https://s1-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/WLN-PLCUK-SC_2603.1.2004/productViews/plcuk/Legal updateshttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.comAgriculture & Rural Landhttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id9187f4b2e1b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id9187f4b2e1b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Digital Waste Tracking (Wales) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/105) were made on 26 March 2026 and come into force on 1 October 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id9187f4b2e1b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1b3517c92d4211f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1b3517c92d4211f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 2 April 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1b3517c92d4211f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I62c3d7c72ce111f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I62c3d7c72ce111f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 27 March 2026, the government responded to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee's report on inheritance tax measures relating to unused pension funds and agricultural and business property reliefs.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I62c3d7c72ce111f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTPractical Law provides free training on how to use Practical Law more effectively. This is available in a variety of formats, including live webinars and training videos.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibf77475b2c3511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibf77475b2c3511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published an article highlighting what's on the agenda for in-house lawyers in April 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibf77475b2c3511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id101ffab289611f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id101ffab289611f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 27 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id101ffab289611f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic694c5f3292611f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic694c5f3292611f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) published guidance on the British Standards Institution (BSI) Nature Investment Standards and the government response to its call for evidence on how to support and incentivise private sector investment in nature recovery, on 24 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic694c5f3292611f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I43e7b63e291711f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I43e7b63e291711f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Assured Tenancies (Private Rented Sector) (Prescribed Forms and Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/354) have been made and come into force on 1 May 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I43e7b63e291711f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I219d41a4284611f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I219d41a4284611f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn this Planning Inspectorate (PINS) decision, the inspector considered whether an agricultural occupancy condition still applied to a dwellinghouse that was not built completely in accordance with its approved plans.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I219d41a4284611f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I360255da26f511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I360255da26f511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 24 March 2026, the government issued its response to the 2025 late payments consultation, Time to pay up, which solicited views on a package of proposed legislative measures to tackle late payments to small businesses. The government intends to take forward various proposals including a new mandatory statutory interest on late payments, increased powers for the Small Business Commissioner (SBC) and stricter maximum payment terms.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I360255da26f511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I50f6a2d026fc11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I50f6a2d026fc11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 23 March 2026, the Welsh Government published further guidance on Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) (2026): Optional and Collaborative Layers.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I50f6a2d026fc11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iece10e34223f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iece10e34223f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published a new toolkit which provides links to Practical Law materials covering the Renters' Rights Act 2025.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iece10e34223f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3874eadb26d211f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3874eadb26d211f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn this appeal decision, the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) considered whether a building was used for agriculture for the purposes of a trade or business, and therefore met the criteria for a material change of use to a dwellinghouse under permitted development rights (PDRs) granted by Class Q in Part 3, Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (SI 2015/596) (GPDO 2015).https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3874eadb26d211f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id5c4fb9c269e11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id5c4fb9c269e11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe government has made the Assured Tenancies (Private Rented Sector) (Written Statement of Terms etc and Information Sheet) (England) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/324), which set out the information to be included in written statements under the Renters' Rights Act 2025.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id5c4fb9c269e11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1175dcd3269711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1175dcd3269711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Finance Act 2026 was published on 20 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1175dcd3269711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Idc2aa679243e11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Idc2aa679243e11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published assured tenancy forms required by the Renters' Rights Act 2025 (RRA 2025). They have also published the information sheet about the RRA 2025 that landlords and their agents must give to some tenants by 31 May 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Idc2aa679243e11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0a4fd9f8246011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0a4fd9f8246011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) published its waste crime action plan for England setting out how it will tackle waste crime through prevention, enforcement and remediation, on 20 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0a4fd9f8246011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9b470c94243f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9b470c94243f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published assured tenancy forms required by the Renters' Rights Act 2025 (RRA 2025). The RRA 2025 comes into force in England on 1 May 2026 and removes the ability for a farm worker to be granted an assured shorthold tenancy agreement. From 1 May, a tenancy granted to a qualifying farm worker will be an assured agricultural occupancy unless the landlord serves a prescribed notice to create an assured periodic tenancy.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9b470c94243f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib7bc8085245511f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib7bc8085245511f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 20 March 2026, Regulation (EU) 2026/697 on co-operation among enforcement authorities responsible for the enforcement of Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib7bc8085245511f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9b4734ae243f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9b4734ae243f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn HMRC v Brzezicki [2026] UKUT 125 (TCC), the Upper Tribunal ruled that the First-tier Tribunal had erred in finding that a property was mixed-used for SDLT purposes, having taken into account irrelevant factors, such as future commercial use.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9b4734ae243f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic1a4b637232a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic1a4b637232a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 20 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic1a4b637232a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I843f960b22da11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I843f960b22da11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 18 March 2026, the Welsh government announced that the Agricultural Minimum Wage rates for 2026 will remain at the 2025 rates (accounting for any National Minimum Wage increases). This is due to lack of recruitment of a new Chair to the Agricultural Advisory Panel for Wales.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I843f960b22da11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9575ed87230411f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9575ed87230411f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 18 March 2026, the government published the Land Use Framework for England, establishing the first national strategic framework to guide land use decision-making across housing, food production, nature recovery, climate mitigation and infrastructure development.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9575ed87230411f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I470a6ec120cf11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I470a6ec120cf11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Finance Bill 2026 had its second and third Lords readings on 17 March 2026 and received Royal Assent the following day.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I470a6ec120cf11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I18d590d6231511f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I18d590d6231511f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 16 March 2026, a new industry guidance has been published on long-term farm business tenancies (FBTs) to assist landlords and tenants in England when negotiating long-term agricultural leases under the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I18d590d6231511f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic1a4d7be232a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic1a4d7be232a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 18 March 2026, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero published a consultation seeking views on existing and proposed permitted development rights (PDRs) for wind turbines in England.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic1a4d7be232a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I45e1991820ef11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I45e1991820ef11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced it is looking to expand the Environment Agency's powers under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) and other legislation to improve waste regulation, on 15 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I45e1991820ef11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I00412acb212d11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I00412acb212d11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) published its first (non-statutory) strategic policy statements for the Environment Agency and Natural England on how they should deliver their statutory functions, on 12 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I00412acb212d11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I26aef2d91edd11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I26aef2d91edd11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published the government response to its 2023 consultation on the next stage of policy development for the new environmental outcomes reports (EOR) process and a related roadmap for delivering EORs, on 13 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I26aef2d91edd11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I134d4d111e2211f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I134d4d111e2211f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have updated our Standard document, Assured periodic tenancy agreement.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I134d4d111e2211f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29