‘A London coroner found Georgia Barter’s death was caused by years of violence and coercive control by Thomas Bignell. Her family want justice, but the CPS won’t charge him and the police can’t find him.’
The Guardian, 11th October 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Part 1 of The Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, chaired by Sir Brian Leveson, was published on 9 July 2025. This debate pack sets out the background to the review and outlines Sir Brian’s key recommendations. The government has not yet issued a formal response to the review.’
House of Commons Library, 10th October 2025
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘Google faces enforced changes to its UK search business after the competition watchdog conferred a special status on the company that puts it under tighter regulation.’
The Guardian, 10th October 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has criticised Kent County Council and NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board’s “flawed” section 117 aftercare policy, which caused a woman “confusion, uncertainty and distress”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th October 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Two judgments have so far been handed down in the matter of R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; the challenge to the Home Secretary’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000 (‘the 2000 Act’). The first was on the matter of interim relief, which was rejected ([2025] EWHC 1708 (Admin)). The second concerned leave to seek judicial review, which was granted ([2025] EWHC 2013 (Admin)). For ease of reference, I will refer to the two judgments as ‘IJ’ (for ‘Interim Judgment’) and ‘PJ’ (for ‘Permission Judgment’) respectively. The Home Secretary has since appealed the granting of permission, arguing on procedural grounds that judicial review should not be available because of the availability of appeal through the statutory scheme. The Court of Appeal’s judgment on that question is expected next month. In the meantime, however, there are lessons to be drawn from the two judgments handed down already, lessons which are relevant both to the ongoing Palestine Action litigation itself and more generally to public law adjudication in the national security context.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 13th October 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years for murdering a teenage Syrian refugee after he brushed past his girlfriend in Huddersfield town centre.’
The Guardian, 10th October 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘On 1 October, Mrs Justice Cockerill DBE handed down the highly anticipated judgment in The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care v PPE Medpro [2025] EWHC 2486 (Comm). The case has garnered a great deal of attention from the press. This is mainly due to the now well-documented involvement of Baroness Michelle Mone (pictured) in the process of procuring the contract in question by using the government’s ‘VIP lane’ set up during the Covid-19 pandemic to try to cope with the massively increased demand for personal protective equipment (PPE). Mone is married to Doug Barrowman who, it has been established, heads up a consortium of companies of which Medpro is one.’
Law Society's Gazette, 10th October 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Carmakers accused of cheating air pollution rules have faced little punishment in UK but trial brought by 1.6m motorists is about to begin.’
The Guardian, 10th October 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Sexual misconduct and discriminationcomplaints against police officers have doubled in five years – but more than half of claims have gone uninvestigated, The Independent can reveal.’
The Independent, 12th October 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The rationality (or Wednesbury) test in judicial review operates notoriously as a “sliding scale”, depending on the particular facts in which it is raised. In what is now the leading case on the application of rationality review, Chamberlain J in KP v Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary [2025] EWHC 370 (Admin) (21 February 2025) (covered by this blog here) articulated the view that whether the heightened standard of review applies depends on the “gravity of [the] potential consequences” of a challenged decision”; importantly, in many situations where anxious scrutiny applies, “the claimant will have no prior right, whether under statute or at common law, to the benefit which the decision denies him” ([76]).’
Administrative Court Blog, 10th October 2025
‘A man who was fined for setting fire to a Qur’an outside the Turkish consulate in London has won an appeal against his conviction after a judge backed his “right to offend”.’
The Guardian, 10th October 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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