What’s New in Lexis+^® UK

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes update to 1 volume

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Volume 61: International Law and Foreign Relations

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Source: Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 61: International Law and Foreign Relations

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to two volumes

The following volumes have been completely updated:

• Volume 2(1): Agricultural Tenancies

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 2(1): Agricultural Tenancies

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes an update to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 10 (3): Compulsory Acquisition
• Volume 10 (3): Co-Ownership of Property

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom's only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Butterworths Company Law Handbook 39th edition

Fully updated edition of the must-have 'Blue Book' is now available in print and online.

Key updates and what’s new?

Updates for the 2025 edition include:

New companies statutory instruments

• Companies (Accounts and Reports) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024
• Information Sharing (Disclosure by the Registrar) Regulations 2024
• Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024
• Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2025
• Unique Identifiers (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025

Relevant Financial services updates

• Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
• Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2025
• Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Activities) (Supervision and Enforcement) Regulations 2025
• Short Selling Regulations 2025
• Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2025

Source:
Butterworths Company Law Handbook 39th edition

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes update to 4 volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 25 & 26: Criminal Law
• Volume 99 & 99A: Taxation Law

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Sources:
Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume : Criminal Law 25 & 26
Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume: Taxation Law 99 & 99A

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes an update to two volumes

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 38(1): Torts
• Volume 8(2) Charities; Co-ownership of Property

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Sources:
Atkin’s Court Forms Volume 38(1): Torts
Atkin’s Court Forms Volume 8(2) Charities; Co-ownership of Property

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to two volumes

The following volumes have been completely updated:

• Volume 5: Building & Engineering
• Volume 7(2): Commercial Contracts & Other Documents

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Sources:
Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 5: Building & Engineering
Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 7(2): Commercial Contracts & Other Documents

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes an update to three volumes

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Volume 19(1): Enforcement of Judgments and Orders (Pt I)
• Volume 19(2): Enforcement of Judgments and Orders (Pt II)
• Volume 36(1): Service of Documents and Foreign Process

Key updates and what’s new?

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Sources:
Atkin’s Court Forms Volume 19(1): Enforcement of Judgments and Orders (Pt I)
Atkin’s Court Forms Volume 19(2): Enforcement of Judgments and Orders (Pt II)
Atkin’s Court Forms Volume 36(1): Service of Documents and Foreign Process

The 15th edition of the Financial Remedies Handbook is publishing in July

This revised edition includes a complete review of the legal principles and the s 25 Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 factors and how they apply in practice, and a full overview of the powers of the court to make orders on divorce or dissolution.

Further revisions and updates include:

• Pensions
• Costs and Funding
• Enforcement
• Non-Court Dispute Resolution, Arbitration and 'Private FDRs'
• Appeals
• The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and Money Laundering
• An Appendix containing relevant legislative provisions

Key updates and what’s new?

The Financial Remedies Handbook is essential for matrimonial lawyers, judges, arbitrator, family mediators, accountants and financial advisers. It provides a valuable combination of commentary, case law and actionable guidance.

This core reference work fully reflects developments in caselaw (both in respect of capital and income provision) and procedure (specialist Financial Remedies Courts/FPR 2010 Part 9).

Source: Financial Remedies Handbook

Buckley: The Law of Negligence and Nuisance Seventh edition will publish in print and online in June

Forming part of Butterworths Common Law Series, Buckley: The Law of Negligence and Nuisance draws extensively upon recent cases and judicial pronouncements and also includes references to case law from jurisdictions outside the UK. The law of negligence touches on many areas of professional practice and remains a complex and a growing area of business for solicitors. Buckley deals with the multiple duties owed at the interface of the principles of negligence with medical and personal injury law, employment law, consumer law and licensing.

Unlike books dealing solely with negligence (and aside from encyclopedic works on the entire law of tort), this is the only book to combine detailed exposition of both Negligence and Nuisance in one volume.

Key updates and what’s new?

This new seventh edition has been fully revised and updated to take into account all the latest developments since the last edition published in 2017.

Key updates include on commentary on the following:

• The Supreme Court’s readiness to re-examine the fundamental principles of the torts of negligence and nuisance. It has issued around 30 major decisions affecting this area of law, including Paul v Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Trust (liability for psychiatric damage); Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police (liability of the police) and Fearn v Trustees of the Tate Gallery (fundamental issues in the law of nuisance).
• Likewise, the Court of Appeal has issued more than 100 major decisions, such as negligence claims against solicitors ( Spire Property Development v Withers LLP; Miller v Irwin Mitchell LLP and Ashraf v Lester Dominic Solicitors) and on liability for industrial diseases ( Holmes v Poeton Holdings Ltd and White v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care).

Sources:
Negligence: Buckley – The Law of Negligence and Nuisance (Common Law Series)

Butterworths Stone’s Justices’ Manual 2025 will publish in print and online in June

Now in its 157th edition, Butterworths Stone’s Justices’ Manual is the most comprehensive and authoritative reference source in its field. In three volumes, this publication provides the most reliable and current coverage of all the changes affecting magistrates’ courts, including criminal procedure. The accompanying supplement in November, included in the subscription, ensure you remain completely up to date.

