‘A KC has issued a plea to housing law specialists for help continuing a popular blog set up by solicitor Giles Peaker, who died earlier this year. Nearly Legal, which Peaker set up in 2006, was a go-to resource for lawyers, judges, academics and the public.’
Law Society Gazette, 27th August 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Legal Ombudsman has given its strongest indication yet that it will publish case decisions in full – but not until next year at the earliest.’
Law Society Gazette, 27th August 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A local authority whose offer was well beaten in a compensation dispute over a compulsory purchase order has been ordered to pay indemnity costs.’
Law Society Gazette, 26th August 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘In Meerna Ali Ghuloom Faraj v Sohail Sultan Ahmad & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 962, the Court of Appeal allowed both spouses’ appeals and the bank’s appeal, concluding that the trial judge’s factual findings could not stand and ordering a retrial.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 26th August 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘This second blog post from Immigration Barrister Jack Dingley looks forward to the sweeping changes set to be introduced by the Immigration and Asylum Bill currently working its way through Parliament, which will introduce a new appeals body and create a third category of appeals should it come into force.’
EIN Blog, 26th August 2026
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘It will come as no surprise to practitioners operating in the Immigration and Asylum chamber of the Tribunal that changes are afoot, but what exactly is happening, and how should we adapt?’
EIN Blog, 26th August 2026
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘The system which handles appeals against the Home Office’s asylum and immigration decisions looks set, once again, to be overhauled. If enacted, Part 1 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill would replace the existing First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum chamber) (FTIAC) with a new body known as the Independent Immigration Appeals Authority (IIAA) (clause 1). The existing jurisdictions of the FTIAC would be transferred to the IIAA meaning that, among other things, it would decide appeals against protection and human rights decisions (here, asylum appeals), immigration bail applications, challenges to citizenship deprivation and cases concerned with the application of the EU Citizen Resettlement schemes (clause 1(2)).’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 26th August 2026
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The ownership of a headstone is important in relation to the nature of its memorialisation and the liabilities related to safety. A comprehensive review of the legislation is provided by McClean Ch. in Re Kilnhurst St. Thomas [2012] Sheffield Const. Ct., McClean Ch.’
Law & Religion UK, 27th August 2026
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘A recent UK Pensions Ombudsman (PO) determination underlines that an employer contribution made intentionally will not necessarily qualify as a “genuine error” capable of being rectified simply because the member relied mistakenly on what they believed was financial advice in relation to the tax implications of the payment.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th August 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A miscarriage of justice “analogous” to the wrongful conviction of solicitor Sally Clark for the murder of her two baby boys in 1999 “could still occur”, a barrister and the director of an expert evidence service provider have argued.’
Legal Futures, 26th August 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An experienced criminal law barrister has been reprimanded and fined for an “outburst of racist language” when talking to a trainee police officer at Snaresbrook Crown Court.’
Legal Futures, 27th August 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has struck out the entirety of a £2.8m claim brought by a child and his mother against a London borough, a number of schools, an NHS trust, a housing association and others arising from the child’s education, health and recreational services.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th August 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The recently published judgment in Kent County Council v M & Ors [2026] EWFC 212 (B) is very critical of a parent and baby residential assessment business, named as Savannah Lodge, and also critical of a paediatrician, who is named only as “Dr G”.’
The Transparency Project, 23rd August 2026
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
‘The Metropolitan Police has defended the use of drill music lyrics as evidence in criminal cases following a campaign to change the law to restrict their use.’
BBC News, 27th August 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who made death threats to two mosques in the wake of the Manchester synagogue attack has been jailed for more than two years.’
BBC News, 26th August 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for sharing racist, neo-Nazi and antisemitic material including a video of a computer game about the Christchurch terror attack.’
BBC News, 26th August 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The US has issued sanctions against the UK-based direct action organisation Palestine Action, describing it as a “transnational terror group”.’
The Guardian, 26th August 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A worker at a UK mattress company sued for disability discrimination after she claimed a mattress fell on her and gave her brain damage.’
The Independent, 26th August 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has criticised the London Borough of Ealing for producing reports and assessments using incorrect information when considering concerns about a child.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th August 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A 2020 High Court judgment, R (Holborn Studios) v London Borough of Hackney, established for the first time, whether members of the public can write to councillors, and whether councillors can read those letters in advance of taking decisions.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th August 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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