This week's edition of Local Government weekly highlights includes: enhanced coverage featuring expert commentary of the 2025 Budget with key announcements for local government practitioners and the Supreme Court judgment in R (Jwanczuk) v SSWP, allowing the Secretary of State's appeal in an Article 14 challenge to BSP contribution condition. It includes case analyses of R (National Association of Head Teachers and Barbara Middleton) v Ofsted on a judicial review challenge to the legality of the 2025 Ofsted inspection framework; the Court of Appeal case of R (SAG) v Governing Body of Winchmore School challenging the permanent exclusion of a pupil for entering a teacher's hotel room without permission to retrieve their confiscated phone; R (on the application of Master Zo) (a child by his litigation friend, AK of the Refugee Council) v Hounslow London Borough Council on an application for judicial review concerning a putative child; and R (Wildfish) v Buckinghamshire Council; R (Jane Wood) v Buckinghamshire Council concerning a judicial review of Buckinghamshire housing approval. It also includes a case report on the Court of Appeal case of Cifci v Sutton LBC in relation to intentional homelessness, among others. It includes further coverage on Pensions, Education, Social housing, Children’s social care, Public procurement, Governance, Local government finance, Planning, Social care, Healthcare and Licensing.

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, constitutional and administrative law, judicial review, equality and human rights, public procurement, public sector contracts, subsidy control and state aid, information law, state security and intelligence, management and strategic planning and other public law news.

This week’s edition of Local Government weekly highlights includes updates on the confirmed £78bn Final Local Government Settlement, the first Local Outcomes Framework and MHCLG’s statutory consultation for local government reorganisation proposals across 14 areas. It also updates on published Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government guidance on local supported housing strategies, the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee’s report calling for a new Decent Home Programme and Senedd’s passage of the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill. Case analysis of Tower Hamlets v Leaseholders of Brewster House and Malting House and of City of London v Robinson Webster (Holdings) Ltd is included. This edition also includes further updates on Local government finance, Governance, Social housing, Education, Children’s social care, Adult social care, Public procurement, Planning and Healthcare.

Contract for Difference: A commercial arrangement between the UK Government and low carbon generators to set the strike price for electricity generated by the new nuclear and other low-carbon generation facilities. They take the form of a pre-agreed per MWh price, when the market price is below this the Government will top up the price to that agreed strike price, when the market price is above that strike price the generator will pay the difference to the Government. The payments will be made through the CfD Counterparty Company. The agreement provides long term revenue stabilisation for low carbon generation.

This week's edition of Financial Services weekly highlights includes: FCA publishes findings on firms’ risk assessment processes and controls; HMT consults on reforms to AML/CTF supervision of professional services; Commission opens consultation on EU Taxonomy environmental delegated act; IOSCO publishes final report on financial asset tokenisation; plus dates for your diary.

This week’s edition of Private Client highlights includes: (1) the Law Commission publishes its recommendations to reform the Wills Act 1837; (2) Mr and Mrs K v Mr and Mrs Z, in which the court granted a parental order despite applicants’ advanced ages; (3) HMRC issues first individual tax avoidance stop notices under POTAS regime; (4) further analysis of Accuro Trust (Switzerland) SA v The Commissioners for HMRC, in which the court confirmed when a settlement is ‘made’ for the purposes of excluded property; (5) Louwman v Revenue and Customs Commissioners, a decision of the FTT holding that OIGs and AIPs arising in offshore protected trusts are not protected foreign source income; (6) Moran v Revenue and Customs Commissioners, where the taxpayer was found liable under the transfer of assets abroad regime for the rent-free occupation of a house; and (7) the Data (Use and Access) Bill reaches its final legislative stages.

This week's edition of Public Law weekly highlights includes coverage of several key updates, including a landmark ruling on environmental rights from the European Court of Human Rights, plus the Strasbourg Court’s 2024 annual report. This edition also features a speech by Nick Thomas-Symonds, Minister for EU Relations, at the EU-UK Forum, where he outlined the UK’s pragmatic approach to strengthening relations with core pillars of national security, public safety, and economic growth, and a new Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee, tasked with reviewing EU and UK legislation under the Windsor Framework and assessing its impact on Northern Ireland. Further included are expert case and news analyses, such as the reversal of family court judges’ anonymisation by the Court of Appeal in Tickle & Summers v BBC, and of a public procurement automatic suspension case, One Medicare. This edition also provides updates on Brexit SIs, post-Brexit transition guidance, Public procurement, State security and intelligence, Information law, Subsidy control and state aid, and Public sector contracts.

This week's edition of Public Law weekly highlights includes key public procurement updates, with the publication of the Draft Procurement Regulations 2024, the first suite of Procurement Act 2023 guidance documents and the government response to the consultation on Procurement Act 2023 draft implementing regulations. Additionally featured are selected Brexit headlines, including the first vote of the Northern Ireland Assembly whether an EU measure should apply under the Windsor Framework, and the latest Brexit SIs. This edition further includes updates on coronavirus (COVID-19); constitutional and administrative law; equality and human rights; judicial review; information law; subsidy control and State aid; and public procurement. Cases this week include analysis of a case which considered the compatibility of the routine redaction of the names of junior civil servants with the Duty of Candour, and examination of the Law Society’s judicial review of the Ministry of Justice’s criminal legal aid reforms implementation.

This week's edition of Public Law weekly highlights includes an update on the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill and on the Windsor Framework, new and updated Procurement Act 2023 guidance, analysis of a judicial review about failure to consult the Welsh Language Commissioner, and a new case management portal for the Supreme Court. Additionally featured are selected Brexit highlights, Brexit SIs, and Post-Brexit transition guidance. This edition further includes updates on Subsidy control and state aid, Constitutional and administrative law, Judicial review, Equality and human rights, and Other Public law news.

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note contains key dispute resolution (DR) appeals or key appellate court decisions in the field of general civil litigation in England and Wales from 2024 to date and includes key forthcoming appeal cases (to assist in horizon scanning) alongside reported judgments handed down in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Competition Appeal Tribunal, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (the Privy Council), Court of Justice of the European Union (Court of Justice), and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Links are provided to the judgment and any bespoke News Analysis, to assist in understanding the principles considered in the judgments and the impact of the decisions. It is not maintained and is for background information only. For information on key DR appeals from 2025 to date, see Practice Note: Dispute resolution: key appeal cases—2025 [Archived]. This Practice Note comprises two elements intended to assist dispute resolution practitioners in keeping up to date with developments in case law that affect their practice area, or which impact civil litigation

Prejudgment interest is interest awarded on a monetary claim for the period before judgment, compensating the claimant for being kept out of their money from the date the loss was suffered (or another relevant date) until the court’s decision. It increases the total judgment sum and can significantly affect litigation risk, settlement valuations and case strategy.In England and Wales, prejudgment interest in civil claims is mainly governed by section 35A of the Senior Courts Act 1981, section 69 of the County Courts Act 1984 and, in contract and commercial matters, by statute or the contract itself (including the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998). The court has discretion over whether to award interest, the rate and the period.In Scotland, comparable awards are usually described as judicial interest, awarded under statute and common law. Northern Ireland has provisions similar to England and Wales, principally in the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Order 1980. In Ireland, prejudgment interest is provided for by the Courts Act 1981 and related legislation. Across all four jurisdictions, it is generally discretionary and distinct from post‑judgment interest.

An investment will typically mean any type of property or interest held within the territory of the host state. This will often extend far beyond 'obvious' property, such as real estate or shares in a local company, to (depending upon the circumstances) other interests such as rights under a contract, intellectual property rights and private loans. As with the concept of 'investor,' in the modern commercial world what does and does not qualify as investment can be a complex question. The definition of 'investment' will vary between BITs.