Day: 7 November 2025

‘The legal dispute between Getty Images (and its associated companies) and Stability AI revolves around complex issues of copyright infringement, database rights, trademark infringement, and passing off. The arguments centred on the use of Getty Images’ visual content in the training and operation of Stability AI’s generative AI model, Stable Diffusion. Media firm Mischcon de Reya has acclaimed this as the “one of the most anticipated cases in recent years.” The case has significant implications for intellectual property law as it intersects with the development and deployment of AI technologies in the UK.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 7th November 2025

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‘The fee-earner at the heart of the Mazur ruling is a ‘senior litigation executive’ who was suspended indefinitely as a solicitor 17 years ago, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has revealed.’

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Legal Futures, 7th November 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘Victims of child exploitation and grooming will have their child prostitution convictions disregarded after years of “appalling injustice”.’

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The Independent, 6th November 2025

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‘Adverts claiming that wood-burning stoves are “very low emissions” have been banned by the Advertising Standards Agency for being misleading and not substantiated.’

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The Guardian, 6th November 2025

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‘The Metropolitan Police has a structural problem with “systematic racism”, an independent report into anti-black harm within the force has warned.’

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BBC News, 7th November 2025

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‘HM Land Registry (HMLR) will have “automated almost all simple requests to change the register” by 2035, offering “a near-instant service” for home buying and selling.’

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Legal Futures, 7th November 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘A man who murdered a “good Samaritan” by running him over as he helped an injured woman has been jailed for a minimum of 26 years.’

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The Guardian, 6th November 2025

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‘There was a lot of media coverage back in February of this unusual story of a British teenage boy who’d taken his parents to court to try to get back home to London from Ghana. His parents had tricked him into visiting Ghana in early 2024 where they’d left him, against his wishes, in a boarding school. They had been worried about his recent violent behaviour and getting involved in criminal activity, including theft of phones and possession of knives. At the date of the latest hearing in October this year, his parents were still opposed to his applications to come back to the UK. They believe he is only safe in Ghana.’

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Transparency Project, 6th November 2025

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk