Day: 16 June 2025

‘We all have expectations. Some, like Dickens’ Pip, may have Great Expectations. But, great or otherwise, expectations aren’t always ‘legitimate’. For that is a question of law. So if a councillor apparently gives a binding commitment to a meeting that a proposal will not happen if residents oppose it, would that create a legally recognised legitimate expectation? This was the issue before Mrs Justice Lieven when on 14 April she gave judgment in R (Grantchester Parish Council) v Greater Cambridge Partnership [2025] EWHC 923 (Admin).’

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Law Society's Gazette, 13th June 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘A lack of regulation over the use of expert witnesses in English courts could be leading to miscarriages of justice, senior politicians, lawyers and doctors have said.’

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The Guardian, 15th June 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘More attention has been paid in recent years to the important role government lawyers play in many constitutional systems, and the Janus-faced impact they have on executive authority. On the one hand, it has been pointed out that government lawyers act as a critical source of executive empowerment – by assisting officials as they assert and deploy power through recognized constitutional channels and legal forms, defending executive positions in court, advising on the scope and limits of its existing authority, and providing legalistic credibility for its actions. Conversely, even if they do not set out to be obstructive in any respect, to the extent that government lawyers faithfully adhere to their professional obligation to advise honestly and candidly about what the law reasonably requires or permits, they will inevitably serve as some kind of internal constraint on executive power.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 16th June 2025

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘A young carer who had looked after her disabled mother from the age of eight was forced to repay more than £2,000 when she unwittingly breached carer’s allowance benefit earnings rules after joining a government youth employment scheme.’

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The Guardian, 15th June 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A man who tried to murder a police officer while armed with Molotov cocktails has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.’

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BBC News, 13th June 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The High Court has given its reasons for refusing an injunction application aimed at curbing future protests by trans rights campaigners who had previously staged a four-day protest outside the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) London offices.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 13th June 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Two men have been jailed for their roles in the “bold and brazen” theft of a £4.75m gold toilet from an art exhibition at Blenheim Palace.’

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The Guardian, 13th June 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The high court has dismissed a wave of legal challenges against adding VAT to private school fees in the UK, saying the government’s decision was a rare example of Brexit freedoms.’

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The Guardian, 13th June 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘It has been almost 18 months since Jason Moore submitted vital new evidence to the miscarriage of justice watchdog in a bid to overturn his murder conviction, but he is still no closer to freedom.’

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The Independent, 14th June 2025

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Seven men have been found guilty of sexually exploiting two teenage girls who were repeatedly raped and assaulted in Rochdale for five years.

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BBC News, 13th June 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk