‘An MP has raised alarm at the slow pace of a scheme to compensate LGBT service personnel dismissed or discharged from the forces because of their sexuality, saying that at the current rate it could take more than a decade to complete the process.’
The Guardian, 27th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal (Dingemans, Lewis and Nicola Davies LJJ) has refused Liberty’s application for permission to appeal against the High Court’s (Swift J) refusal of their application for permission to judicially review the length of the EHRC’s Code of Practice consultation. The consultation was commenced on 20 May 2025, following the Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, [2025] 2 WLR 879 (“FWS”), concerning the meaning of sex in the Equality Act 2010 on 16 April 2025. The consultation is due to end on 30 June 2025. The blog has earlier reported on the ex-tempore decision of Swift J on 6 June 2025.’
Administrative Court Blog, 26th June 2025
‘Black children detained by police are 15% more likely to be “criminalised”, that is charged and put into the criminal justice system, than white children detained for similar types of offences, a study has found.’
The Guardian, 27th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Over 30 years have passed since the House of Lords handed down its seminal decision in Pepper v Hart. That decision made it possible, under tightly construed circumstances, for judges to consider Hansard materials when approaching the construction of a statutory provision. Perhaps surprisingly, there has been as of yet no empirical study into the workings of this important judicial tool. This article seeks to redress this deficiency. Using a bespoke dataset compiling information from 427 judgments, this article answers a number of important questions relating to the use of Pepper v Hart, and uncovers relevant trends and tendencies in the case law. It explains how often Pepper v Hart is invoked and how stringent the criteria have been applied in practice, whether the invocation of Pepper v Hart has changed over time, and which courts are most likely to make use of this power. Some reflections on the overall legacy of Pepper v Hart are offered to conclude.’
Statute Law Review, 14th June 2025
Source: academic.oup.com
‘The City watchdog is considering scrapping rules meant to protect struggling homeowners from having their homes repossessed, in the latest sign of regulators reacting to pressure from the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to remove red tape for businesses.’
The Guardian, 26th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who was jailed for harassing broadcaster Emily Maitlis over several decades has been sentenced for breaching restraining orders while in prison.’
BBC News, 26th June 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two police officers who were involved in the strip-search of a black teenager at her school have been dismissed after they were found to have committed gross misconduct.’
The Guardian, 26th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Criminal trials over the Post Office Horizon IT scandal may not start until 2028, the police officer leading the investigation has told the BBC.’
BBC News, 27th June 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A King’s Bench master has ordered an NHS trust to comply with a requirement that it provide a witness statement explaining why it had not engaged with proposed ADR.’
Legal Futures, 27th June 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A nurse found guilty 17 years ago of murdering four elderly patients has been unsuccessful in an attempt to appeal against his convictions.’
The Guardian, 26th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In 2020, Awaab Ishak passed away at 2 years of age due to being exposed to damp and mould in their home. The findings of his inquest led to a national outcry, calls for a reckoning, and ultimately, his tragedy lit the match of reform in what is now known as “Awaab’s Law”.’
Park Square Barristers, 26th June 2025
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘Paul Newman KC looks at a recent High Court decision applying the corrective construction principle to remove an anomaly in the drafting of a money purchase underpin in a defined benefit pension scheme. In doing so, the Judge took account of a confidential opinion written for the Court by the representative member defendant without requiring it to be made public, contrary to a previous decision of the same Judge.’
Pensions Barrister, 26th June 2025
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘Desperate prisoners who have been trapped in jail for up to 20 years for minor offences such as stealing a mobile phone could finally get a release date under landmark new proposals.’
The Independent, 21st June 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In the run-up to the 2024 general election, the Labour Party set out its vision for policing and criminal justice, setting itself the ambitious target of halving knife crime in a decade. The Crime and Policing Bill is the Government’s legislative follow-through on those promises. Introduced in the House of Commons on 25 February 2025, the Bill is comprehensive and wide-ranging. Among its most significant provisions are those in Part 2 aimed at tightening the regulation of remote knife sales.’
2 Hare Court, 11th June 2025
Source: www.2harecourt.com
‘In our latest article about the Building Safety Act 2022, Joe Ollech and Tricia Hemans consider the recent decision of the FTT in Barclays Nominees (George Yard) Limited v LDC (Oxford Road Bournemouth) Limited HAV/00HN/BSA/2024/0001 and 0002 (“Purbeck House”).’
Falcon Chambers, 19th June 2025
Source: www.falcon-chambers.com
‘Pre-nuptial agreements are not binding under legislation in England and Wales but can have decisive weight on divorce provided they are not unfair. Pressure is mounting for reform, because it is not always clear when the court will determine when an agreement is unfair. However, circumspection is needed before introducing legislation that would make such agreements binding. There are gaps in what we know about pre- and post-nuptial agreements on the ground. There are no data on how the current judge-made law on nuptial agreements is applied (or even if it is applied) outside the context of the ‘big money’ case. This article uses new interview data with barristers and FDR judges to explore these unreported nuptial agreements. It presents six findings that reveal much that is not apparent in big money cases, while informing key questions such as whether nuptial agreements should be made binding, if there might be unintended consequences of reform, and how fairness could be facilitated if legislation were to be introduced.’
International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 6th June 2025
Source: doi.org
‘As Deputy Master Marzec put it at the start of her judgment in Appiah & Anor v Leeds City Council & Anor [2025] EWHC 1537 (KB):
1. This claim concerns the detention of the First Claimant (“C1”), under the Mental Health Act 1983 (“the MHA 1983”). She was detained between 26 April 2019 and 23 August 2019, a period of about 4 months, during which time she was given treatment in the form of depot injections of anti-psychotic medications without her consent and against her will. She alleges that such detention and treatment was unlawful and constituted false imprisonment and various breaches of her rights under the European Convention of Human Rights. The Second Claimant (“C2”), C1’s husband, claims an infringement of his right to family life under Article 8 of the ECHR resulting from his having been deprived of his wife’s company for the period during which she was unlawfully detention. The Claimants are, and at all relevant times have been, litigants in person.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 20th June 2025
‘Shadow AG Lord Wolfson of Tredegar joins Marina Wheeler KC and Rosalind English of 1 Crown Office Row to discuss the legal questions to be addressed by the government in relation to the ECHR. We will follow up this episode with Lord Wolfson’s view of the UK’s obligations under international law regarding the current situation in the Middle East.’
Law Pod UK. 23rd June 2025
Source: audioboom.com
‘A married couple have been jailed for the attempted murder of the husband’s stepmother, an attack carried out with a hammer and knife, while wearing animal masks purchased from Poundland.’
The Independent, 20th June 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Residents of two Nigerian communities who are taking legal action against Shell over oil pollution are set to take their cases to trial at the high court in 2027.’
The Guardian, 20th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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