Key updates and what’s new?

• Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Commencement) Regulations 2025
• The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024
• The Water (Special Measures) Act 2025
• Pet Abduction Act 2024
• The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
• Numerous cases have been added, and the topics include: meaning of harassment; unauthorised recordings of court proceedings; bad character evidence and road traffic

Source: Butterworths Stone’s Justices’ Manual 2025

Butterworths Employment Law Handbook 33rd edition will publish in print and online in June

Butterworths Employment Law Handbook is an indispensable reference source of fully-updated UK Acts and statutory instruments, Assimilated Regulations, original EU Directives, and non-statutory materials relating to employment law in England, Wales and Scotland. Cross-references to Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law are included, providing a convenient reference tool for use in tribunals. This popular Handbook, now in its thirty-third edition, is published annually.

Key updates and what’s new?

As well as the new Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, the 2025 edition includes:

• The Practice Direction of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (2024); the 2025 Presidential PDs on the Presentation of Claims, Responses & Statutory Appeals to Employment Tribunals (both for England & Wales and for Scotland); the 2025 Presidential Guidance on Taking Oral Evidence by Video or Telephone from Persons Located Abroad (again, both for England & Wales and for Scotland); the Presidential Guidance (England, Wales & Scotland) on Panel Composition (2024); the Eighth Addendum to the Presidential Guidance on Vento bands (2025); and a comparison table for the old and new Rules of Procedure of Employment Tribunals.
• In Part 1 of the Handbook (Statutes) there have been new Commencement Regulations bringing into force the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023, the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023, and the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023.
• Part 2 (Statutory Instruments) contains new Regulations consequential on the commencement of the Acts mentioned above. These include the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024, the Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (Administration) Regulations 2025, the Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations 2025, and the Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025.
• Part 4 (Statutory Codes of Practice and Official Guidance) includes the new Home Office Statutory Guidance on Transparency in Supply Chains (2025), and the updated Code of Practice on dismissal and re-engagement.

Source: Butterworths Employment Law Handbook

APIL Clinical Negligence 4th Edition will publish in print and online in June

Written by a team of leading clinical negligence lawyers and other professionals, APIL Clinical Negligence focuses on the key areas of clinical negligence, including medical product and human rights claims and inquests. It combines practical know-how on conducting these claims with the latest thinking on new and developing areas of practice.

Key updates and what’s new?

This new edition offers a comprehensive guide to running a clinical negligence claim, from onboarding a client, formulating a claim, calculating damages and managing awards after interim payments and settlements. It includes detailed chapters on all aspects of litigation, including case planning, costs, and Court of Protection deputies. It aims to be an indispensable guide for new and junior practitioners, as well as a helpful refresher for senior lawyers. It has been updated to take account of changes to the law on consent for treatment, fixed costs, material contribution, and more.

Source: APIL Clinical Negligence

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes update to 2 volumes

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Volume 42: Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
• Volume 43: Energy Infrastructure and Supply

Sources:
Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 42: Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 43: Energy Infrastructure and Supply

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes an update to 2 volumes

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Court Guides 2025
• Volume 5(2) Appeals: Supreme Court and Privy Council

Sources:
Atkin’s Court Forms Court Guides 2025
Atkin’s Court Forms Court Guides Volume 5(2) Appeals: Supreme Court and Privy Council

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to one volume

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been completely updated:

• Volume 33: Rectification and confirmation of Deeds; Rentcharges and annuities; Powers of Appointment; Royal Charters

Source: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 33: Rectification and confirmation of Deeds; Rentcharges and annuities; Powers of Appointment; Royal Charters

The AIPN Joint Operating Agreement: A Practical Guide – one of several titles newly available on Lexis+ as part of a new Energy Law menu

This book provides a pragmatic, detailed clause-by-clause review of the most recent (2012) version of the conventional petroleum AIPN JOA. It is an essential tool for practitioners and academics in the petroleum sector.

Key updates and what’s new?

• The Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) model form joint operating agreement (JOA) is the most widely-used (although not always the most liked) joint operating agreement in international conventional oil and gas projects today.
• This book offers a pragmatic, detailed clause-by-clause review of the most recent (2012) version of the conventional petroleum AIPN JOA.
• Each clause is analysed in depth by reference to: (1) a statement of what the clause says; (2) a summary of the intended meaning of the clause; and (3) observations on how the clause tends to be modified in practice and might be improved.
• The book also analyses the major appendices of the AIPN JOA, including the accounting procedure and the lifting procedures.
• This book is written by experienced practitioners who together have many years of knowledge and understanding in redrafting, negotiating and applying the AIPN JOA.
• It will be invaluable to legal representatives, financiers, commercial managers, operational personnel and government parties who are dealing with the AIPN JOA, whether for the first time or from a position of relative familiarity

Source: The AIPN Joint Operating Agreement: A Practical Guide

Carbon Capture and Storage: The Legal Landscape of Climate Change Mitigation Technology, Second edition – one of several titles newly available on Lexis+ as part of a new Energy Law menu

This second edition explores the latest regulatory, political and economic trends and themes arising from CCS technologies and projects.

