Smart Metering in the Water Industry: Deep Dive
18 September 2025
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15 September 2025
Introduction: A Watershed Moment for the UK Water Sector Steve Gummer and Allan Owen, Partners in Sharpe Pritchard’s Infrastructure Department are the authors of the case summary for the Cunliffe Report’s latest findings. It is easy to get lost in headlines about regulators being abolished and water company profiteering. However, the Independent Water Commission’s final…
Read more11 September 2025
On 4 September 2025, as per its duty under s3(1) of the Law Commissions Act 1965, the Law Commission (the “Commission”) published its 14th Programme of Law Reform. This Programme outlined ten new projects it will be focusing on over the next few years. These will sit alongside the seventeen other existing law reform projects that…
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The Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce 2025 (Taskforce) has been tasked with reviewing and making recommendations in respect of the UK’s nuclear regulatory framework. Last month, the Taskforce published an interim report, which sets out the Taskforce’s current views and where the Taskforce is seeking further action (Report). Most notably, the Report highlights that the nuclear regulatory…
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The High Court has upheld the London Borough of Newham’s Compulsory Purchase Order (‘CPO’) of the final leasehold flat in James Riley Point, a 23-storey residential tower block earmarked for major regeneration. Mr Justice Mould dismissed a legal challenge brought by the leaseholder under section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981. Sharpe Pritchard…
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On 25 June 2025, the UK Government launched 3 major consultations aimed at strengthening sustainability reporting and climate disclosure. This package of measures is intended to “ensure public and private investors drive our country and the world towards climate and clean energy”[1]. The consultations cover: Draft UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS): proposed new reporting…
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Introduction On 11 August 2025, the High Court handed down its decision in Wikimedia Foundation and Another v Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology ([2025] EWHC 2086 (Admin)). This case marks one of the first significant legal challenges to the Online Safety Act 2023 (“OSA 2023”), a statute that has already provoked widespread…
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The Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) Programme was announced by the Government in 2022 to identify reform for electricity market arrangements with the overarching objective of decarbonising and achieving a “fair, affordable and secure power system.” On 10 July 2025, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) published an important REMA Update…
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