Day: 4 August 2026

‘Four men and a woman have been found guilty of being part of a grooming gang that exploited teenage girls for sex.’

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BBC News, 3rd August 2026

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‘Animal rights campaigners who say they were wrongly arrested for planning to disrupt the King’s coronation are taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police.’

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The Independent, 4th August 2026

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘Public lawyers are familiar with the jurisdiction to grant a declaration where a claim has become academic, in circumstances where there is “good reason in the public interest”, and to do so would serve a “real and practical” purpose. Fordham J declined the invitation to grant declaratory relief relief in Wild Justice ont he basis that the alleged unlawful act had not in fact taken place; he was being asked a hypothetical, “would-if” question rather than dealing with an academic claim.’

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Administrative Court Blog, 31st July 2026

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‘In Mr R Daudet v Computacenter (UK) Limited [2024] 2301071/2023, Mr Daudet claimed unfair dismissal under s.98 Employment Rights Act 1996; direct discrimination because of race and/or religion or belief under s.13 Equality Act 2020, harassment related to race and/or religion or belief under s.26 Equality Act, and breach of contract. In brief, Computacenter said that the reason for his dismissal was that he had harassed a female employee.’

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Law & Religion UK, 4th August 2026

Source: lawandreligionuk.com

‘Section 63(3) is a non-mandatory provision of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the act), which confers on the arbitral tribunal the power to determine the recoverable costs of the arbitration on such basis as it considers appropriate, unless the parties have agreed otherwise. Where it does so, the tribunal must specify the basis on which the costs have been assessed, the items of recoverable costs and the amount awarded for each item (s63(3)(a) and (b))).’

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Law Society's Gazette, 31st July 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The Independent has repeatedly called for all IPP prisoners to have their sentences reviewed as 2,400 languish in jail, many for petty crimes and some locked up as children, with no hope of release.’

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The Independent, 4th August 2026

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘The court term in England & Wales ends today, 31 July 2026. Whilst this does not mean that the Court of Protection (or indeed the other courts) stop hearing cases, it does mean that there may now be a lull in what has been an exceptionally busy period for those concerned with mental capacity matters. We do not have an August Mental Capacity Report (for the July one – with huge thanks to Arianna Kelly for taking this on in my absence – see here); pending the September Report, there have been further developments in July which do merit flagging.’

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Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 1st August 2026

Source: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk

‘A man has been jailed for keeping his dead mother’s body in a freezer at their shared home for almost three years, during which time he received more than £70,000 of her benefits and other funds.’

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The Guardian, 3rd August 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com