‘The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is actively exploring whether disability could be added to the ‘equal merit’ approach to the selection of judges, its vice-chair said this week.’
Legal Futures, 12th February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘This Bill, which was originally introduced by the previous government as the Renters’ Reform Bill, seeks to level-up the perceived current imbalance between residential landlords and tenants by bestowing on tenants greater rights and security. But critics argue that the proposed reforms go too far in favour of tenants. So, what are the current key reforms affecting private residential tenancies?’
Kingsley Napley Real Estate Law Blog, 11th February 2025
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘Provisions that would see unaccompanied asylum seekers treated as adults if they refused a scientific age assessment without “reasonable grounds” are set to be scrapped by Government.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘It is now some fifteen years since the UK Supreme Court gave its landmark decision in the case of Radmacher v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42 on the use and effectiveness of prenuptial agreements. In doing so it moved the emphasis on to holding the parties to their bargain when setting out the principle that “the court should give effect to a nuptial agreement that is freely entered into by each party with a full appreciation of its implications unless in the circumstances prevailing it would not be fair to hold the parties to their agreement.”‘
Kingsley Napley Family Law Blog, 5th February 2025
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘A sperm donor who claims to have fathered more than 180 children has been used by a judge to warn of the dangers of unregulated sperm donation.’
BBC News, 11th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been accused of quietly blocking thousands of refugees from applying for citizenship if they arrived in the UK by small boats or hidden in vehicles.’
The Guardian, 11th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) not only has “the right to act” to improve diversity in the legal profession, but is under “a duty to act”, its new chief executive has said.’
Legal Futures, 11th February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Private parking rules are set to change to ensure motorists are not unfairly penalised if they do not pay within five minutes.’
BBC News, 12th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK advertising watchdog has banned an advert from high street retailer Next for featuring an “unhealthily thin” model in digitally altered clothing.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Church of England risks further crisis if it fails to adopt a sweeping new independent system to keep people safe, the former head of a national inquiry into child sexual abuse has said.’
BBC News, 11th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Another in the Lieven J-inspired line of challenges to Cheshire West can be found in Re V (Profound Disabilities) [2025] EWHC 200 (Fam), concerning a 15 year old boy with “profound enduring disabilities”.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 10th February 2025
‘A number of recent UK First-tier Tribunal (FTT) rulings highlight the importance of following the tribunal’s rules, in particular to provide the documentation required in appeals against The Pensions Regulator, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th February 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Scrapping government funding for Level 7 apprenticeships would be “a disaster for the legal profession and have a highly negative impact on social mobility and diversity”, the government has been told.’
Legal Futures, 6th February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Any British citizen that happens to hold citizenship for another country could find themselves in an invidious position. If the Home Secretary decides that it would be “conducive to the public good”, they can single-handedly strip a person of their citizenship, and with it, their right to remain in the country. So long as the deprivation would not make them stateless, the law offers few protections beyond a limited right of appeal and the need for the Home Secretary to have some reasons.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 6th February 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Despite 14 leading experts concluding there was “no medical evidence” that Lucy Letby murdered babies, there is no guarantee that her case will be sent back to the court of appeal – let alone quickly.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office has lost a case about the allocation of bail accommodation for a foreign national offender and has been ordered by the High Court to make various changes to this system as well as pay 85% of claimant BLZ’s costs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Atwal & Anor v Charity Commission for England and Wales [2024] EWHC 3451 (Ch) was an application under s.115 Charities Act 2011 for the permission of the Court to bring charity proceedings relating to the Sikh Gurdwara in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, the Charity Commission having refused to do so.’
Law & Religion UK, 4th February 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘The seemingly ever-growing expanse of “soft-law”, “policy” or “guidance”, (referred to below as “guidance”) has been cautiously welcomed as aiding the business of government and enhancing good public administration. Unsurprisingly, as the textbooks and contributions to this symposium attest, this phenomenon has generated discrete legal problems. The status (not law “as such” (R(A) at [3]), purpose (to ensure consistency in the exercise of discretion – R (Lumba) v. SSHD [2011] UKSC 12), meaning (to be judged objectively – Mandalia v. SSHD [2015] 1 WLR 4546) and content (must be rational, proportionate etc) of these ‘soft law’ iterations have raised questions with varying degrees of significance in terms of the rule of law. One such question is the legitimacy of guidance, judged by reference to its effects, both intended and unintended. This reflects the fact that guidance is often directed towards the actions of persons other than its author(s), often with implications for third parties.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 5th February 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The Prevent counter-terrorism scheme “prematurely” closed its case on Axel Rudakubana three years before he went on to murder three children in Southport, a government review has found.’
BBC News, 5th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A marketing executive at a party balloon company has lost a sex discrimination claim lodged after his female boss said “sorry boys” as she revealed that a woman had won an award.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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