‘Universities in England will no longer be able to enforce blanket bans on student protests under sweeping new guidance that urges a “very strong” approach to permitting lawful speech on campus.’
The Guardian, 19th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Whether you consider yourself neurodiverse, you are the loved one of someone who is neurodiverse or you want to support a neurodivergent individual in family proceedings, this blog provides a summary of the best practice which should be used by family lawyers to help neurodivergent individuals navigate the family legal system.’
Kingsley Napley Family Law Blog, 19th June 2025
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘Strangulation in pornography will be banned after a review warned violent depictions have effectively established choking as a “sexual norm”.’
The Independent, 19th June 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected a claim that a girl should not have been permanently excluded from school because her Article 4 ECHR rights were infringed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th June 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘British MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion, marking the biggest step forward in reproductive rights in almost 60 years.’
The Guardian, 17th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This article demonstrates how historical and longitudinal inquiry – including a deep dive into archival sources – can add to our understanding of the processes of change and how they happen within the policing organisation. Using frameworks adapted from Feminist Institutionalism, it identifies variations in the type and pace of change across time, shows that trajectories were uneven and not one way, and explains how historical actors have operated within (and interacted with) institutional and contextual parameters in gendered ways and with gendering effects. Focusing on the debates surrounding the introduction, implementation and mobilisation of the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act (and equivalent legislation for Northern Ireland), it analyses the strategies and tools used by exogenous actors, relationships with internal actors, and capacity to produce internal change. Concentrating on the 1970s–1990s, it sets this within the broader trajectory of women’s appointment as police officers from 1915, the layering in of the separate structure of Policewomen’s Departments, and the work of senior female officers and members of the inspectorate in effecting slow, gradualist and pragmatic expansion of numbers and remit prior to the 1970s.’
Policing and Society, 18th June 2025
Source: www.tandfonline.com
‘A woman who was sexually abused as a child is suing a police force after an officer revealed her identity to a member of the public.’
BBC News, 19th June 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Refusing to give a job to Chinese and Russian people in companies that deal with issues of national security and require security clearance is not racist, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
The Guardian, 18th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK’s Justice Secretary has promised domestic legislation and called for wider ECHR reform because, she says, the application of human rights is now ‘out of step with common sense’. What does this tell us about the government’s broader commitment to human rights in the face of political pressure and shifting public opinion?’
Public Law for Everyone, 18th June 2025
Source: publiclawforeveryone.com
‘In ALR and others v Chancellor of the Exchequer [2025] EWHC 1467 (Admin), the High Court has dismissed a challenge against the government’s manifesto policy of adding VAT to private school fees. The claimants were a group of students, parents, and schools. Some of the students required specific schooling because of (inter alia) special educational needs and religious convictions; all claimants sought a declaration that the VAT addition was incompatible with the European Convention of Human Rights. Specifically, they argued that imposing VAT was incompatible with Article 2 Protocol 1 (right to education) and 14 (protection from discrimination).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th June 2025
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A mother facing political persecution in her native African country was forced to wait at Heathrow airport for 12 hours before a Home Office attempt to deport her to the Gambia was delayed by a judge.’
The Independent, 18th June 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The rollout of synthetic pepper spray for use to incapacitate jailed children is “wholly irresponsible” while black and minority prisoners are more likely to be subjected to force than white inmates, a watchdog has said.’
The Guardian, 18th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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