Day: 3 October 2025

‘Possession of a chattel is sufficient to create a title to it. This article considers the nature and justification of these titles. It argues that popular justifications of possessory title fall short and offers a more appealing justification. The article then seeks to resolve, in light of that justification, three ongoing doctrinal controversies about a possessory title’s nature: whether it continues to exist after possession of the chattel is lost; whether it is transferable; and whether it includes a right that others not interfere with a possessor’s use of the chattel.’

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Cambridge Law Journal, 3rd October 2025

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‘Many causes of action may attach liability to the publication of public allegations, defamation, contempt of court, breach of confidence and privacy being chief amongst them. The role of truth in providing a defence to, or denying liability for, each of these causes of action varies. For example, proof of substantial truth is a complete defence to the tort of defamation but truth or falsity has been considered to be irrelevant to misuse of private information. This article analyses the role of truth in each of these causes of action and considers whether there is any scope for a more coherent approach to the treatment of truth when making public allegations.’

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Journal of Media Law, 2nd October 2025

Source: www.tandfonline.com

‘Coercive control can include isolating a person from friends and family, monitoring their time and taking control over aspects of their everyday life – such as where they can go, who they can see, what they can wear and when they can sleep.’

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BBC News, 2nd October 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The death of Ella Kissi-Debrah in 2013 will be forever notable as the first instance in the United Kingdom of air pollution being recorded as contributing to the death of an individual. Whilst in itself a monumental shift in consideration of air pollution and the impact on human health, the recording by the coroner of Ella’s death as having been contributed to by air pollution has significant human rights implications. This piece considers the circumstances surrounding both Ella’s death and the report of the coroner and connects these to decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. It presents the argument that the failure to address a known risk to life presented by air pollution could constitute a breach of the right to life protected by Article 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR). Cases in which environmental conditions are found by the Court to have breached Article 2 are rare, but this paper contends that the formal acknowledgement of the threat of air pollution as a result of Ella’s death means that failure to address it meets this threshold.’

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Legal Studies, 26th September 2025

Source: www.cambridge.org

‘The courts’ interpretation of human rights law must come under government scrutiny, the prime minister said today. In broadcast interviews following his party conference speech – which contained no explicit mention of the European Convention on Human Rights – Sir Keir Starmer said ‘we need to look again at the interpretation’ of international laws by UK courts.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 1st October 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The UK government is looking to reduce the pay disparity between directly-employed staff of end-user client organisations and those who work for outsourced service providers, particularly in ex-public sector roles.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 1st October 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘A man who “married” a 15-year-old girl in an Islamic wedding ceremony is among eight men to have been found guilty of sexual offences against her.’

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BBC News, 2nd October 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A litigant in person (LiP) who was “extremely abusive” to a district judge in a family case and made “direct threats of physical violence” has been jailed for four months for contempt in the face of the court.’

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Legal Futures, 2nd October 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘Five men have been jailed after exploiting people through romance fraud and stealing more than £2m in a money laundering operation.’

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BBC News, 30th September 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk