‘It’s the return of our popular Remind Me About series, summarising particular areas of pensions law for newly-qualified practitioners or those wanting to brush up on the subject. This week, Daniel Jukes of Wilberforce Chambers considers the topical issue of winding up DB schemes.’
Pensions Barrister, 5th June 2025
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘It’s late evening, and your phone vibrates with some banter from colleagues. You join the conversation and go to bed feeling part of the work community. You then wake up and have a feeling of apprehension as to how the messages will be perceived.’
The Independent, 4th June 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Victims of rape and serious sexual assault who face their cases being dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service will be given the right to request a review under a government pilot.’
The Guardian, 5th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The decision of the UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2025] is one that has generated a rapid response, from the photos of those celebrating the decision on the steps of the UKSC, to the massive wave of protest from trans people and allies. Within the legal world, it has unleashed a flurry of commentary, the excellent analysis by Crash Wigley being a notable example. As such, this post will not replicate Wigley’s analysis, but will instead draw upon and develop the point that she makes in her work: that there are a series of silences in the judgment. This is interesting when considered with the work of Louis Althusser, for whom silences are not accidental but reveal important tensions about the text.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 5th June 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The high-profile founder of a private animal sanctuary has won an appeal against a decision by Uttlesford District Council to refuse her application to keep ring-tailed Lemurs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th June 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A toddler who was starved by his parents and buried in their garden was “invisible and lost” to child services, a review has said.’
The Guardian, 4th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The new interim chairwoman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has told the BBC she will do “whatever it takes” to reform the embattled legal appeals body.’
BBC News, 4th June 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This Consultation Paper is about new funerary methods in England and Wales. It is part of the Law Commission’s wider project on Burial, Cremation and New Funerary Methods. New funerary methods are ways of dealing with the bodies of deceased people that are potential alternatives to burial, cremation and burial at sea.’
Law Commission, 4th June 2025
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk/
‘A scheme aiming to turn children arrested for violence away from crime has claimed staggering success, with up to nine out of 10 diverted from further offending, according to a report.’
The Guardian, 4th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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