Month: March 2026

‘When justice secretary David Lammy announced his intention to curb jury trials, he faced an immediate backlash. Solicitors and barristers were alarmed that cases which would normally go before a jury of 12 ordinary citizens would be decided by a judge; and by the removal of an automatic right to appeal from the magistrates’ court to the Crown court, given that 40% of such appeals succeed. MPs demanded to see the modelling to justify the proposed curbs.’

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Law Society Gazette, 2nd March 2026

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‘A barrister and mediator working in financial remedies asks whether the civil mediation model could be used more widely in financial remedies cases, and brought into the mainstream of ADR in this area of law, helping cases to settle sooner, or resolving them even before court proceedings are issued.’

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Fianancial Remedies Journal, 26th February 2026

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‘A residents’ group has lost its high court challenge against a Home Office decision to use an army training camp to house asylum seekers.’

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The Guardian, 27th February 2026

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‘The court of appeal has rejected the latest challenge to the addition of VAT to private school fees, telling parents they have the option to home school their children if they object to sending them to state schools.’

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The Guardian, 27th February 2026

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‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has lost a High Court bid to challenge the acquittal of a man who burned a Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London.’

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BBC News, 27th February 2026

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