This week's edition of Public Law weekly highlights includes a hand-picked summary of news analysis, legal updates and case law from the world of Public Law. These highlights include the latest updates on Brexit, equality and human rights, constitutional and administrative law, judicial review, public sector contracts, subsidy control and State aid, and information law. This edition features updates on the implementation of citizens’ rights under the Withdrawal Agreement, including the transition to permanent residence for eligible EU citizens and UK nationals, the Council of Europe’s political declaration on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and migration, and the draft Human Rights Act 1998 (Remedial) Order 2026 on damages for judicial acts done in good faith where procedural unfairness breaches Article 8 of the ECHR. Also in this edition, Lord Reed’s lecture on proportionality as a standard of review in human rights cases, plus the latest case updates and analysis.

Welcome to this week’s edition of the TMT weekly highlights: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from across the technology, media and telecoms sectors. These highlights focus on key topics including new technologies, software, cloud computing, internet, outsourcing, music, film & television, publishing, defamation and telecoms.

This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: regulations commencing provisions of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, a roadmap outlining support for the new local plan-making system, a judgment confirming that a subsequent event cannot retrospectively render a lawful planning decision unlawful, and updated planning fees for development consent orders and planning applications.

This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: publication of the Court of Appeal decision in Eternity Sky Investments Ltd v Zhang which considers the definition of consumer within the meaning of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, publication of the decision in Kulkarni v Gwent Holdings which considers whether a repudiatory breach is capable of remedy, and commentary on VT, UR v Conny GmbH Case C-400/22 which considers the requirement under the EU Consumer Rights Directive that for distance contracts the trader must ensure that when a consumer places their order the consumer explicitly acknowledges that the order implies an obligation to pay.

This Practice Note examines which employees transfer to the transferee under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE 2006), SI 2006/246, reg 4. It considers who are the transferring employees, ie who is employed by the transferor and assigned to the organised grouping of resources or employees to be transferred immediately before the transfer whose employment would otherwise be terminated by the transfer. It also examines the meaning of ‘employed by the transferor’ for the purposes of TUPE 2006, SI 2006/246, reg 2, employed by or working for a group company or associated company, piercing the corporate veil, assigned to the organised grouping of resources or employees, the position of employees dismissed because of the transfer, employees on temporary assignments, suspended, on leave or absent at the time of transfer, employees subject to disciplinary proceedings, employees who object to the transfer, agency workers, employees with the right to claim ‘extended constructive dismissal’ under TUPE 2006, SI 2006/246, reg 4(9), employees who claim common law constructive dismissal and employees working outside the UK. For information:

This week’s edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a case in which the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) quantified a construction product manufacturer’s liability in contribution to a contractor, in a case where the contractor had obtained a building liability order against the manufacturer’s parent company (Mulalley v Sto), guidance from the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) on competence management in building safety and passive fire protection, guidance from the Welsh Government on higher-risk buildings and new building control requirements in Wales, commentary on managing insolvency risks in construction supply chains, analysis of arbitration decisions from the first half of 2026, regulations governing prioritisation of conservation measures in Environmental Delivery Plans (EDPs), and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) guidance on reviewing and amending National Policy Statements (NPSs) following the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (PIA 2025).

Key content types in the Financial Services module Type of content Purpose Find the full list in… Find content relating to financial services topics in Lexis+® UK Financial Services regulation—getting started Essentials notes Comprehensive overviews of key financial services regulatory topics, covering all major points of interest and recent developments. Serve as a ‘feeder note’ to other Lexis+® UK practical guidance and news content. Essentials Practice Notes—financial services UK and EU financial services regulation—essentials Timelines Chronological timelines monitoring historic and the latest developments on key financial services regulatory topics. Trackers and Timelines—financial services UK and EU financial services regulation—trackers and timelines—overview One-minute guides Summary guides to key financial services regulatory topics covering key information to get you up to speed quickly. One minute guides—financial services UK and EU financial services regulation—one minute guides—overview Collections One-stop-shop guides to certain key financial services topics, including ESG and sustainability and regulated activities. The collections include links to Practice Notes and timelines as well as useful websites, legal articles and news analysis. The following collections are

This Practice Note explains the lawful bases for processing personal data under the UK’s ‘GDPR’ data protection regime (as explained further below). It assumes a degree of knowledge about UK data protection law. For a general introduction to UK data protection law, including guidance on key data protection concepts and terminology, see the UK data protection law collection. The processing of personal data under the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (UK GDPR) will only be lawful on condition that certain criteria are met. A controller can only lawfully process personal data in compliance with the lawfulness, fairness and transparency principle under Article 5(1)(a) of the UK GDPR if it has a lawful basis for the processing under Article 6(1) of the UK GDPR. These are also commonly referred to as the ‘lawful grounds’, ‘lawful basis for processing’, legitimate grounds’ or ‘conditions for processing’. Under the UK GDPR, certain provisions regarding how data protection law applies in the UK are made under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). Furthermore,

Exclusion which applies when providing information to a policyholder or potential policyholder and means that the solicitor is not arranging and assisting in the performance of a contract of insurance

A company formed for an illegal purpose does not have the legal power to recover a debt incurred for money lent or on any contract made directly for the purpose of carrying on its business.

The forfeiture of a right, usually in leasehold property, through negligence or contravention; it may be legal (implied by law) or conventional (arising from contract). Enforcement requires a court decree

An event, circumstance or cause which, under the contract, is at the risk or responsibility of the contractor—it will therefore not be entitled to additional time or money if the event/circumstance transpires.