‘In this article, Georgina Fenton outlines the legal framework making provision for support for victims of trafficking, and summarises a forthcoming challenge to the UK government’s policy on reconsidering decisions that exclude victims of trafficking from that support.’
Landmark Chambers, 22nd April 2025
Source: www.landmarkchambers.co.uk
‘Five judges have found the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has no statutory powers to impose financial sanctions against police and intelligence services. Their findings raise significant and serious concerns about the integrity of our legal system.’
Computer Weekly, 30th April 2025
Source: www.computerweekly.com
‘A single unified digital court should be created for enforcement of judgments – whether given in the High Court or a county court – with all debts recorded, including those falling outside the courts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st May 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has firmly closed the door on the High Court exercising an inherent jurisdiction to revoke adoption orders. Does the decision in Re X & Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside) [2025] EWCA Civ 2 (“Re X & Y”) come as any particular surprise? And where does it leave those who are experiencing and living the tragic and traumatic situation of an adoption that has irredeemably broken down?’
Pump Court Chambers, 29th April 2025
Source: www.pumpcourtchambers.com
‘The landmark decision handed down last week by the Supreme Court has been on the lips of everyone; spoken in whispers or through megaphones, whether it be within or outside people’s own echo chambers.’
Park Square Barristers, 24th April 2025
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘A well-known City law firm has been heavily criticised by the High Court for distributing a confidential embargoed draft judgment (CEDJ) to journalists before it was handed down.’
Legal Futures, 1st May 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The justice secretary has said it is “absolutely unacceptable” to question the validity of the Supreme Court after it ruled that the term “woman” is defined by biological sex.’
BBC News, 30th April 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ram Lakshman of Wilberforce Chambers considers a recent First Trier Tribunal decision providing guidance on its jurisdiction to review penalty notices issued by tPR.’
Pensions Barrister, 1st May 2025
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘The UK’s children’s commissioners have united to call for a complete ban on smacking, condemning the current legal framework which allows for a defence of “reasonable punishment” in England and Northern Ireland.
The Independent, 1st May 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping industries, redefining relationships, and pushing the boundaries of what technology can achieve. As AI’s capabilities grow, so too do the legal complexities surrounding its use and development.’
Littleton Chambers, 30th April 2025
Source: littletonchambers.com
‘Your application for permanent residence UK, otherwise known as settlement or indefinite leave to remain (ILR), is the culmination of any overseas resident’s journey in the UK. You will of course need to meet the visa route-specific requirements in order to qualify for ILR in your particular visa category, which are not discussed here. There are however a number of common rules you must (in most cases) meet in order to achieve settlement; here we highlight and discuss the most important of these.’
EIN Blog, 30th April 2025
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A long-serving property solicitor who defrauded a Hereford law firm out of £160,000 by diverting disbursement payments into her own bank account has been jailed for 30 months.’
Legal Futures, 1st May 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The judgment in For Women Scotland (FWS) Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 (“FWS”) has sent a great many sectors across the UK scrambling to find out what, exactly, they are supposed to do in its aftermath. The UK Supreme Court, issuing a decision in the immediate context of specific guidance around legislation on the make-up of boards in Scotland under the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018, rejected the approach to the case adopted by the Inner House of the Court of Session and used its decision to adopt a determination of the general application of sex under the Equality Act 2010. As such, the case illustrates the challenges facing common law courts when they seek to make broad determinations on major pieces of legislation in the context of a specific set of arguments on the facts of one narrow case.’
Administrative Court Blog, 30th April 2025
‘A “despicable” 81-year-old former scout leader has been jailed for 46 years for sexually abusing scores of young boys before going on the run for nearly three decades.’
The Guardian, 30th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘On 27 March 2025 the Home Office published an update to its statutory guidance on supply chain transparency under s54 of the Modern Slavery Act (MSA). The guidance arrives at the tenth anniversary of the MSA. Introduced at the close of the Cameron government, the legislation was described by then Home Secretary Teresea May as ‘world leading’ . However, a House of Lords select committee recently concluded that ‘the world has changed and best practice has moved on’ and that transparency measures are now regarded as ‘too limited to have significant practical impact’. It is estimated that over a third of eligible firms in the UK are failing to comply, and that this is largely attributable to uncertainty surrounding their reporting obligations, delays to the issuing of statutory guidance,[1] and limited enforcement mechanisms.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 24th April 2025
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘A bikini designer has lost a David and Goliath court campaign against online fast-fashion giant.’
The Independent, 30th April 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘This is a judgment considering the applicable presumptions in relation to costs in the event of discontinuance. It confirms that the presumption that the discontinuing Claimant will pay the other side’s costs is a strong one and will apply unless the Court is persuaded, on the balance of probabilities, that the Defendant’s conduct has been unreasonable and has brought about the collapse of the proceedings.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 10th April 2025
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘Following a two day hearing earlier this month, the Court of Appeal (Singh and Lewis LJJ) has handed down judgment in Greenfields (IOW) Limited v Isle of Wight Council [2025] EWCA Civ 488 overturning the decision of the High Court and finding that the grant of planning permission for 473 dwellings, a café, doctors’ surgery and other associated infrastructure at Westridge Acre Park on the Isle of Wight was unlawful on grounds of a failure to publish the section 106 planning obligation.’
Francis Taylor Building, 16th April 2025
Source: www.ftbchambers.co.uk
The recent case of Abbotsley Limited v Pheasantland Limited [2025] EWHC 654 (KB) has reiterated the practical difficulty faced when seeking to obtain an ‘early determination’ of a possession case.
Gatehouse Chambers, 15th April 2025
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
Contrary to the earlier decision in InnovatorOne, the High Court has held in Orchard v Dhillon [2025] EWHC 834 (Ch) that a right to recover property under s.26 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 may be enforceable against a successor in title to the party who had infringed that Act’s “general prohibition”.
Hailsham Chambers, 17th April 2025
Source: www.hailshamchambers.com
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