‘This guest blog by lawyers Caroline Wilson Palow and Jonah Mendelsohn explores the growing use of surveillance evidence in criminal proceedings against protesters and highlights the dangers this poses to fundamental rights, including privacy and the right to a fair trial.’
The Bar Council, 3rd April 2025
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘In family proceedings, the court has two key tools at its disposal to address the funding of litigation. The first is via a legal services payment order (an LSPO) to meet the incurrence of future legal fees (whether the statutory jurisdiction under s 22ZA of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) in matrimonial and financial remedy proceedings, or the common law jurisdiction, utilised in Schedule 1 and s 8 of the Children Act 1989 (CA 1989) proceedings). The second, quite distinct in nature and purpose, is a costs order, providing for one party to pay the costs that have already been incurred by the other party.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 7th April 2025
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘The ubiquitous mobile phone has transformed criminal investigations and prosecutions over the last 15-20 years. Mobile phone evidence is a key tool in the fight against crime. But the phone in your pocket can also become a confession of a crime never committed. Evidence of presence at a scene, of messages received or comments made can sometimes give a false impression. How does an un-witting suspect on the wrong end of phone evidence begin to tackle what may seem like formidable evidence against him or her?’
Doughty Street Chambers, 4th April 2025
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which completed its first passage through the House of Commons last month, now includes a set of corporate parenting responsibilities for Secretaries of State, the Lord Chancellor, education and health bodies, Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission and the Youth Justice Board. This is a landmark development which was proposed in 2022 by the care review established by the former Conservative government, led by Josh MacAlister who was elected Labour MP for Whitehaven and Workington in 2024.’
The Barrister Group, 9th April 2025
Source: thebarristergroup.co.uk
‘In the recent case of Kau Media Group Limited v Thomas Hart [2025] EWHC 553 (KB), Jeremy Hyman KC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court reaffirmed the principals in relation to the enforcement of post-termination restrictions (“PTRs”). This case also serves as a reminder as to the importance of pleading your case properly.’
KCH Garden Square, 4th April 2025
Source: kchgardensquare.co.uk
‘A former reality TV star has been left with a £250,000 court bill after a dispute with his bird-breeding neighbours in a West Country hamlet. Barnes Thomas, a 29-year-old ex-London art dealer who appeared on Bear Grylls’ The Island in 2018, clashed with brothers Martin and Scott Nicholas, 32 and 31 respectively, over noisy building work on his farm in St Just, Cornwall.’
The Independent, 9th April 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘On 1 October 2023, a new track came into force which shook up the rules on allocation and fixed costs. There are some exceptions carved out in the rules for housing matters however, which has resulted in much confusion among solicitors, barristers and even judges about whether and how this new track applies in housing matters, even a year and a half since it came into force.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 7th April 2025
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘Alice Nash considers the decision, which confirms that professional firms offering insolvency services are not vicariously liable for the acts and omissions of employees accepting appointments as Receivers, as they act in a personal capacity rather than in the course of their employment.’
Hailsham Chambers, 4th April 2025
Source: www.hailshamchambers.com
‘Pre-Sentence Reports (“PSRs”) are a crucial part of the sentencing process. They are often the deciding factor in a finding of dangerousness, or whether a custodial or community sentence is more suitable. But what is the position for a client when the PSR author raises unfounded allegations as evidence of previous offending? What grounds of objection do you have, as Defence counsel, when a Prosecutor invites the judge to rely on unfounded allegations in their assessment of dangerousness? As a Prosecutor, what are the limits to material you can put before the judge? This article, by Charlie Myatt and Eliza Harris, sets out the parameters of section 308(d) of the Sentencing Act 2020 (“SA 2020”). It considers the extent to which a judge can consider unproven allegations, matters on which no further action (NFA) has been taken, acquittals, and police intelligence in their assessment of dangerousness, and in wider sentencing considerations.’
Drystone Chambers, 8th April 2025
Source: www.drystone.com
‘Poor-quality immigration legal aid work is having “devastating consequences” for clients and shifting an “enormous – and often unmet – burden” onto the wider non-profit advice sector, a report has found.’
Legal Futures, 9th April 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A prison governor who began a relationship with a drug-dealing gang boss locked up in the jail she ran has been found guilty of two counts of misconduct in public office.’
BBC News, 8th April 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In the last month, the Court of Appeal has heard – and dismissed – two cases involving challenges to legislation on the basis of an alleged incompatibility with Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Each case is, of course, specific to its own factual matrix. But there are also some interesting commonalities which underpin both cases, which are detailed below.’
Administrative Court Blog, 8th April 2025
‘Two teenagers have been found guilty at Leicester crown court of the manslaughter of Bhim Kohli after the 80-year-old was attacked in a park near Leicester in September.’
The Guardian, 8th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who murdered his wife in a “persistent and frenzied” attack at their home in West Yorkshire has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 8th April 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
White v Alder & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 392 (07 April 2025)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Carr, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 401 (02 April 2025)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Ahmedsowida v General Medical Council [2025] EWHC 823 (Admin) (07 April 2025)
Kumar v The General Medical Council [2025] EWHC 820 (Admin) (07 April 2025
High Court (Chancery Division)
Okuashvili & Ors v Ivanishvili & Ors [2025] EWHC 829 (Ch) (07 April 2025)
High Court (Commercial Court)
MSH Ltd v HCS Ltd [2025] EWHC 815 (Comm) (07 April 2025)
Henderson & Jones Ltd v Salica Investments Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 838 (Comm) (07 April 2025)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Mullen v Lyles [2025] EWHC 645 (KB) (07 April 2025)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Retail tycoon Sir Philip Green has lost a legal case against the UK government after complaining about being publicly named in the House of Lords as facing misconduct allegations.’
The Guardian, 8th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Delivering his 1978 Chorley lecture, Griffith explained that during the inter-war period what constitutional theorists really wanted “to know was where the reality of political and economic power lay … who was pulling the levers, where the levers were being pulled”.’
King's Law Journal, 7th April 2025
Source: doi.org
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