‘A surgeon has been convicted of the attempted murder of a fellow doctor, after he broke into his house, doused the ground floor in petrol and stabbed his victim, whom he wanted “out of the way”.’
The Guardian, 7th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘As winter fades and spring is upon us the Employment Appeal Tribunal has handed down no less than 4 recent decisions on strike out. To save you some time, I have summarised the key aspects of these 4 authorities so that you can spend more time in the evening sunlight and less time under your office striplight.’
3PB, 29th March 2025
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘The judgment in R(MV) showcases the judiciary taking care to distil the essential case of an unrepresented party and consider that case at its highest, but nonetheless ensuring that the boundaries of the powers and duties of a local authority are precisely identified before determining whether that case is made out.’
4-5 Gray's Inn Square, 31st March 2025
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
‘In Gourley C was employed by R from 2008 to 2015 when he was dismissed. C succeeded with complaints of victimisation, failure to make reasonable adjustments and unfair dismissal.’
3PB, 27th March 2025
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘Investigative interviews are crucial for gathering evidence within the criminal justice system, yet they are also socially and cognitively demanding encounters for autistic interviewees. In this exploratory study, we used a novel qualitative methodology to examine factors that potentially impact police suspect interviews with autistic people, as well as how adaptations could be made to current practice. Autistic participants (n = 5) were interviewed as a mock-suspect (implicated in a mock-crime) in a real-life active police custody suite by a police officer (n = 5), whilst accompanied by an appropriate adult (n = 5). Autistic adults, police officers and appropriate adults were interviewed about this experience and their broader perspectives on police interviewing practice. Using thematic analysis, three main themes and eleven sub-themes were produced: (1) Challenges for effective participation during interview; (2) Questions of suspect credibility; and (3) Assisting communication and understanding during interview. Findings were synthesised with broader literature to present a working model – the Individual Interpersonal Environmental (IIE) Vulnerability Model – which outlines how a series of interconnected individual, interpersonal and environmental factors may impact police suspect interviews with autistic people.’
Psychology, Crime & Law. 2nd April 2025
Source: doi.org
‘C was employed by Impact Recruitment Services (“Impact”), an agency, which supplied her services to Howden Joinery Limited (“Howdens”). C was placed with Howdens as a warehouse operative. Following the national lockdown in March 2020, the majority of agency staff were told that Howdens would be shutting down. C was ‘laid off’ by Howdens. This caused confusion in C’s mind as to her employment status.’
3PB, 30th March 2025
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘Following concerns about the police response to stalking, the government has announced changes to stalking protection orders.’
House of Commons Library, 4th April 2025
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘Over the course of four days in November 2024 the High Court heard the application brought by Diane Culligan, a significant figure in women’s football, against her ex-husband Anthony Culligan to determine how their substantial financial assets should be divided between them following their divorce.’
5SAH, 2nd April 2025
Source: www.5sah.co.uk
‘Efforts by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to ensure it allocates work more equitably between the sexes are slowly bearing fruit, a new analysis has shown.
Legal Futures, 7th April 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Consumers will now see more transparent pricing, as businesses are required to incorporate administration and booking fees into the upfront cost of goods and services. However, the law stops short of including optional extras, such as airline seat selection or baggage upgrades, in the initial price display.’
The Independent, 6th April 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The BBC recently published an article about the experiences of a young woman who had spent time in a range of placements including children’s homes and what sound like unregulated placements. The article suggests that it was the use of a Deprivation of Liberty (DoL) order which meant that these frequent moves took place, causing trauma to the young woman: it says for example that the DoL order ‘caused ‘more trauma and more damage’ and saw her moved to seven children’s homes, a secure adult hospital and an activity centre as a child’, and that as a result of the increasing use of DoL orders, child are losing their freedom.’
Transparency Project, 6th April 2025
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
‘Whilst historically, climate-related litigation has been focused on governments, a report published last year by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment showcased how, in recent years, climate litigation is being initiated more frequently against corporations for alleged Environment, Social and Governance (“ESG”) failings.’
Kingsley Napley Criminal Law Blog, 4th April 2025
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘In Re Exhumation Of A Baby [2024] ECC Exe 1 the mother, ‘M’, of a baby girl, ‘X’, who died at or shortly after her birth in 2022, sought a faculty to exhume and reinter the remains of her baby, who was survived by a twin sister.’
Law & Religion UK, 7th April 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘A woman who killed her newborn baby 27 years ago while she had severe postnatal depression has been handed a suspended prison sentence, as a judge said the case “calls for compassion”.’
The Guardian, 4th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, known as “Martyn’s Law”, has this week received Royal Assent and become law.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th April 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An activist whose case had prompted concern by the US state department over “freedom of expression” in the UK has been convicted of breaching a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic.’
The Guardian, 4th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A mother who suffocated her newborn baby and left his body in woodland in a secret she kept for 25 years has avoided jail.’
The Independent, 4th April 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man from Cornwall whose dogs killed 22 sheep while roaming free has received a 10-year ban from keeping or owning dogs, after the local authority successfully applied for a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th April 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The term ‘metaverse’ refers to a varied collection of internet-based virtual reality worlds in which, amongst other things, users across the globe can collaborate, socialise, trade, play games, access entertainment, or even work. Increasingly, technological innovations, such as high-resolution headsets and sensory (or ‘haptic’) clothing, are closing the experiential gap between such virtual environments and the ‘actual’ world, and broadening the scope of daily activities that the former can accommodate. Whilst this clearly presents opportunities, it also raises questions about the suitability and efficacy of existing legal rules for regulating user conduct within these platforms. Using English law as a case study, this paper specifically considers the various torts commonly referred to under the umbrella term of ‘trespass to the person’, evaluating the extent of their applicability within this novel context, and thereby illuminating issues that might, in time, require intervention from law and policy makers both within the case study context and beyond. It is argued that, as the qualitative difference between physical contact in the actual world and virtual contact in the metaverse becomes smaller, it will become increasingly difficult to justify applying the torts of trespass to the person differently in each context.’
International Review of Law, Computers & Technology, 26th March 2025
Source: www.tandfonline.com
‘We all may remember the childhood rhyme, and console ourselves that names will never harm us, but the law has long provided punishment for threatening words and behaviour. Threats to kill, threats to cause criminal damage, blackmail, public order offences, harassment/stalking and controlling and coercive behaviour can all be committed without any physical contact between perpetrator and victim and yet can contain words which constitute a threat.’
St Philips Barristers, 1st April 2025
Source: st-philips.com
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