Author: sally

‘The education system of England and Wales is governed by a thicket of statutory provisions. Most of these provisions have not been subjected to litigation – educators and civil servants abide by and act under these provisions without the benefit of authoritative court guidance as to their meaning. It is therefore notable when the High Court does provide guidance on a previously unscrutinised provision. Collins Rice J did just that in R (on the application of EBB & Ors) v The Gorse Academies Trust [2025] EWHC 1983 (Admin). The provision in question is section 91 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (“EIA 2006”). The focus of this blog: whether this section imposes a procedural duty on schools in respect of disciplinary penalties short of exclusion.’

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Administrative Court Blog, 31st July 2025

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‘A colleague of Lucy Letby has won a High Court claim against the NHS trust where he works over an investigation into what he knew about the nurse.’

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The Independent, 31st July 2025

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‘A student has been found guilty of assaulting two female police officers at Manchester airport last summer during a violent disturbance that went viral on social media.’

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The Guardian, 30th July 2025

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‘Five million extra online age checks a day are being carried out in the UK since the introduction of age-gating for pornography sites, according to new data.’

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The Guardian, 30th July 2025

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‘The co-founder of Palestine Action can bring an unprecedented legal challenge to the home secretary’s decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws, a high court judge has ruled.’

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The Guardian, 30th July 2025

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‘A woman involved in planning the “brutal” sexual assault of three children has seen her sentence reduced following a mathematical “miscalculation” in court.’

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BBC News, 30th July 2025

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‘For years, lawyers and clinicians have thrown around the term ‘Gillick competence’ as if it were a universal test to apply to analyse the decision-making abilities of children. More recently, they have largely limited themselves to throwing the term around in relation to the decision-making abilities of children under 16, looking instead (in England & Wales) to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 for those aged 16 and over.’

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Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 30th July 2025

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‘The high court has upheld the use of isolation booths by schools in England, dashing the hopes of campaigners who argue they are stressful and stigmatising for pupils.’

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The Guardian, 30th July 2025

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‘A man has been found guilty of assaulting two female police officers at Manchester airport last year.’

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The Independent, 31st July 2025

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‘A man who was nicknamed the “con queen of Hollywood” after allegedly impersonating movie executives and defrauding hundreds of people has lost a court bid to challenge his extradition to the United States.’

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The Independent, 29th July 2025

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‘Westminster City Council has lost a High Court bid to enforce a Section 106 agreement requiring 16 flats to remain as affordable housing.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 29th July 2025

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‘Uber’s rival taxi operators will not have to pay 20% VAT on their profits outside London after a UK supreme court verdict in a long-running case.’

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The Guardian, 29th July 2025

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‘The Supreme Court’s judgment in Shvidler addresses key issues about the role of courts generally and appellate courts in particular when it comes to applying the proportionality test — and a powerful dissent from Lord Leggatt discloses a sharp division of judicial opinion about the proper nature of the judicial role in this context.’

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Public Law for Everyone, 29th July 2025

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‘In R (Local Faith Ltd) v Registrar General for England & Wales [2025] EWHC 1795 (Admin), the applicant sought leave to judicially review of decision not to register a property in Basildon as a religious building under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855. The property was owned by Basildon Estates Ltd, which leased it to another company, Room for Faith Ltd, which in turn sublet it to Local Faith Ltd.’

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Law & Religion UK, 29th July 2025

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‘A man convicted of rape has lost an appeal against conviction that was based partly on the fact that his solicitor was facing disciplinary action by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) at the time.;

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Legal Futures, 30th July 2025

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‘Lambeth Council has apologised to parents and pupils after the Office of the Schools Adjudicator ruled its decision to shut two primary schools in response to falling pupil numbers was unlawful.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 28th July 2025

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‘In R (Local Faith Ltd) v Registrar General for England & Wales [2025] EWHC 1795 (Admin), the applicant sought leave to judicially review of decision not to register a property in Basildon as a religious building under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855. The property was owned by Basildon Estates Ltd, which leased it to another company, Room for Faith Ltd, which in turn sublet it to Local Faith Ltd.’

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Law & Religion UK, 29th July 2025

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‘In HM Attorney General for England and Wales v British Broadcasting Corporation [2025] EWHC 1669 (KB), the Divisional Court (the Lady Chief Justice,the President of the King’s Bench Division, and Chamberlain J) gave judgment in relation to the deployment of evidence by MI5 in proceedings concerning the BBC’s reporting on a covert human intelligence source (CHIS), referred to as “X”. The judgment is quite extraordinary, including substantial criticism of the approach taken by MI5 in this case and specific guidance as to the way that evidence from an agency such as MI5 should be presented in future.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 29th July 2025

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‘The two-child benefit cap is an intensely controversial policy brought in by the last Conservative government, and, despite some murmurings to the contrary, continues to be maintained by the current Labour one. The cap allows parents to claim certain welfare benefits with respect to their first two children, but prevents them from doing so with regard to their third (or further) children. Regulations have put in place a number of exceptions to the cap. For example, the cap does not apply to adopted children, nor does it apply when multiple additional children are born at the same time. There is also a (limited) exception for children born as a result of rape or a coercive or controlling relationship. But the applicability of the exception depends on when each child was born. The policy applies in such a way whereby when a third (or later) child is born as a result of rape or a coercive and controlling relationship, the parent will be excepted from the two-child cap. But if an earlier child or children (say, the first two children) are born as a result of rape or a coercive and controlling relationship, and the third child is not, they will be subject to the cap.’

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Administrative Court Blog, 28th July 2025

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‘Two married police officers who were arrested after one of them smacked their teenage son have won a High Court battle over claims they were unlawfully detained.’

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The Independent, 28th July 2025

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