latest Brexit News Analysis, please see: News Analysis—Brexit collection. LexisNexis® has published News Analysis on a range of issues concerning the implications of Brexit. Key highlights published are set out in the tables below. For Brexit News Analysis published during the withdrawal period, please see: News Analysis—withdrawal—Brexit collection [Archived]. You can receive Brexit news updates and analysis by signing up for alerts. See Q&A: How do I sign up for Brexit alerts? Brexit News Analysis 2020 Q4 Date News Analysis Brief description of News Analysis 31/12/2020 UK-EU data flows, adequacy and regulatory changes from 1 January 2021 The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) includes a chapter on data flows and personal data protection, providing good news for data protection practitioners preparing for the end of the Brexit transition period at 11 pm on 31 December 2020 (IP completion day). Eleonor Duhs, director and barrister at Fieldfisher discusses the implications of this deal and the next steps regarding data adequacy. 31/12/2020 Brexit—What

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. For the latest Brexit News Analysis, please see: News Analysis—Brexit collection. For Brexit News Analysis published during the transition period, please see: News Analysis—transition—Brexit collection [Archived]. LexisNexis® has published News Analysis on a range of issues concerning the implications of Brexit. Key highlights published prior to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, are set out in the tables below. You can receive Brexit news updates and analysis by signing up for alerts. See Q&A: How do I sign up for Brexit alerts? Brexit News Analysis 2019 Q4 Date News Analysis Brief description of News Analysis 23/12/2019 Advocate General opines EU standard contractual clauses are valid (Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillian Schrems) The Advocate General has opined that the Court of Justice should rule that the EU standard contractual clauses (SCCs), which are one of a limited number of mechanisms by which organisations in the EU can transfer personal data to countries outside of the EU, remain a valid data transfer mechanism.