Key updates and what’s new?

• CCS technology reduces carbon emissions and so plays an essential role in meeting global and regional temperature targets.
• This second edition explores the latest regulatory, political and economic trends and themes arising from CCS technologies and projects by:
• focusing on recent changes to the regulatory frameworks for CCS in the European Union and Germany, and also on an international level;
• assessing the impact of emission trading systems on the economic viability of CCS technologies;
• providing an overview of recent public funding programmes for creating a market for CCS technologies; and
• exploring various CCS projects and national strategies in implementing CCS technologies.
• Now that pilot CCS projects are successfully proliferating, this Special Report provides the regulatory and political insights to succeed in the rapidly changing CCS market.
• It is an invaluable resource for in-house counsel, senior managers, engineers, consultants, researchers and policy makers with an interest in the energy sector and CCS technologies and projects.

Source: Carbon Capture and Storage: The Legal Landscape of Climate Change Mitigation Technology, Second edition

Energy and Resources Financing: A Practical Handbook – one of several titles newly available on Lexis+ as part of a new Energy Law menu

Energy and Natural Resources Financing: A Practical Handbook covers financing across the energy and natural resources spectrum, from upstream oil and gas, pipelines and liquefied natural gas through to refineries, and from conventional power and renewable energy to nuclear power and mining. It discusses the most important financing techniques, including reserve-based lending, project finance and high-yield bonds.

Key updates and what’s new?

• This book answers the need for a comprehensive guide for financing across the energy and natural resources sectors and is written by leading practitioners from their position at the centre of transactions in this moving market.
• It provides invaluable insight into the challenges faced by modern practitioners and how these challenges are addressed against the backdrop of highly volatile oil, gas and other commodity prices, as well as the need to find ways of financing huge investment into renewables and nuclear energy necessary to control carbon emissions.
• The title is co-edited by oil and gas financing expert Huw Thomas and renewables and conventional power expert Antony Skinner. Contributions are made by leading practitioners from Milbank, Clifford Chance, Infrastructure Development Partnership, Arntzen de Besche and Ashurst.
• Energy and Natural Resources Financing in Practice is aimed at executives in energy and resources companies, as well as bankers and advisers involved in these sectors.
• The content and style is accessible to those who are new to these sectors, but the level of practical insight is valuable even to the most seasoned executives and professionals.
• This title is a useful introduction to these sectors and a day-to-day reference point for those working on transactions.

Source: Energy and Resources Financing: A Practical Handbook

Energy Storage: Legal and Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities – one of several titles newly available on Lexis+ as part of a new Energy Law menu

Energy Storage: Legal and Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities is an accessible guide to the key areas and issues that should be considered in relation to the development of storage projects.

Key updates and what’s new?

• Energy storage is a key trend in the electricity industry across the globe, with one recent analysis predicting 942GW of storage (excluding pumped storage) will be developed by 2040.
• This Special Report provides an overview of the key issues in relation to the development of storage projects, including:
• The main technologies
• Regulatory arrangements
• Revenue streams and
• Contracting arrangements
• and covers the key policy, commercial and legal principles that underpin this developing sector.

Source:
Energy Storage: Legal and Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities

Solar Power: A Practical Handbook, Second edition – one of several titles newly available on Lexis+ as part of a new Energy Law menu

This second edition of Solar Power: A Practical Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of various aspects of solar power including its commercial, technological and regulatory characteristics.

Key updates and what’s new?

• This second edition of Solar Power: A Practical Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of various aspects of solar power including its commercial, technological and regulatory characteristics.
• It also provides a practical guide to developing, financing, acquiring and disposing of solar power projects.
• While solar technology has been adopted on a global basis, each jurisdiction has its own dynamics, so the book considers the market-specific aspects of solar power in a number of key locations including Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Middle East, Morocco, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
• Featuring chapters by leading practitioners, the book will be of interest to lawyers, commercial managers, financiers and other consultants working in or alongside the solar power sector.

Source:
Solar Power: A Practical Handbook, Second edition

Wind: Projects and Transactions – one of several titles newly available on Lexis+ as part of a new Energy Law menu

This new title explores and explains the full range of issues encountered in the development of wind energy, providing guidance and insight into the legal and commercial areas of the industry. Both project and transactional facets of the industry are comprehensively analysed, with expert contributors delving deeper into specific matters of key relevance.

Key updates and what’s new?

