‘The white paper sets out the government’s plans to create an immigration system which promotes growth but is controlled and managed.’
Home Office, 20th January 2026
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A faith leader who officiated a wedding ceremony for an underage couple has been sentenced in the first case of its kind under new legislation banning child marriage in England and Wales.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th January 2026
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘”Workable” solutions that enable transparency over the content and data used to train AI models and allow rightsholders to opt their works out from being used for that purpose, have yet to be found, UK ministers have admitted, despite the government previously indicating a preference for those measures to be built into a package of AI-related reforms to UK copyright law.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th January 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Court of Appeal held that Pre-Settled Status (PSS) under Article 18 of the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (the “Withdrawal Agreement”), did not in itself confer access to housing services, including Part VII homelesness support under Housing Act 1996.’
Nearly Legal, 19th January 2026
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘As issues with the use of LLM generative AI in submissions in cases continue to arise, it is perhaps not surprising that the FTT(PC) appears to have had its share of such problems. What is perhaps more surprising is that it seems to have been largely on the part of landlord respondents, rather than leaseholder applicants.’
Nearly Legal, 18th January 2026
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘In both legal and popular discourse, it is often claimed that Islamic law does not permit adoption. While this statement holds some truth when adoption is defined in Western legal systems, where a child’s identity and lineage are legally transferred to the adoptive family, it overlooks the existence of deeply rooted Islamic mechanisms for childcare and guardianship. Chief among these is kafala (in Arabic literally means guarantee, surety, or taking responsibility for someone or something), a concept that provides for the ethical and material care of children without violating key principles of Islamic law, particularly the preservation of lineage (nasab).’
EIN Blog, 19th January 2026
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘The Court of Appeal recently (15 January 2026) handed down its judgment in the case of Rubery v Ministry of Defence [2026] EWCA Civ 8. Elisabeth Laing LJ gave the lead judgment; Peter Jackson and Bean LJJ concurred. The Court, agreeing with the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, found that the Employment Tribunal had been wrong at first instance to find that provisions of the Equality Act 2010 which limited the ability of members of the armed forces to bring discrimination complaints breached Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The Employment Tribunal had also been wrong to employ section 3 of the Human Rights Act (HRA) to “read in” a provision to cure the problem.’
Administrative Court Blog, 19th January 2026
‘The Court of Appeal (Lewis, Peter Jackson, and Stuart-Smith LJJ) has affirmed the High Court’s conclusion that an application to the Windrush Compensation Scheme (“the WCS”) does not involve the determination of any civil dispute in the Article 6 ECHR sense. However, in a lengthy obiter judgment involving an impressive review of the Strasbourg case law, and disagreeing with the High Court, Lewis LJ concludes in his lead judgment that a genuine dispute over WCS eligibility can involve the determination of an Article 6 civil right. The case is R (Oji) v The Director of Legal Aid Casework [2026] EWCA Civ 11.’
Administrative Court Blog, 19th January 2026
‘The senior president of tribunals, Lord Justice Dingemans, has spoken of “unwarranted” media commentary, judges’ safety and a 2027 date for the Home Office’s plans for a body of assessors to take decisions on asylum appeals in his first annual report.’
Law Society Gazette, 17th January 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The judiciary is familiar with addressing bias but GenAI presents new challenges. Sophie Mitchell examines how, why and when gender bias might present itself in judicial use of AI tools and calls for urgent debate’
Counsel, 16th January 2026
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘An attempt to halt the use of pepper spray on children held in young offender institutions (YOIs) has failed after the high court ruled on Monday that the weapon’s rollout was lawful.’
The Guardian, 19th January 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Unauthorised car meet-ups will be banned in a north London borough for another year after the High Court extended an injunction.’
BBC News, 20th January 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Using a £16,000 private flight to extradite a TikTok influencer wanted on dangerous driving charges back to the UK was “not necessary or proportionate”, a judge has told Surrey police.’
The Guardian, 16th January 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A group of nurses who complained about a trans colleague using single-sex changing rooms at work suffered harassment, an employment tribunal judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 16th January 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has quashed a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) decision to strike off a nurse following a review hearing.’
Kingsley Napley Regulatory Blog, 16th January 2026
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘The government has pulled an amendment to its proposed Hillsborough law amid concerns from campaigners and MPs that the legislation was being watered down and had become a “car crash” for the government.’
The Guardian, 18th January 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In addition to challenging the role of the European Court of Human Rights in immigration issues, the current Secretary of State for the Home Department (“SSHD”) has proposed limits to the domestic judiciary’s role as regards immigration decisions. Despite this, the judiciary’s role overseeing the SSHD’s decisions in regard to detention of migrants remains significant. A recent case suggests that when the SSHD makes detention decisions, in certain cases she is under a more onerous duty of inquiry than previously thought. This highlights the extent to which the court’s oversight on detention decisions remains significant, even as its powers on immigration generally are being challenged. The case, R (AH and IS) v SSHD [2025] EWHC 3269 (Admin) (“AH”), clarifies the scope of the SSHD’s Tameside duty of inquiry when making the decision to detain individuals under immigration powers where there is prima facie evidence they have severe mental health issues.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 19th January 2026
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) has been ordered to reconsider part of its findings of poor service by a direct access barrister after it overlooked a key piece of evidence.’
Legal Futures, 19th January 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A woman who hunted an e-bike rider in her Range Rover, killing him in a case of mistaken identity, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 35 years for murder.’
The Independent, 16th January 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Clinical negligence defences frequently adopt a boiler plate approach of non-admissions and putting claimants to proof. In this article, Michael Rivelin of Clinical Negligence team, will be focusing on Man v St George’s [2024], and how claimants can capitalise on these defences.’
St John's Chambers, 8th January 2026
Source: www.stjohnschambers.co.uk
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