Month: August 2025

‘The Supreme Court has refused a Children’s Guardian permission to appeal a decision by the Court of Appeal that a court’s powers arising from sections 37(1) and 38(1)(b) of the Children Act 1989 are limited only to a child who is the subject of the proceedings.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 1st August 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘A former nurse has lost her High Court challenge against the registration of England’s first private gender clinic for teenagers.’

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BBC News, 31st July 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Attacks on prison officers and the number of inmate deaths in England and Wales have soared to record levels, according to official figures.’

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The Guardian, 31st July 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (the “DUAA”), which received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025, introduces targeted reforms to the UK data protection legal framework – particularly the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (“PECR”).’

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Kingsley Napley Data Protection Blog, 17th July 2025

Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk

‘A new report into the death of a five-year-old boy who died days after being sent home from a hospital emergency department has found the NHS failed to listen to a “mother’s instinct”.’

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BBC News, 31st July 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The Supreme Court has rejected appellant Heini Wathen-Fayed’s case over the siting of crematoria on the basis that it would have created absurdities.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 31st July 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has given the Legal Services Board (LSB) a series of voluntary undertakings about how it will improve its performance over the next three years.’

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Legal Futures, 1st August 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘The education system of England and Wales is governed by a thicket of statutory provisions. Most of these provisions have not been subjected to litigation – educators and civil servants abide by and act under these provisions without the benefit of authoritative court guidance as to their meaning. It is therefore notable when the High Court does provide guidance on a previously unscrutinised provision. Collins Rice J did just that in R (on the application of EBB & Ors) v The Gorse Academies Trust [2025] EWHC 1983 (Admin). The provision in question is section 91 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (“EIA 2006”). The focus of this blog: whether this section imposes a procedural duty on schools in respect of disciplinary penalties short of exclusion.’

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Administrative Court Blog, 31st July 2025

Source: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com

‘A colleague of Lucy Letby has won a High Court claim against the NHS trust where he works over an investigation into what he knew about the nurse.’

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The Independent, 31st July 2025

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘A student has been found guilty of assaulting two female police officers at Manchester airport last summer during a violent disturbance that went viral on social media.’

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The Guardian, 30th July 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com