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According to Christie & Co’s latest Business Outlook 2026 report, the dental sector is gearing up for another transformative year. So, what exactly should we expect in 2026?
We've pulled together a few recent court decisions that may be of interest.
Three powerful interim remedies are central to protecting a business’s position: freezing injunctions, proprietary injunctions, and Norwich Pharmacal orders. This update outlines what these orders achieve, when they are available, and the practical considerations for businesses facing urgent threats.
When the UK Government released the much‑anticipated results of Allocation Round 7 (AR7) on 14 January 2026, the headline figure of 8.4GW of offshore wind capacity captured immediate attention. It's easy to view this announcement simply as another data point in the ongoing rollout of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. Yet on reflection, AR7 feels like something bigger: a moment that says as much about the direction of the UK's energy journey as it does about the projects themselves.
With smartphones now acting as sophisticated recording devices, the Family Court and lawyers alike are grappling with the evidential, ethical and safeguarding consequences of secret audio and video material. This article focuses on the issues that arise when children are covertly recorded.
The court has a general power to extend or shorten time under CPR 3.1(2)(a). Other rules permit parties to agree to extend time limits in certain circumstances. We discuss these rules and review the ways in which the parties can agree to delay at different points before and during proceedings.
A number of targeted reforms have recently been made to compulsory purchase procedure under the Levelling‑up and Regeneration Act 2023 (LURA), and the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (PIA). Taken together, the measures introduced by LURA and PIA will serve to modernise and speed-up the CPO process. The key changes and their practical implications are summarised in this article.
Today (Tuesday 27 January) marks the launch date of the regulatory regime for heat networks in the UK, which is big news for the energy sector.
On 31 December 2025, The Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind and Solar Generation) Order 2025 came into force. Consequently, the threshold at which solar developments are classed as Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) in England increased from 50MW to 100MW.
In December 2025, the Westminster eForum met to discuss the next steps for the quantum industries in the United Kingdom. This second article in our two-part series summarises the take home messages from the second part of that meeting.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it's seeking views on four completed acquisitions by Welltower Inc., covering over 600 operational care homes across the UK before opening a formal merger investigation. These transactions involve homes managed by Barchester, HC-One, Aria Care, and Danforth Care, representing a significant consolidation within the UK care sector.
The Supreme Court’s decision this week in Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd and others raises stark questions about the intersection of mental health law, negligence, and public policy. At its heart is a deeply tragic sequence of events. But the judgment is not about apportioning moral blame. It asks whether the civil law should permit a claimant to recover compensation for losses flowing directly from acts of extreme violence, even where those acts were committed during a psychotic episode and attracted no criminal responsibility. For healthcare bodies and those working in mental health and criminal justice settings, the case is likely to be pertinent.