‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal has made a finding of apparent bias over the conduct of a judge in managing a discrimination claim brought by a barrister against his former chambers.’
Legal Futures, 6th March 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The chair of the UK public inquiry into Covid 19 has defended the cost and length of the process on the last day of hearings.’
BBC News, 5th March 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court (Chamberlain J) has held that the AF3 heightened disclosure standard does not apply in a high-profile national security and human rights solicitor’s challenge against North Wales Police’s decisions to detain and question him, and seize and inspect the contents of his mobile phone. In coming to its conclusion, the Court rejected the idea of a “spectrum of disclosure standard” for AF3 cases, holding that the correct approach, in cases identified as engaging the AF3 standard, is to simply identify the “core irreducible minimum” information which fairness requires. This represents a significant repudiation of the approach set out in earlier High Court cases.’
Administrative Court Blog, 5th March 2026
‘In recent years, there has been much controversy over the increased use of physician (and anaesthetic) associates (referred to together as associates in this piece) in primary and secondary care in the NHS. Associates practice clinically, alongside and under the supervision of doctors, but are not medically qualified. One angle of concern is the possibility for confusion between associates and doctors. ‘Physician associate’, the argument goes, is a misleading title, which is apt to mislead an unexpecting patient into thinking – wrongly – that they have been seen by a doctor.’
1 QMLR, 5th March 2026
Source: 1corqmlr.com
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today finally issued the formal public censure of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for its failure to protect consumers affected by the collapse of the SSB Group.’
Legal Futures, 5th March 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A 20-year-old woman who worked at a children’s nursery has been given a four-year prison sentence after admitting a series of online child sex offences.’
BBC News, 5th March 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘South East Water has been fined £22.5m by Ofwat for repeated supply failures in Kent and Sussex between 2020 and 2023 that affected more than 280,000 people.’
The Guardian, 5th March 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A “callous sexual predator” has been found guilty of rape and deliberately infecting seven men with HIV, one of whom was aged 15 at the time.’
BBC News, 5th March 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Circumcision has been classed as a potentially harmful practice in new official guidance for criminal prosecutors in England and Wales, but controversial plans to class it as possible child abuse have been dropped.’
The Guardian, 5th March 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has said it will allow a judicial review of whether the government failed to act on the recommendations of a seven-year inquiry into child sexual abuse.’
BBC News, 5th March 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘“Headway is finally being made” in reducing delays in the county courts, justice minister Sarah Sackman declared yesterday on the back of positive statistics on wait times.’
Legal Futures, 6th March 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Paul Newman KC looks at how pension documents written for one purpose often end up being used for another, and what that means for those drafting them.’
Pensions Barrister, 5th March 2026
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘England has one of the highest incarceration rates worldwide, with prisons experiencing overcrowding and relying on volunteer organisations to deliver rehabilitation and mentoring services. Nevertheless, the literature on prison volunteers’ experiences remains sparce. To address this gap, this study aimed to investigate the motivations, experiences and recommendations of prison volunteers in England. Semi-structured interviews were conducted online with prison volunteers from across England. Data were analysed thematically to identify key themes within the dataset. A total of 21 prison volunteers (n = 16 female, n = 5 male) participated, with an average of 7.5 years of volunteer experience. Six main themes were identified: ‘motivations for prison volunteering’, ‘characteristics of prison volunteers’, ‘volunteers’ relationships with prisoners’, ‘volunteers’ interactions with the prison officers’, ‘volunteers’ perceptions of the prison system’ and ‘system impediments to volunteering work’. Volunteers described their experiences of prison volunteering as largely positive, with volunteers forming positive relationships with prisoners and gaining new perspectives on both prisoners and the prison system. However, they also identified challenges within the prison system and volunteer organisations, which should be addressed to better support prison volunteers.’
Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 3rd March 2026
Source: www.tandfonline.com
‘Today [3 March], the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made a statement to Parliament in which she set out, in brief terms, the changes that are being made to the UK asylum system. The statement brings some welcome clarity for asylum seekers, but the position for existing refugees remains uncertain.’
Kingsley Napley Immigration Law Blog, 3rd March 2026
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘Pregnant women prisoners are being handcuffed to prison officers – often male – during intimate vaginal examinations and long, agonising births. Will this dehumanising treatment be stopped?’
The Guardian, 4th March 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a challenge to a High Court ruling that a law firm was not negligent in its advice to settle £2m of claims brought by a businessman’s trustee in bankruptcy against his wife and daughter.’
Legal Futures, 4th March 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The rapper Ghetts has been jailed for 12 years for killing a student in a hit and run while speeding and over the drink-drive limit.’
The Guardian, 3rd March 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In the first episode of this two-part series, Justin Winchester speaks to Dame Laura Cox KC — a Justice of the England and Wales High Court between 2002 and 2016, and former Chairperson of the Bar Council Sex Discrimination Committee — about women’s equality in the United Kingdom.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 4th March 2026
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘The Court of Appeal in Townsend v Epsom & Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust [2026] EWCA Civ 195 has handed down a decision with very significant implications for all medical decision-making in relation to adults lacking capacity. In the context of an urgent appeal against a decision of the Vice-President, Theis J, Baker LJ (giving the lead judgment), set out at paragraph 68 a series of principles that he considered to be “clearly and consistently established by the case law and professional guidance.”’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 3rd March 2026
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