• Wind energy is one of the leading technologies in the drive to increase electricity generation from renewable sources, and presents a vital solution for addressing concerns about sustainability and meeting carbon reduction targets.
• Already an industry in its own right, the wind sector faces numerous unique challenges relating to business development, land rights, consenting, contracting, financing and M&A activities.
• This title explores and explains the full range of issues encountered in the development of wind energy, providing guidance and insight into the legal and commercial areas of the industry.
• Both project and transactional facets of the industry are comprehensively analysed, with expert contributors delving deeper into specific matters of key relevance.
• Topics include the legal, industry and regulatory frameworks involved; consenting; insurance; project financing; power purchase agreements and subsidy arrangements; and geographical analyses that provide a regional overview of wind energy developments on different continents.
• As a practical handbook, this title will give readers a firm grasp of the wind energy industry from both a business and legal perspective.

Source:
Wind: Projects and Transactions

Fuller on the Law and Practice of International Capital Markets Fourth edition

This title offers comprehensive coverage of the key areas within capital markets.

Key updates and what’s new?

The book has been updated for subsequent developments in law, regulation and practice, and has significantly expanded the exploration of asset-backed securities, derivatives and securitised derivatives, and added a new chapter on the emerging area of digital bonds.

Source:
Fuller on the Law and Practice of International Capital Markets Fourth edition

13th Edition of Doyle, Keay and Curl: Annotated Insolvency Legislation published this month

This title provides fully curated practical guidance on the key primary and secondary insolvency legislation. In addition to the complete texts of the key statutory provisions, each is annotated with detailed analysis and commentary, providing practitioners and academics with everything they need within a single portable volume.

Key updates and what’s new?

Updates to the commentary for 2025 include the following key cases and developments:

• Comprehensive updates to the commentary on Part 26A restructuring plans and the Part A1 moratorium regime
• Updates on several decisions under s 423 on transactions defrauding creditors, most notably, the Supreme Court decision in El-Husseiny v Invest Bank PSC [2025] UKSC 4 and also Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd (in liquidation) v Marlborough Developments Ltd [2024] EWHC 3075 (Comm), Malik v Messalti [2024] EWHC 2713 (Ch) and Purkiss v Kennedy [2024] EWHC 1081 (Ch)
• Consideration of the Privy Council decision Sian Participation Corp v Halimeda International Ltd [2024] UKPC 16, effectively reversing Salford Estates (No 2) Ltd in relation to the presentation of petitions where there are arbitration agreements or exclusive jurisdiction provisions
• Court of Appeal decision in Servis-Terminal Llc v Drelle [2025] EWCA Civ 62 considering whether a debt based on a foreign judgment can form the foundation for bankruptcy or winding-up petitions
• Consideration of Re BHS Group Ltd; Wright v Chappell [2024] EWHC 1417 (Ch), [2024] EWHC 2166 (Ch) in the context of wrongful trading and ‘trading misfeasance’ claims

Source:
Doyle, Keay and Curl: Annotated Insolvency Legislation

APIL Guide to RTA Liability 4th Edition

Revised and rewritten user-friendly guide with practical step by step tips by Jeremy Ford, Adam Dawson and Giles Mooney KC.

Key updates and what’s new?

Revised and rewritten to include:

• Liability for workplace accidents post Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
• Understanding how risk assessment works and can help you win your cases
• The Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 and the updated HSE guidance on construction site accidents
• The continuing importance of health and safety regulations
• Understanding the concept of workers, the gig economy and the self-employed
• What now for health and safety in the post-Brexit world?

Source: APIL Guide to RTA Liability 4th Edition

Banks on Sentence

20th Edition of the definitive sentencing guide used by judges, barristers and solicitors.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 20th Edition includes:

• Fully updated to reflect amendments to the general maximum sentence in the magistrates’ court following summary conviction for either-way offences.
• Amended legislation concerning release arrangements and home detention curfew eligibility, serious disruption prevention orders, and piloting of amendments to various types of community sentence.
• New and updated sentencing guidelines, including definitive guidelines for Strangulation and Suffocation offences; kidnap and blackmail, aggravated vehicle taking, and new guideline material clarifying the impact of pregnancy, of childhood trauma and of employment or educational opportunity as mitigating factors.
• Latest authorities providing guidance on strangulation offences (a line of authorities following R v Cook), on Immigration Act 1971 s 24 and s 25 offences (authorities following R v Ginar), on murders involving use of a vehicle (R v Deeprose and Others), and a wide variety of other offence-specific guidance.

Source: Banks on Sentence

Affordable Housing: Guide to Delivery, Management and Regulation, 2nd edition available in print and online

Revised and rewritten authoritative and practical guide to the provision of affordable housing in England.

Key updates and what’s new?

