Twelve-month Legal Timeline
See what legal activity is happening in the coming twelve months .
See the previous months page for earlier activity
September 2025
- The remaining provisions of The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No 4) Regulations 2025 are due to come into force on 1st September 2025. This includes measures creating a new offence of failing to prevent fraud (as far as they are not yet in force).
- As of the 1st of July 2025, the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) is due to receive Royal Assent in September 2025 in accordance with the Roadmap on Implementing the Employment Rights Bill. The following measures contained in the Bill are scheduled to take effect at Royal Assent or soon afterwards:
- Repeal of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023
- Repeal of the great majority of the Trade Union Act 2016 (some provisions will be repealed via commencement order at a later date)
- Removing the 10 year ballot requirement for trade union political funds
- Simplifying industrial action notices and industrial action ballot notices
- Protections against dismissal for taking industrial action
October 2025
- The REC Legal and Compliance Summit is being held in Manchester on the 14th of October 2025. Members can book their place here.
- On 12th September 2024, the Department for Education (DfE) published its Statutory guidance for local authorities on the use of agency child and family social workers, (the Child and family social workers agency rules).The changes come into force on 31st October 2024, however, full implementation is scheduled for 1st October 2025. For further guidance please see our guide to the Child and Family Social Workers Agency Rules here.
- Section 17 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 comes into effect on 1st October 2025. The provision intends to codify existing common law protections for the reporting of crime to the police and whistleblowing in relation to criminal activity. The provision will also result in contract terms seeking to prevent the making of such disclosures will be void and unenforceable.
November 2025
Currently no activity.
December 2025
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January 2026
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February 2026
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March 2026
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April 2026
- The following measures contained in the Employment Rights Bill will take effect in April 2026 (see the Roadmap on Implementing the Employment Rights Bill):
- Collective redundancy protective award – doubling the maximum period of the protective award
- 'Day 1' Paternity Leave and Unpaid Parental Leave
- Whistleblowing protections
- Fair Work Agency body established
- Statutory Sick Pay – remove the Lower Earnings Limit and waiting period
- Simplifying trade union recognition process
- Electronic and workplace balloting
May 2026
Currently no activity.
June 2026
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July 2026
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