‘The government’s most senior law officer has been asked to review the “unduly lenient” prison sentence handed to a rapist who evaded police for nearly two decades in one of Britain’s biggest miscarriages of justice.’
The Guardian, 8th June 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A recent ruling by the Court of Appeal in England and Wales can help brand owners understand how to impose contractual restrictions on retailers over the distribution of their products without falling foul of UK competition rules, experts in competition law have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th June 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Recent public law cases concerning dualism––the operative divide between international and domestic jurisprudence––have prompted renewed debate about the constitutional role of judicial review in the United Kingdom. At first glance, decisions such as R (FDA) v Minister for Cabinet Office [2024] EWHC 1729 (Admin); and R (Al Haq) v Secretary of State for Business and Trade [2025] EWCA Civ 1433 appear to signal a retreat from the more dualism-sceptical trajectory associated with earlier authorities like R (Atamewan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 2727 (Admin), R (Galdikas) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWHC 942 (Admin), and R (KTT) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 2722 (Admin). Yet this interpretation is too hasty. What the recent case law reveals is not a straightforward re-entrenchment of orthodox dualism, but the consolidation of a more procedurally conservative judicial posture centred on coherence, justification, and institutional restraint.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 9th June 2026
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A report has found “widespread and concerning evidence” of bias and victim-blaming in the family courts – primarily disadvantaging women.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Artificial intelligence-powered virtual legal assistants are set to be introduced across Crown Courts in the UK, the government has announced, in a bid to alleviate the mounting backlog of cases. Ministers assert that the new technology will significantly accelerate legal proceedings.’
The Independent, 9th June 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former children’s home manager and “master manipulator” who abused youngsters in his care has been told he will not go to prison – as his female assistant was jailed for 25 years for helping his attacks.’
BBC News, 8th June 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Victims of child sexual abuse in England and Wales will be given help to remove online images of their abuse as part of a wider package of support to end the “prolonged suffering of survivors”.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Supreme Court has handed down a unanimous judgment in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 [2026] UKSC 16 (“A Reference”) and has overruled its previous decision in Cheshire West [2014] UKSC 19.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th June 2026
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
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