Extensively revised and rewritten by a team of expert legal advisers at Trowers & Hamlins LLP, this new second edition includes:

• Comprehensive overview of the main tenures of affordable housing and the different categories of affordable housing providers, including local authorities and for-profit registered providers of social housing;
• Detailed commentary on the regulatory framework governing registered providers following the reforms implemented under the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023;
• Summary of the main affordable housing tenancy regimes, including the impact of the forthcoming Renters’ Rights Bill;
• Analysis of the planning regime as it relates to affordable housing provision and the impact of the 2024 revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework;
• Consideration of how affordable housing provision is funded, ranging from traditional public subsidy and debt finance to new forms of ‘equity’ investment;
• Explanation of how affordable housing projects are structured from a legal and commercial perspective, including the use of joint ventures and trading subsidiary vehicles;
• Commentary from practitioners’ perspectives on the diverse range of key issues facing the sector today, including the Regulator of Social Housing’s new consumer standards, the new public procurement regime, building safety, Awaab’s Law, energy efficiency and partnering with institutional investors.

Sources: Affordable Housing Second Edition | LexisNexis UK

Munkman on Employer’s Liability 18th edition available in print and online

The definitive guide for understanding the complexities of employer liability law.

Key updates and what’s new?

Expert contributors have meticulously updated the content to reflect the latest case law, statutory changes, and the implications of the UK's departure from the European Union.

Source: Munkman: Employer’s Liability

Halsbury’s publishes updates to two volumes

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been fully updated:

• Volume 3: Armed Conflict and Emergency; Armed Forces
• Volume 24: Contempt of Court; Coroners; Corporations

Source:
Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 3: Armed Conflict and Emergency; Armed Forces
Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 24: Contempt of Court; Coroners; Corporations

Stair Memorial Encyclopedia publishes update to one volume

The Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia is the only comprehensive and authoritative narrative treatment of the law of Scotland and is the cornerstone of the Scots lawyer's library. The work is arranged in an alphabetical title scheme of over 120 titles.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been completely updated:

• Partnerships

Source: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia Partnerships

Encyclopedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to two volumes

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volume has been completely updated:

• Volume 41(1): Timeshare
• Volume 40(3): Trusts and Settlements

Source:
Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 41(1) Timeshare
Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 40(3) Trusts and Settlements

APIL Guide to RTA Liability 4th edition

Revised and rewritten user-friendly guide with practical step by step tips by Jeremy Ford, Adam Dawson and Giles Mooney KC.

Key updates and what’s new?

Revised and rewritten to include:

• Liability for workplace accidents post Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
• Understanding how risk assessment works and can help you win your cases
• The Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 and the updated HSE guidance on construction site accidents
• The continuing importance of health and safety regulations
• Understanding the concept of workers, the gig economy and the self-employed
• What now for health and safety in the post-Brexit world?

Source: APIL Guide to RTA Liability

Civil Court Practice (Green Book) 2025

The newly revamped edition of The Green Book brings together all the latest information and guidance around the development of the online court as part of HMCTS reform programme for the justice system. The introduction of a brand new Online Reforms section provides expert commentary for PD 51R Online Civil Money Claims Pilot and PD 51ZB Damages Claims Pilot, as well as other related topics including Artificial Intelligence. The online version also links to further reading from the Lexis+ Practical Guidance module to ensure customers are up to date on the most recent developments in this rapidly changing area.

Key updates and what’s new?

This edition introduces a series of enhancements, offering deeper analysis, practical guidance, and enriched contextual information. Our commitment to digital justice and online reforms is evident, reflecting the evolving landscape of the modern justice system.

Key updates include significant improvements to online claims portals, as outlined in the 181st Practice Direction update. These changes bring greater clarity and efficiency to case management, particularly in the intermediate and multi-track claims. The Small Claims Track Automatic Referral to Mediation Pilot Scheme has also been refined, ensuring precise application and relevant modifications to the Civil Procedure Rules.

Source: The Civil Court Practice (The Green Book)

Atkin’s Court Forms publishes an update to two volumes

Atkin’s Court Forms is the United Kingdom’s only encyclopaedia of Civil Litigation Forms, Precedents of Pleadings and Procedure. With over 130 titles, this work provides practitioners with a truly unrivalled collection of the main procedural documents required in every civil proceeding before the courts and judicial tribunals of England and Wales.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 29(1): Partnerships and LLPs; Patents and Inventions
• Volume 29(2): Part 20 Counterclaims and other Additional Claims; Part 36 Offers to Settle; Payment into and out of court; Parties to Claims

Sources:
Atkin’s Court Forms Volume 29(1): Partnerships and LLPs; Patents and Inventions
Atkin’s Court Forms Volume 29(2): Part 20 Counterclaims and other Additional Claims; Part 36 Offers to Settle; Payment into and out of court; Parties to Claims

Consumer and Trading Standards: Law and Practice 13th edition

Revised and updated analysis of consumer and trading law across the UK, including all changes stemming from the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.

Key updates and what’s new?

This book has been fully updated and covers recent developments in this area of law including:

• Analysis and review of the CMA’s new direct enforcement powers to fine businesses up to 10 percent of global turnover
• Full review of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 and its implications for UK consumer law.
• Full review of the changes that the 2024 Act will make in relation to unfair commercial practices, transactional decisions and invitations to purchase.
• Analysis of the new provisions for civil enforcement in the 2024 Act, which will replace Part 8 of the Enterprise Act 2002.
• An update of all the new consumer and regulatory statutory provisions and case law.

