‘A single planning permission rarely creates environmental injustice. It is usually made earlier, and more quietly, through local plans, transport strategies, infrastructure priorities, housing standards, green space decisions and budgets. By the time a planning committee considers an individual application for planning permission, many of the choices that determine who breathes polluted air, who loses open space, who gains public transport and who carries infrastructure burdens may already have hardened. That is why section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 matters. If commenced in England, it would require relevant public authorities, when making strategic decisions, to have due regard to the desirability of exercising their functions in a way designed to reduce inequalities of outcome resulting from socioeconomic disadvantage.’

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Garden Court Chambers, 18th September 2026

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‘A claimant who has been found fundamentally dishonest may face consequences extending well beyond the dismissal of their claim and an adverse costs order. In an appropriate case, contempt proceedings may follow, bringing with them the possibility of imprisonment. But serious dishonesty does not permit procedural shortcuts. That is the central lesson of Advantage Insurance v Shaw [2026] EWHC 2188 (KB), in which His Honour Judge Pearce, sitting as a Judge of the High Court, struck out an application to commit a claimant as an abuse of process.’

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Exchange Chambers, 14th September 2026

Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk

‘Benjamin Myers KC examines the challenges presented by FX fraud and considers how the new corporate liability provisions in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 could change the enforcement landscape.’

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Exchange Chambers, 18th September 2026

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‘In JBX v Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust [2026], the High Court considered how damages for a child’s “lost years” should be assessed following the Supreme Court’s decision in CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026]. The judgment offers important early guidance on the evidence and methodology likely to shape these claims going forward.’

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Mills & Reeve, 18th September 2026

Source: www.mills-reeve.com

‘An ex-police officer has been jailed for more than four years for his part in a scam where fraudulent personal injury claims were made after deliberate vehicle crashes.’

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Crown Prosecution Service, 18th September 2026

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‘The National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare has just published its blueprint for regulating AI in the health service. To pick out what this latest document matters for lawyers, Rosalind English is joined by Robert Kellar KC and Marcus Coates Walker of 1 Crown Office Row.’

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Law Pod UK, 21st September 2026

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‘The criminal defence barrister who helped a gangster trace a gunman who tried to assassinate him has been jailed for three years and three months.’

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Legal Futures, 21st September 2026

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‘The government has launched a consultation on whether the standard of proof for ‘short-form’ inquest conclusions of unlawful killing should be changed back from the civil to the criminal standard.’

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Law Society Gazette, 18th September 2026

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‘Nearly one in four respondents to a landmark international survey charting the erosion of the rule of law is from the UK. ‘

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Law Society Gazette, 18th September 2026

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‘Three men have lost their appeal for harassing BBC journalist Catrin Nye, who presented the podcast series and documentary, A Very British Cult.’

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BBC News, 18th September 2026

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‘A teenager who piloted a dinghy carrying a then-record 165 migrants across the English Channel to the UK has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison.’

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BBC News, 18th September 2026

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‘Specialist courtrooms prioritising cases of rape and other serious sex offences are to be introduced across England and Wales, with campaigners welcoming the move as potentially transformative.’

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The Guardian, 20th September 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘On 1st May 2026, the first phase of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (“RRA2005”) came into force (Chapter 1 of Part 1). Readers will be aware of significant reforms to the private rental sector that are intended to provide greater security for tenants, improved housing standards and transparency in the rental market. The headline change is the abolition of Assured Shorthold Tenancies, and with this the extinction of the section 21 ‘no-fault eviction’ notice. The last date for validly serving a section 21 notice was 30th April 2026, and a private landlord who served such a notice must issue possession proceedings by 31st July 2026 (or, if sooner, the limitation date specified on the notice) – section 21 possession proceedings are soon to be extinct.’

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Becket Chambers, 11th September 2026

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‘In Rehman, Master Davison considered applications by the Defendants to strike out twenty-three claims arising from deaths in care homes from Covid-19 during the pandemic. The claims were brought under the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934 and the Fatal Accidents Act 1976. All but one of the Claimants alleged that the Secretary of State’s policy not to mandate 14-day isolation of asymptomatic patients upon discharge from hospital to care homes was negligent. The Claimants also alleged that there was a failure by care homes to ensure sufficient Covid-19 protection measures. On the Claimants’ case, these breaches of duty caused care home residents to contract Covid-19, which led to their deaths [1]. The Defendants sought to strike out the claims under CPR 3.4(2)(a) on the basis that the Claimants had no realistic prospect of success because they could not prove causation [6].’

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1 QMLR, 17th September 2026

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‘The Church Appointments (Repeal of Discriminatory Provision) Bill was given its First Reading on 15 September 2026; a copy of the two-clause Bill is here and the Explanatory Notes (“the Notes”) are here. Whilst the historic legislation which prevents a person who professes either the Roman Catholic or Jewish faiths from advising the Sovereign on Church appointments is clearly discriminatory, there continue to be alternative arrangements which ensure that Church appointments can be made. Nevertheless, primary legislation is required to remove this restriction. The Explanatory Notes include information inter alia on the policy and legal background, the need to fast-track the legislation, and the territorial extent.’

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Law & Religion UK, 18th September 2026

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‘Fred Holker sets out the lessons from a recent County Court case where a teacher making a Prevent referral was found to have subjected the pupil to direct discrimination.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 16th September 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘A recent High Court ruling puts a spotlight on transparency notices under the Procurement Act 2023. Natalie Gorse and Claire Gamage look at the lessons for contracting authorities and suppliers.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 18th September 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Creation of the Business and Property Division (BPD) next month will provide a larger pool of judges and “opportunities to look at how we do things”, its first president has said.’

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Legal Futures, 18th September 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘A judge has warned litigants in person (LiPs) that, like lawyers, they need to take personal responsibility for the use of AI in drafting court documents.’

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Legal Futures, 18th September 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk