Day: 7 April 2026

‘The Bar Standards Board is to bring forward publication of disciplinary charges faced by barristers – but has rowed back from naming defendants at the point when charges are brought.’

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Law Society Gazette, 7th April 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘A tribunal judge has been issued with formal advice for misconduct after he issued a decision notice nearly four months after the hearing.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 7th April 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has rejected a complaint made against a barrister by the Good Law Project (GLP) on behalf of a trans woman over multiple social media posts.’

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Legal Futures, 7th April 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘A dispute between a leading chambers and a barrister over £71,200 of contributions that he allegedly failed to make is set to go to trial later this month.’

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Legal Futures, 7th April 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘The Public Office (Accountability) Bill does more than simply introduce, reintroduce, establish, or strengthen provisions relating to candour. It also provides for a number of other changes to the way public bodies operate, or rather, codifies practices that should be embedded within existing policies, structures and frameworks.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 2nd April 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Lamis Fahad and Caitlin Smithey round up the latest Court of Protection judgments of interest to practitioners.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 2nd April 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘[U]nder the law, self-catering holiday accommodation that is not let for 182 days a year can be treated as a second home and subject to council tax, in some cases at a premium rate.’

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BBC News, 6th April 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘More than 70 children from various conflict zones whose ages were disputed by the Home Office have been held in detention centres in the UK in preparation for forced removal to France under the government’s “one in, one out” scheme, research shows.’

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The Guardian, 5th April 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A fraudulent funeral director who gave grieving families the wrong ashes while their loved ones’ bodies were left at his site for months has pleaded guilty to 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial.’

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The Independent, 2nd April 2026

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘The details were revealed by the NASUWT union ahead of its annual conference in Birmingham later this week, and relate to successful claims for unfair dismissal, redundancy, discrimination, personal injury and health and safety.’

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The Guardian, 2nd April 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The Forestry Commission, which carried out the investigation, said it was the highest ever fine imposed on a case of illegal tree felling by a court in England.’

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BBC News, 2nd April 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk