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‘The Secretary of State for Business and Trade decided in September 2024 to suspend licences authorising the export of items that might be used in carrying out or facilitating military operations in the conflict in Gaza. He did so explicitly because the Government had formed the view that Israel was not committed to compliance with international humanitarian law (“IHL”) in the conflict in Gaza and that there was therefore a clear risk that such items might be used in that conflict to commit or facilitate a serious violation of IHL. However, the Secretary of State excluded from that suspension licences for the export of components for F-35 combat aircraft which could not be identified as destined for Israel. In this claim for judicial review the Claimant, supported by the Interveners, challenged the lawfulness of this exclusion, which has been referred to as the “F-35 Carve Out”.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 4th July 2025

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‘Ahead of the city’s Pride celebrations next month, Jim Duffy is joined by Clare Ciborowska and Pauline Troy of 1COR Brighton. They take us through the legal, social and political history behind the concept of parenthood in the UK today. Drawing from their experience as seasoned advocates in the family courts, Clare and Pauline describe how the evolution of equality and human rights laws around sexual orientation have helped lead us to where we are today in terms of parenthood. They examine legal developments in relation to surrogacy, and the recent shelving of proposals by the Law Commission in England and Wales for significant reform in that area.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 7th July 2025

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‘A landlord who illegally let out two flats for short-term rental bookings has been fined £75,000.’

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BBC News, 7th July 2025

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‘The drugs crisis in prisons is the worst it has ever been, experts have warned, with the prevalence of illicit substances rendering jails “almost impossible to run positively”.’

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The Independent, 6th July 2024

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‘Lawyers from lower socio-economic backgrounds are less likely to succeed when applying for the bench than those from higher ones, the first official analysis has indicated.’

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Legal Futures, 4th July 2025

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‘The Lady Chief Justice last night called for more action to protect judges from “threats and intimidation” both online and in real life.’

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Legal Futures, 3rd July 2025

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‘The chief executive of the miscarriage of justice watchdog for England, Wales and Northern Ireland has resigned after months of speculation after serious failings in the case of Andrew Malkinson.’

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The Guardian, 2nd July 2025

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‘Over the past three decades or so, comparative constitutional law has greatly advanced both as a site of scholarly inquiry and professional practice. As the field’s jurisdictional and thematic focus continues to expand, engagement with comparative constitutional material has become a global phenomenon. This proliferation is manifest in the exponential growth of comparative academic research and constitutional borrowing in both constitutional change and constitutional adjudication around the globe. This enormous diversity goes hand-in-hand with the cross-pollination of constitutional ideas, especially in these challenging times characterised by growing social polarisation, armed conflict, democratic backsliding, constitutional degradation, rising inequalities, and climate breakdown.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 3rd July 2025

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‘The High Court has ordered a “robust and independent” new investigation into how MI5 gave false evidence to multiple courts, after rejecting two official inquiries provided by the Security Service as seriously “deficient”.’

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BBC News, 2nd July 2025

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‘The Court of Appeal has refused to grant civil liberties organisation Liberty permission to bring a legal challenge against the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) over the lawfulness of its consultation on an updated Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 2nd July 2025

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‘An ex-banker who gave his wife £78m will not have to split it equally with her after their divorce, according to a supreme court ruling that experts say sets a precedent for dividing up assets after a marriage ends.’

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The Guardian, 2nd July 2025

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‘The UK’s financial watchdog is expanding bullying and harassment rules to more than 37,000 City firms, in an effort to crack down on “rolling bad apples” who avoid consequences by hopping from firm to firm.’

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The Guardian, 2nd July 2025

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‘Oliver Hilton of Radcliffe Chambers explains how the process for allowing appeals by consent has been recently applied to a determination of the Pensions Ombudsman.’

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Pensions Barrister, 3rd July 2025

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‘The recent cyberattacks on major UK retailers have put cybersecurity back in the spotlight. But a more significant development for data protection practitioners has been flying under the radar: the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a notable fine directly against a data processor for breaching UK GDPR security obligations – an important shift in enforcement focus.’

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Kingsley Napley Corporate and Commercial Law Blog, 1st July 2025

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‘West Northamptonshire Council has secured lifetime banning orders under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 for four landlords after a council investigation uncovered a rent-to-rent scheme.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 2nd July 2025

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‘The gender and ethnicity pay gaps at the Bar remains substantial and have actually widened a little over the past three years, according to Bar Standards Board (BSB) research.’

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Legal Futures, 2nd July 2025

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‘A ban on “exploitative” zero-hours contracts and “day-one” protections against unfair dismissal will not come into force until 2027 as the Government seeks to give businesses time to prepare for its workers’ rights reforms.’

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The Independent, 1st July 2025

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‘The consistory court judgments reviewed in Ecclesiastical court judgments – June included the ELA review of the recent case Re An Exhumation [2025] ECC Por 1 which followed the confusion in distinguishing between “the Correct Plot” and “the Incorrect Plot” of cremation ashes, [capitalization in original]. In order to protect the privacy of the family concerned in this case, Summers Ch. anonymized the judgment, and incidentally protected the identity of the rector/petitioner whose “self-help remedy” proved costly.’

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Law & Religion UK, 1st July 2025

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‘Police acted in an “oppressive and unconstitutional manner” by arresting and detaining a protester for antisemitic chanting without making any inquiries as to what they allegedly said, a judge has found.’

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The Guardian, 1st July 2025

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‘Poppy Mulligan and Monty Fynn tell Jim Duffy all about their time as Judicial Assistants at the UK Supreme Court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Counsel.’

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Law Pod UK, 30th June 2025

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