Source: Consumer and Trading Standards: Law and Practice

Macdonald’s Immigration Law and Practice 11th edition

The eagerly awaited 11th edition of Macdonald’s Immigration Law & Practice provides detailed coverage of all aspects of UK Immigration, Asylum and Nationality legislation through a mixture of commentary, supporting legislation and case law. The book is the leading work in this area of law and this edition has been fully revised and updated throughout, including heavy revisions to the sections on benefits, asylum, detention and EU free movement law.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 11th edition of Macdonald’s Immigration Law and Practice retains the comprehensive coverage and detailed analysis that has made this book the market-leader in immigration law.

The book has been extensively revised and updated to include coverage of all major developments since the last edition, including:

• Changes brought about by the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, affecting asylum, appeals, removal and citizenship
• Coverage of the Illegal Migration Act 2023, including what is to be retained/repealed by the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025
• Significant recent revisions to the Immigration Rules
• Introduction of the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme
• Important changes to the EU Settlement Scheme
• Comprehensive update of key case law developments across the field

Source: Macdonald’s Immigration Law and Practice

Court of Protection Practice (with CD-ROM) 2025

The user-friendly text provides a clear and exhaustive analysis of the law including case law and its application, wording of the statutory provision, plus expert commentary and analysis of the practical issues. Thoroughly updated to take account of new case law and statutory updates. This title covers the law in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 2025 Edition has been enhanced and updated throughout to include:

• In depth coverage of recent and important case law, including: decisions on covert medical treatment, and obstetric treatment; decisions relating to obstetric treatment; significant decisions relating to the withdrawal of clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration; evaluation of the capacity to engage in sexual relations, and much more
• Narrative sections relating to the Court of Protection’s work and jurisdiction written by judges and practitioners in the field with an unrivalled knowledge of practice and procedure
• A new section dealing with interface between the jurisdiction of the Court of Protection relating to incapacitated adults and the family jurisdiction relating to teenagers
• Commentary on the rules which takes account of the latest practice in the court
• The most up to date precedents and forms
• An overview of the year from The Right Honourable Lord Justice Baker

Source: Court of Protection Practice 2025

New edition of Mustill & Boyd: Commercial and Investor State Arbitration Third edition

This invaluable title includes in-depth discussion from an international perspective of the principles of commercial arbitration (and investment-state arbitration) with a principal focus on English law and practice but with extensive reference to the law of other major arbitral jurisdictions, including Singapore, Hong Kong, France and Australia, and to the rules of major arbitral institutions.

It combines expert commentary on the origins, essence and characteristics of the Arbitration Act 1996 with practical guidance on the application of the Act both in arbitration and in court. The commentary seeks to identify, analyse and offer answers to points of potential controversy. It discusses the forthcoming amendments to the Arbitration Act 1996 in the Arbitration Bill 2024 which followed on from the Law Commission review of the arbitration law of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In addition, the book now includes chapters considering the particular characteristics of institutional arbitration, and three chapters addressing investor-state dispute resolution, which has become increasingly important over the two decades since the 2001 Companion.

Key updates and what’s new?

Over twenty years have passed since the Companion to the Second Edition was published, this new edition has been completely rewritten to reflect expert consideration of the latest case law and proposed statutory reforms, while at the same time seeking to preserve the analytical strength and comprehensiveness of treatment which made the first two editions of this book an invaluable treatment of this important subject.

Source:
Mustill & Boyd: Commercial and Investor State Arbitration

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes updates to two volumes

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Key updates and what’s new?

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 24A: Courts and Tribunals; Cremation and Burial
• Volume 34: Ecclesiastical

Sources:
Halsbury’s Laws of England: Volume 24A: Courts and Tribunals; Cremation and Burial
Halsbury’s Laws of England: Volume 34: Ecclesiastical

Tolley’s Company Law Handbook 32nd Edition

The Tolley’s Company Law Handbook 32nd Edition is a fully updated Handbook with all the latest company law developments and in an A-Z format, this practical guide will enable you to remain at the forefront of company legislation matters.

Key updates and what’s new?

• Consideration of the new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act and coverage of the greater powers now available to Companies House
• Changes to filing fees, the financial regime, and new enforcement and sanction powers, as companies house seeks to tackle economic crime
• Further updates on the impact of the act as they have unfolded throughout 2024
• Fully updated case law throughout
• All new expert author team

Source:
Tolley’s Company Law Handbook 32nd Edition

Anthony and Berryman’s Magistrates’ Court Guide 2025

The updated edition of this title remains the essential publication that no court practitioner can afford to be without.

It includes straightforward coverage of new case law, current court procedures, criminal offences, sentencing and more to ensure you have a complete picture of the law. Practical commentary and excellent value for money puts this title ahead of the competition as the single most important guide to the activities of the Magistrates’.

Key updates and what’s new?

