Day: 26 June 2025

‘The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has added a point of “clarification” to its interim update on the practical implications of the Supreme Court’s judgment on the definition of sex in the Equality Act 2010, in relation to the provision of single sex toilets in the workplace.’

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Local government Lawyer, 25th June 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘A secondary school which warned parents it could not meet “rapid rises” in gas and electric costs from the school’s budget has been ordered by the First-tier Tribunal to disclose information on the legal costs of a harassment claim brought by the school’s headteacher against the parents of two former pupils.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 25th June 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Paul Newman KC looks at a recent High Court decision applying the corrective construction principle to remove an anomaly in the drafting of a money purchase underpin in a defined benefit pension scheme. In doing so, the Judge took account of a confidential opinion written for the Court by the representative member defendant without requiring it to be made public, contrary to a previous decision of the same Judge.’

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Pensions Barrister, 25th June 2025

Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com

‘In a written announcement today – 25 June 2025 – the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has laid out the implementation of ‘phase 1’ of Awaab’s Law, with regulations being laid today. These will take effect on 1 October 2025.’

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Nearly Legal, 25th June 2025

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

‘Long overlooked and often misunderstood, the notion of “pastiche” has now taken centre stage in European copyright discourse. Following a new referral in Pelham II (C-590/23) and the recent Opinion of Advocate General Emiliou, the CJEU is being asked to clarify what qualifies as a pastiche under Article 5(3)(k) of the InfoSoc Directive. At stake is the delicate balance between copyright protection and artistic freedom in an age of sampling, remixing, and cultural quotation.’

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City Law Forum, 25th June 2025

Source: blogs.city.ac.uk

‘Excessive, last-minute workloads and lack of a work-life balance have contributed to 88% of pupil barristers rating their stress levels as “moderate or high” – an increase from 82% last year, according to the latest Bar Council survey.’

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Law Society Gazette, 24th June 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘A nurse jailed for murdering four elderly hospital patients has lost his appeals against the convictions.’

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BBC News, 26th June 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A farmer’s wife who attacked her estranged husband with a lump hammer due to “stressful” divorce proceedings has been jailed for four years and nine months.’

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BBC News, 25th June 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Researchers who spent six months observing joint enterprise trials have found excessive use of powers, with individuals charged with murder despite only tenuous connections with the crime.’

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The Guardian, 26th June 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com