High Court backs Newham’s Compulsory Purchase of Final Flat in Redevelopment Scheme
5 September 2025
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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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Background and objectives: Ofgem has launched a wide-ranging Energy System Cost Allocation and Recovery Review (opened July 2025) to re-examine how the costs of Britain’s evolving energy system are shared across consumer bills. Current system overview The costs of delivering energy to consumers in the UK fall into four broad categories: Wholesale costs: the market…
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Recently in the world of information governance, the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has put freedom of information in the shade somewhat. However, on the 23 July 2025, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was back in the spotlight when the Supreme Court ruled on the approach to aggregating public interest arguments when applying exemptions…
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The UK’s journey to net zero relies on the development of additional renewable energy infrastructure. Hydrogen UK’s latest report entitled “Driving Demand” makes one thing clear: low-carbon hydrogen is indispensable for the country’s decarbonisation ambitions, especially in traditionally hard to abate sectors. A few members of the Energy Team at Sharpe Pritchard had the pleasure…
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The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has issued an important judgment under the Subsidy Control Act 2022, rejecting a challenge to two development loans made by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to local developer Renaker. The decision is the first to interpret the commercial market operator (CMO) principle under the Act, providing key direction for…
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