The 2025 edition includes the following updates:

• The Online Safety Act 2023
• The Criminal Procedure Rules and The Criminal Practice Directions 2023
• The Dangerous Dogs (Designated Types) (England and Wales) Order 2023
• The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024
• New sections on Public Order to cover processions, assemblies and protests

Source:
Anthony and Berryman’s Magistrates’ Court Guide 2025

Butterworths Competition and Foreign Investment Law Handbook 30th Edition

This is the latest edition of arguably the most comprehensive single collection of UK and EU statutory source material and official guidance on competition law.

Legislation is printed as currently practiced and the simple layout directs you to the information you need quickly and easily. In addition to all amendments, repeals and revocations, it features expert annotations regarding commencement and cross-references to other legislation.

Key updates and what’s new?

• In relation to the UK:
• The UK Parliament has passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill, a new key piece of legislation expected to come into force in Autumn 2024, bringing with it significant changes to merger control and antitrust laws including (among others): (a) a new Strategic Market Status regime; (b) an additional jurisdictional limb designed to enable the CMA to review so-called “killer acquisitions”; and (c) a “safe harbour” to exclude mergers from review where each party generates limited turnover in the UK.
• In addition, the UK Parliament has also enacted the Procurement Regulations 2024, which are designed to sit alongside the Procurement Act 2023 to simplify the UK’s public procurement regime and open up procurement to new entrants such as small businesses.
• The CMA has published an updated version of its CMA2 mergers guidance, concerning the CMA’s jurisdiction and procedure, including the CMA’s new Phase 2 procedural guidance as well as other updates such as changes to the CMA’s template merger notice forms and waiver.
• Furthermore, the CMA has published CMA 190, new guidance in relation to energy network mergers and, more specifically, the CMA’s related procedure and assessment.
• In relation to FDI, earlier this year the Cabinet Office published the outcomes of its consultation concerning the operation of the National Security and Investment Act 2021, and indicated that related guidance may be subject to significant overhaul later this year.
• In relation to the European Union:
• A revised Market Definition Notice has been published by the European Commission (the “Commission”), which takes into account significant developments since the publication of its predecessor (in 1997), and introduces new focus on digitalization as well as the increasingly interconnected and globalized nature of commercial exchanges.
• In relation to foreign subsidies, the Commission has published a policy brief, which provides statistics and trends over the first 100 days of the operation of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.
• With regard to foreign direct investment, the Commission has published a draft proposal for a new regulation to repeal and replace the existing EU FDI Screening Regulation, and is further considering the prospect of regulating outbound investment.
• The Council of the European Union (the “Council”) approved the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, marking the first comprehensive regulation of AI by a major global regulator, which takes a risk-based approach to AI regulation by separating AI into multiple risk categories each of which require a unique level of legal intervention.
• In addition, the Council has enacted the Data Act, introducing harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data.

Source:
Print only

Glanville Williams & Dennis Baker Treatise of Criminal Law, Sixth Edition

The updated edition of this title provides a practical evaluation of criminal law that no practitioner can afford to be without.

Key updates and what’s new?

Updates for the 6th edition include:

• New chapters on Terrorism, Foreign Interference and Official Secrets and Public Order Offences
• Comprehensive coverage of the changes introduced by The National Security Act 2023, Online Safety Act 2023 and Public Order Act 2023

Source:
Glanville Williams & Dennis Baker Treatise of Criminal Law, Sixth Edition

Paterson’s Licensing Acts 2025

Updated edition of this definitive reference work on licensing law in England and Wales, cited in over 60 decisions of the Senior Courts

Key updates and what’s new?

Updates for the 133rd edition include:

• Latest update on Uber and the Sefton case following the important decision of the Court of Appeal.
• Commentary on Department for Transport (DFT) 3rd edition of ‘Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing best practice guidance for licensing authorities in England’ (‘BPG 2023’) concerning taxi and PHV licensing outside London.
• Gambling Commission – update on new policies, Code provisions and enforcement activities following the long-awaited White Paper on the Gambling Act 2005.
• Walk Safe Security Services Ltd v London Borough of Lewisham [2024] EWHC 1787 (Admin): in which the legality of conducting licensing hearings remotely is considered by the High Court.
• Security Industry Authority (as regulator) and the important Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill 2024 – detailed analysis and complete Bill now proceeding through parliament.
• Handling sensitive information in licensing applications.
• Latest updates on regulatory easements, pavement licences and TENs.
• Pavement licensing provisions laid out in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023.
• MO v The Information Commissioner and Bristol City Council [2023] UKFTT 00966 (GRC): on whether licensing authorities are entitled to withhold parties’ details in licensing hearings.
• Westminster City Council v Andrabi (Westminster Magistrates’ Court) [October 2024] - analysis on the role of third-party delivery drivers and the question of ‘supply’ in the provision of late-night refreshment under the Licensing Act 2003.
• Security Industry Authority v Bryson [2024] NICA 23: considers the issue of delegation.
• The Pedicabs (London) Act 2024: overview and complete statute.
• The Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024: creating a new licensing regime for the retail sale of tobacco, vapes and nicotine products. Overview.

