Day: 8 June 2026

‘Commercial analysis: Unsuccessful appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996) arising out of ten separate arbitral awards concerning ten shipbuilding contracts for container vessels. The buyers contended that the yard’s obligation to provide refund guarantees within 120 days of novation was a condition of the contracts, so that breach entitled them to recover loss of bargain damages. The Commercial Court upheld the tribunal’s conclusion that the obligation was an innominate term. The buyers were entitled to cancel the contracts pursuant to the express contractual regime, but not to claim loss of bargain damages.’

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Gatehouse Chambers, 5th June 2026

Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk

‘The UK government has been accused of dragging its feet over plans for the mandatory regulation of bailiffs amid concerns about harmful practices in an industry that collects more than £1bn a year from indebted Britons.’

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The Guardian, 8th June 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Judges primarily decide cases, but they also make strategic decisions aimed at maintaining the constitutional authority of the judiciary as a whole. Doctrines, bundling, timing, and public engagement are among the means by which trust, arguably the most important foundation of judicial authority, is acquired and disbursed.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 8th June 2026

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘The Court of Appeal decision in SGL 1 Ltd v FSV Freeholders Ltd is an important development for landlords, investors, developers and advisers dealing with residential leasehold property and rights of first refusal under Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987).’

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Law Society's Gazette, 5th June 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘In 2021, I published a book entitled Religion and Marriage Law: The Need for Reform. Most of that book focused on the need to modernise the law on how to get married but the penultimate chapter focused on cohabitation rights. That chapter might be seen as an afterthought. But, as I pointed out in the introduction to that chapter, ‘it was in many ways the most important’ of the reform proposals I was advocating. The new Government consultation, A Fairer End to Relationships, is to be welcomed, therefore, since it includes proposals to give cohabitation rights on separation and death alongside modernising the law on financial remedies on divorce.’

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Law & Religion UK, 8th June 2026

Source: lawandreligionuk.com

‘It is well-known that there is no general common law duty on public authorities to carry out a consultation before making a decision. However, such a duty may arise if certain conditions are met. The High Court has recently had an opportunity to consider, and clarify, the precise circumstances under which such a duty arises. The case is R (Freedom from Torture and the Helen Bamber Foundation) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 1278 (Admin) (28 May 2026).’

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Administrative Court Blog, 5th June 2026

Source: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com