The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) has launched recruitment for both a Deputy President and Justice position, following Lord Hodge's announced retirement effective December 2025. The Justice position requires expertise in Scottish law, while the Deputy President role demands additional leadership and administrative capabilities. Applications close 25 April 2025. The selection process emphasises exceptional legal ability, collegiate decision-making skills and commitment to diversity. Both roles will serve on the UKSC and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

The UK Supreme Court has published its Judicial Diversity & Inclusion Strategy 2026–30, building on its first strategy issued in 2021. The new strategy sets out the Court’s objectives for the next four years and explains how progress will be measured. It establishes two primary objectives: (1)supporting an inclusive culture and working environment at the Court, with Justices leading efforts to promote inclusive workplaces, improve understanding of the experiences of diverse groups engaging with the Court and minimise bias and (2) actively supporting the progression of underrepresented groups into the legal profession and judicial roles through outreach, education and partnerships. It also highlights achievements since 2021, including the development of the Bridging the Bar internship and partnerships with professional associations such as the Sikhs in Law Association. The Court will publish annual updates on its diversity and inclusion work and will review and set action plans annually based on feedback and progress made.

The UK Supreme Court and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (UKSC) has published its fourth annual Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy update. The update outlines progress across five objectives: building an inclusive culture, supporting underrepresented groups into judicial roles, increasing Supreme Court Justice applications from underrepresented groups, communicating diversity support to the legal profession, and meeting Equality Act 2010 obligations. Key initiatives highlighted include the launch of the UK Association of Black Judges at the Court. Lord Reed, the Court's President, emphasized the essential nature of judicial diversity for public confidence, while Lord Leggatt, lead Justice for diversity, acknowledged the need to accelerate the pace of change in judicial representation.

The UK Supreme Court has published a new podcast featuring two of its Judicial Assistants (JAs) discussing their work at the court. The podcast explores the JAs' daily responsibilities, including conducting legal research, drafting bench memoranda for permission to appeal applications and preparing press summaries. It also covers their experiences meeting US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch during their annual visit to Washington. The content aims to provide listeners with behind-the-scenes insights into the operations of the UK's highest court.

The UK Supreme Court has announced that Lord Sales has been sworn in as Deputy President and Lord Doherty as a Justice, following ceremonies conducted by the Court’s President, Lord Reed. Both Lord Sales and Lord Doherty will also sit on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which hears appeals from Commonwealth countries, UK overseas territories, crown dependencies and military sovereign base areas.

The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) are set to launch new websites and a Case Management Portal on 4 December 2024. This digital transformation, part of a three year change programme, aims to revolutionise user interaction with the courts. The new system will enable digital filing of court documents, real-time case tracking and improved accessibility for all users, including litigants in person. The initiative, developed in collaboration with Capgemini and Q5, has undergone extensive user testing and is designed to enhance both judicial functions and educational outreach. This modernisation effort seeks to establish the UKSC and JCPC as world-leading, transparent and user-centric judicial institutions.

This Practice Note considers elements of the UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements regime and, in particular, the development by the government of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards. The UK government committed to creating a UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) regime which brings together new and existing sustainability reporting requirements for business, the financial sector and investment products. The aim was to create one integrated framework of sustainability-related disclosure requirements and metrics to ensure that investors have clear and comparable information to use in their decision making processes. One part of the UK SDR regime is the creation of UK Sustainability Reporting Standards which are a set of reporting standards for use by certain UK companies and businesses to report sustainability-related information. The sustainability reporting standards focus on sustainability-related risks and opportunities. This Practice Note focuses on the creation of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS) and plans for transition plan disclosures. Components of the UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements regime In Greening Finance: A Roadmap to Sustainable Investing (October 2021) (Roadmap), the government set out three types

Environment analysis: The UK government has endorsed the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) sustainability reporting standards to produce the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS). The UK SRS require disclosure of material information about sustainability and climate-related risks and opportunities that could affect an entity's prospects over the short, medium or long term. The UK SRS are currently available for voluntary use, and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on aligning listed issuers’ sustainability disclosures under the UK Listing Rules (UKLR) with the new standards. The government will consult later in 2026 on whether to require private companies to report sustainability information in accordance with UK SRS and how this impacts existing climate disclosure requirements. Written by Becky Clissmann counsel and Will Chalk, partner at Ashurst LLP.

HM Treasury (HMT) and the Debt Management Office (DMO) has published the response to its consultation on expanding and deepening the UK Treasury Bill (T-bill) market which concluded on 27 February 2026. The government has found that structural demand for T-bills exists across a wide investor base, including pension funds, but that activity is currently constrained by market structure—particularly limited secondary market liquidity and a limited and not yet fully effective market for borrowing and lending T-bills (repo), which reduces their usefulness as collateral. Against this backdrop, HMT and the DMO is set to prioritise a set of initial reforms focused on improving market infrastructure rather than directly stimulating demand. Enhancements to the T-bill framework are therefore set to include: (1) the introduction of T-bills with a twelve month maturity at weekly tenders by the end of the 2026–27 financial year; (2) the establishment of a standing (i.e. ongoing) arrangement that lets firms access T-bills on a temporary basis, helping ensure they can meet trading and collateral needs (Standing Repo Facility) in the 2026–27 financial year to bolster secondary market liquidity and (3) the creation of a reserve of T-bills held by the government, which can be lent into the market to support trading and improve liquidity (T-bill collateral pool). These measures are positioned against the broader government agenda of optimising debt and cash management, with further policy refinements expected to be explored at Autumn Budget 2026.

This Practice Note sets out the UK Trade Remedies Authority’s (TRA) approach to determining if a subsidy exists for purposes of countervailing measures. It sets out the legal position as well as how the UK TRA has interpreted the existence of a subsidy in the investigations that it has conducted. Introduction In order for the TRA to initiate a countervailing investigation and in the actual conduct of the investigation, a key element is the existence of a subsidy. In this regard, the TRA must have regard to the provisions of the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (the SCM Agreement) as well as the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (the Act) and the Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (Subsidy Regulations). Determination of a subsidy—SCM Agreement For guidance on the how the existence of a subsidy is determined under the SCM Agreement, including a useful flowchart, see Practice Note: An introduction to the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures. Determination of a subsidy—UK domestic legislation Both the Act and

The Immigration and Asylum Chambers of the Upper Tribunal and First-tier Tribunal have released Joint Presidential Guidance No 1 of 2024 concerning the appointment of litigation friends. Issued by Mr Justice Dove and Immigration Judge Plimmer, the respective chamber presidents, this guidance applies to proceedings in England and Wales. The document was developed following consultation with tribunal users and is set for review after a six-month period. This new guidance aims to provide clarity on the process of appointing litigation friends within this specific jurisdiction, to streamline procedures and ensure consistent application across both tribunals.

ARCHIVED—this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the judgment of 8 June 2022; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline and commentary. Case facts Outline CAT judgment in relation to two separate applications for a collective proceedings order (CPO) by: UK Trucks Claim Limited (UKTC), an opt-out CPO; and Road Haulage Association Limited (RHA), an opt-in CPO, each under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998 in respect of follow-on damages claims in relation to the Commission’s cartel decision of 19 July 2016 (Case 39824). Latest development On 8 June 2022, the CAT issued its judgment in which it held that both applications were, in principle, eligible and suitable for a CPO and the CAT had to choose between the two applications. The CAT decided to authorise RHA’s opt-in CPO. The CAT held that RHA’s opt-in proceedings were preferable: (i) to UKTC’s opt-out proceedings; and (ii) even if UKTC’s proceedings had been on an opt-in basis. Parties UKTC’s