Source:
Paterson’s Licensing Acts 2025

Tolley’s Company Law Handbook 32nd Edition

The Tolley’s Company Law Handbook 32nd Edition is a fully updated Handbook with all the latest company law developments and in an A-Z format, this practical guide will enable you to remain at the forefront of company legislation matters.

Key updates and what’s new?

• Consideration of the new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act and coverage of the greater powers now available to Companies House
• Changes to filing fees, the financial regime, and new enforcement and sanction powers, as companies house seeks to tackle economic crime
• Further updates on the impact of the act as they have unfolded throughout 2024
• Fully updated case law throughout

Source:
Tolley’s Company Law Handbook 32nd Edition

Cook on Costs 2025

The new edition of Cook on Costs has published this month.

Key updates and what’s new?

The go-to resource for legal professionals navigating the complexities of costs and litigation.

This well-established and practical title returns fully updated with legislative changes concerning every aspect of civil costs, providing concise and comprehensive commentary on costs developments as well as straightforward explanations of the remuneration of solicitors and barristers. Using a dual approach, the text both informs and guides you through all aspects of the costs of contentious and non-contentious legal business.

What's new for this year's edition:

• The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) chapter has been rewritten to take account of recent and forthcoming rule changes.
• Amendments made to the Fixed Recoverable Costs section to address teething problems with the FRC rules and the introduction of summary costs determination in the FRC regimes.

Source:
Cook on Costs 2025

Calnan on Taking Security 5th Edition

The new edition of Calnan on Taking Security has published this month.

Key updates and what’s new?

This highly respected, authoritative and practical text on security law examines the key legal principles in taking, perfecting, enforcing and challenging security. Written in a practical and accessible style, it is an invaluable addition to the busy practitioner’s shelf.

The 5th Edition has been fully updated in light of major legislative and other changes over the last 6 years, including:

• The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 which signals a major change in the approach of the legislature to the question of how to deal with companies in financial difficulties, and how this has affected secured creditors.
• A new chapter has been included which provides more discussion concerning reform of the law of secured transactions.
• Important new cases, including the Supreme Court's decision in the Sequana case on the fiduciary duties of directors in relation to creditors.
• International security has also been affected by legislative changes to cross-border insolvency legislation — particularly the limitation on the effect of the recast EU Insolvency Regulation and the potential adoption of the UNCITRAL model law following on from Brexit.

Source:
Calnan on Taking Security

Tolley’s Health and Safety at Work Handbook 2025 37th Edition

The new edition will publish on 15th November.

Key updates and what’s new?

This practitioner-focused work presents clear narrative on the latest legislative changes, and how to comply with current law and practice. Experts in health and safety offer insight and guidance on a range of subjects, from accident reporting, welfare facilities, mental ill-health, an aging workforce, absenteeism, travel safety and personal safety. Updated annually, this essential handbook fully equips busy practitioners to deal with day-to-day issues quickly.

This new edition incorporates recent developments in health and safety law. Chapters that will be updated for the next edition include:

• Introduction
• Access, traffic Routes and Vehicles
• Community Health and Safety
• Corporate Manslaughter
• Dangerous Goods Systems
• Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres
• Disaster and Emergency Management Systems (DEMS)
• Equality Act 2010
• Harassment in the Workplace
• Hazardous Substances in the Workplace
• Joint Consultation in Safety - Safety Representatives, Safety Committees, Collective Agreements and Works Councils
• Lighting
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Rehabilitation
• REACH - Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals in Europe
• Risk Assessment
• Stress at Work
• Work at Height
• Working Time
• Workplaces - Health, Safety and Welfare

Source: Tolley’s Health and Safety at Work Handbook

Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales publishes update to three volumes.

The following volumes have been fully updated:

• Volume 19: Conflict of Laws & Confidence
• Volume 29: Crown and Crown Proceedings and Damages
• Volume 30: Customs and Excise & Data Protection

Key updates and what’s new?

Halsbury’s Laws of England is the only comprehensive narrative statement of the law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source. Unique to LexisNexis, it provides a trusted encyclopaedic source to answer questions across all areas of law.

Sources:
Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 19: Conflict of Laws & Confidence
Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 29: Crown and Crown Proceedings and Damages
Halsbury’s Laws of England and Wales Volume 30: Customs and Excise & Data Protection

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents publishes updates to three volumes

The following volumes have been completely updated:

• Volume 25(3)C: Leasehold Flat Schemes
• Volume 9(1): Companies
• Volume 26(3) Mines, Minerals and Landfill

Key updates and what’s new?

EF&P offers an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter. Written by experts, in modern, clear language, it covers English and Welsh law and includes all the main practice areas.

Sources:
Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 25(3)C: Leasehold Flat Schemes
Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 9(1): Companies
Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Volume 26(3) Mines, Minerals and Landfill