‘Army colonel Samantha Shepherd has been found not guilty of failing to properly deal with abuse allegations made by Gunner Jaysley Beck before her death.’

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The Independent, 16th September 2026

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‘Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) analyses an important Court of Protection ruling in the aftermath of the Supreme Court‘s judgment in AGNI.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 16th September 2026

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‘Following a rare Equality Act challenge against a Prevent referral, a school has been found to have unlawfully discriminated against a Muslim pupil referred to the local authority under the Government’s counter-terrorism scheme.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 16th September 2026

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‘There are potential gaps in English private law that could leave businesses unable to recover losses in circumstances where AI agents cause them harm by acting completely unprompted and seemingly beyond constraints imposed by those who developed or deployed them. The courts will need to take an expansive view of “intentionality” to provide affected companies with redress.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 14th September 2026

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‘On 15 September 2026, Louise Haigh, First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office, presented the Church appointments (repeal of discriminatory provision) Bill under (Standing Order No. 57).’

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Law & Religion UK, 15th September 2026

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‘In R (Golding and others) v FSCS Ltd [2026] EWHC 2337 (Admin), the High Court has upheld the FSCS’s rejection of pension transfer compensation claims on limitation grounds.’

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Pensions Barrister, 14th September 2026

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‘An Oxford doctoral student with no legal training is celebrating using AI to bring a successful claim against energy provider SSE over a defunct electricity meter for which it tried to charge him.’

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Legal Futures, 15th September 2026

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‘The Home Office could be forced to pay damages after breaching the human rights of a married couple held in separate accommodation prior to their planned deportation to India, the High Court has ruled.’

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The Independent, 15th September 2026

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‘The public inquiry into how serial killer Lucy Letby was able to murder babies at the Countess of Chester hospital has delivered its findings, describing a “complete failure” to protect infants from harm.’

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BBC News, 15th September 2026

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‘A high-end floral business catering to celebrity clients, including Victoria Beckham, has won a High Court legal battle against a rival enterprise that established itself under an almost identical name.’

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The Independent, 15th September 2026

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‘Despite well-established legal principles, there are relatively few recent considerations on the re-use of grave spaces. In Re St. Mary West Horsley [2026] ECC Gui 3, (4 September 2026), Whitehouse Ch. noted that in view of the increasing scarcity of grave spaces in the Diocese, it was likely that there would be more such petitions coming before the consistory court. She therefore indicated that it was appropriate to deliver a written judgment since she could identify no recent judgment in relation to such a Petition in the Diocese of Guildford.’

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Law & Religion UK, 15th September 2026

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‘Lewes in East Sussex has become the first town in England to officially grant rights to its trees, following a local council vote to adopt a new municipal “Tree Charter”.’

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The Independent, 14th September 2026

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‘A father and son who attempted to murder a police officer by dragging him along a road have been jailed.’

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BBC News, 14th September 2026

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‘Wales has done something unusual – it has enacted a duty to prohibit electoral lies before deciding what the prohibition will look like. Since 27 June 2026, section 13 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 has required the Welsh Ministers to make provision against false or misleading statements of fact made to affect who is elected to the Senedd, but it leaves the decisive choices to a future Conduct Order. I argue that Wales should resist a single general offence. It should begin by separating three kinds of conduct that are more amenable to legal regulation than the rest – falsehoods about voting mechanics, demonstrably false factual claims in controlled campaign material, and synthetic impersonation. The distinction matters because each gives an adjudicator a way to identify falsity without becoming an arbiter of political truth.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 15th September 2026

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‘Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has been jailed for 20 months with a further four years on extended licence for violently assaulting his girlfriend, including hitting her chest with a set of hot barbecue tongs.’

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BBC News, 14th September 2026

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‘Chambers should use the “positive action” provision in the Equality Act to increase representation in the profession if they take advantage of the government’s match-funding scheme for pupillages.’

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Legal Futures, 15th September 2026

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‘In April 2023, the Information Commissioner issued TikTok with a Monetary Penalty Notice of £12.7m for the processing of underage users’ data and defective privacy notices (“the MPN”). TikTok appealed the MPN to the First-tier Tribunal (“the FTT”) on several grounds. Judge Griffin directed that the FTT consider the following preliminary issue (“the vires challenge”): “Was the MPN issued by the Commissioner under s.155 and Schedule 16 of the DPA 2018 on 4 April 2023 made “with respect to processing of personal data for the special purposes” within the meaning of ss.156 and 174 DPA?” The FTT dismissed the vires challenge. TikTok was granted permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal (“the UT”), in a decision that suspended the effect of the FTT’s Decision pending determination of the appeal.’

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5RB, 24th August 2026

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‘Recent Ada Lovelace Institute research has identified harmful hallucinations from these technologies in real-world social work cases, including one AI-generated summary which stated a person had expressed suicidal ideation when they had not.’

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JUSTICE, 10th September 2026

Source: www.justice.org.uk