‘The government’s rejection of MPs’ call for an “urgent and comprehensive” review of the county court risks perpetuating a “dysfunctional” system, the justice select committee has warned.’
Legal Futures, 17th October 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales (DAC) this week published a report, Everyday Business: Addressing domestic abuse and continuing harm through a family court review and reporting mechanism by Mandy Burton and Rosemary Hunter, Loughborough University, on the DAC’s ‘monitoring mechanism’ of the way family courts deal with allegations of domestic abuse in cases about arrangements for children. The report’s title reflects the fact that domestic abuse is routinely a factor in child arrangements cases, in a system that was not designed and is not resourced to deal with this.’
Transparency Project, 16th October 2025
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A woman has been found guilty of murdering her five-year-old son at their family home.’
BBC News, 16th October 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Legal professional bodies representing 250,000 lawyers in the UK have issued a joint statement accusing politicians of “irresponsible and dangerous” language that they claim is putting lawyers at risk.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th October 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Now-published government witness statements submitted to prosecutors in the China espionage case cast only limited light on what happened. In this post, I outline six key questions that remain to be answered by government ministers and the Crown Prosecution Service.’
Public Law for Everyone, 16th October 2025
Source: publiclawforeveryone.com
‘The concept of protective issuing is familiar to litigation lawyers. It involves issuing a claim without any (or without any full) pleaded case when some aspect of the pre-action process has not yet been completed, most frequently when a proposed claim is coming up against a limitation deadline. It is perhaps of especial importance to public lawyers, given the judicial review longstop of 3 months means that any proposed claim comes up against limitation very quickly. An important point to note, which public lawyers will be well-aware of, is that the 3-month period is a longstop; the statutory requirement is to act promptly.’
Administrative Court Blog, 16th October 2025
‘Nearly 500 companies have been fined by the government for failing to pay employees the legally mandated minimum wage.’
The Independent, 17th October 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A bereaved woman has said her fight to get a death certificate in Welsh following the loss of her husband had been frustrating, emotional and draining.’
BBC News, 16th October 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Law Society has updated its guidance on greetings in correspondence, observing that the historical use of “Dear Sirs” as a standard greeting in legal correspondence “originates from a time when the profession was predominantly male”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th October 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The NHS’s total liabilities for medical negligence have hit £60bn, driven by a jump in childbirth injury cases that cost more than £11m each on average to settle.’
The Guardian, 17th October 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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