Day: 28 August 2026

‘The government has proclaimed the Employment Rights Act 2025 as the biggest upgrade of workers’ rights for a generation.Footnote1 That is no exaggeration. The Act brings significant benefits for working people. But the Act does not address various aspects of industrial relations which were originally planned by the Labour Party and which might have had a profound impact on the inherent imbalance of power which so marks the UK workplace.’

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King's Law Journal, 25th August 2026

Source: www.tandfonline.com

‘The Court of Appeal has thrown out a bid to appeal a ruling that cleared defendant law firm DWF of data protection breaches.’

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Legal Futures, 28th August 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘Investigators specialising in rape and sex offences will be introduced to every police force in England and Wales by the end of 2027, the government has said.’

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BBC News, 27th August 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Reform Party MP Danny Kruger is concerned. The UK, he says, has ‘a bloated, paralysed centre of government and a mutinous bureaucracy’; and that ‘Real power is held not by the elected government but by the permanent Civil Service’. So he has set out some proposed changes for the civil service should Reform become the government. These proposals prompt us to ask: what is the civil service for?’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 27th August 2026

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘Strange are the ways in which AI can escape and do harm; equally strange are the curious mechanisms whereby water can escape and do harm.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 28th August 2026

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com

‘The family of a woman killed after a high-speed race through residential streets says it is a “relief” the government was considering changing the law around defendants who are considered unfit to stand trial.’

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BBC News, 27th August 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A chemistry teacher has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage pupils at an all-boys school in the late 1980s.’

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The Guardian, 27th August 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com