‘Domestic abuse charities have reported a “staggering” increase in perpetrators using technology and finances to control their victims, with a “concerning” rise in people being coerced into car finance agreements.’

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The Guardian, 9th July 2026

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‘The High Court (Sheldon J) has held that Parole Board guidance stating that oral hearings for applications to terminate IPP prisoners’ licences are only required in exceptional circumstances, and that the Supreme Court’s decision in Osborn does not apply to such applications, is unlawful.’

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Administrative Court Blog, 10th July 2026

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‘The low number of Black judges and difficulties for solicitors in being appointed to the bench show little sign of improvement, according to this year’s judicial diversity statistics.’

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Legal Futures, 10th July 2026

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‘No-one will ever know how many women Richard Scatchard drugged and raped, but his convictions for attacks on women date back 40 years.’

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BBC News, 10th July 2026

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‘The Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been paid £25,000 in compensation by the Metropolitan police and received an apology after his arrest over his gender-critical social media posts.’

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The Guardian, 9th July 2026

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‘Criticism of a football referee’s impartiality is protected as freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights has found.’

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Law Society Gazette, 8th July 2026

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‘Lawyers and other professionals can be sued for negligence for failing to use artificial intelligence (AI), according to the latest legal statement from the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT).’

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Legal futures, 9th July 2026

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‘Over 160,000 children cared for by kinship carers such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and family friends could benefit from a simpler, fairer legal framework under proposals published in a consultation paper today by the Law Commission. The consultation paper is available on the kinship care project page.’

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Law Commission, 8th July 2026

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‘Each year, courts and tribunals judges, non-legal members and magistrates are invited to declare their diversity information. Completion rates of at least 60% must be achieved in each category for publication of the data. Self-reporting has increased this year and, for the first time, there is data on socio-economic background, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. Data on sex, ethnicity, disability, and professional background have once again met the threshold for publication.’

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Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 9th July 2026

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‘In the first of two articles on the recent LGPS governance guidance, Paul Newman KC considers the new division between strategic responsibility and practical implementation under the new asset pooling arrangements.’

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Pensions Barrister, 9th July 2026

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‘On 30 June 2026, the Government introduced the Immigration and Asylum Bill and announced its centrepiece under a headline that repays careful reading: “New independent appeals body to speed up removals.” The two halves of that sentence do not sit easily together. An adjudicative body is either independent of the outcomes it produces, or institutionally orientated towards producing particular outcomes. It cannot comfortably be both. The Government’s own press notice resolves the tension candidly enough: decisions will be “fully independent”, but the new Independent Immigration Appeals Authority (IIAA) will be “integrated into the immigration system” so that unsuccessful cases “flow through quickly to removal”.’

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EIN Blog, 8th July 2026

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‘This paper examines how the family-friendly rights under the Employment Rights Act 2025 only partially remedy the longstanding weaknesses in UK work – family reconciliation policies that contribute towards many families adopting traditional household arrangements. Currently, the policies provide stronger entitlements for mothers than fathers to encourage mothers to be primarily responsible for childcare and fathers to be economic breadwinners. The Women and Committee had previously identified the following 4 key weaknesses in the policy design: (i) strict eligibility requirements; (ii) low levels of replacement pay; (iii) short-term flexibility; and (iv) maternal gatekeeping. The Labour Party pledged during their 2024 election campaign to reform family-friendly rights by introducing the Employment Rights Bill within its first 100 days in power. The Act, which received Royal Assent in December 2025, addresses some of these shortcomings through the removal of strict eligibility requirements to access leave, the promotion of greater workplace flexibility and the enhanced protection against the dismissal of pregnant workers and employees who have taken statutory family leave. However, this paper argues for further legal reform inspired by the “Nordic model”, which offers lengthy and well-paid entitlements to parents in Nordic countries that encourage adherence to the dual earner/carer model.’

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Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 5th July 2026

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‘This article explains why, instead of “making work pay”, the Employment Rights Act 2025 paves a dangerous path of “making rights options”. A more name accurate name than “Employment Rights” could be “Work Choices”. This is evident in the number of new “rights” that depend on executive discretion, not Parliament. These include the new provisions on zero hours contracts, equality action plans, sexual harassment, gagging contracts, limits to ‘fire and rehire’, two sector negotiating body remits, electronic balloting and union access, and the remit of the Fair Work Agency. Why has so much been left to Regulations? The likely answer is not some calculated desire to centralise Henry VIII powers. Instead, the government simply listened more to lobbyists than labour lawyers in drafting the law, the Ministers in charge lacked knowledge, and the government was divided about what it wanted. Whatever the case, the result is the same: a future hostile government could, through Regulations and without any Act of Parliament, destroy most of the Act’s reforms at the stroke of a pen on day one. Or this government might simply not bring much of the Act into force. This means that from 2029 a hostile government could pick up where the Conservatives left off.’

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King's Law Journal, 7th July 2026

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‘A joint statement from the lady chief justice, the senior president of tribunals, and the Bar Council’s commissioner for conduct Dame Maria Miller today set out a “shared commitment to creating and maintaining an environment in courts and tribunals where judicial office holders, legal professionals, court staff, and all other court users are treated with courtesy and respect”.’

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Law Society Gazette, 8th July 2026

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‘There is no harm in refreshing our legal minds with this important decision (which is rehearsed in many recent cases) on the approach that courts should take to non-compliance and failure to disclose during FR proceedings and at a final hearing. Moylan LJ gives the lead judgment. In summary, the court does not have to stretch itself to find a bracket or range of the non-disclosing party’s wealth in all cases.’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 7th July 2026

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Clergy Conduct Measure 2026

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National Security (State Threats) Act 2026

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‘Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, has been granted a conditional pardon in light of evidence that she was a victim of domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour.’

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The Guardian, 8th July 2026

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‘A failure to put in place safeguards in advance of a change to the law that will result in offenders being released early will put abuse victims at risk, ministers have been told.’

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The Guardian, 8th July 2026

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