‘A tax specialist owes his former law firm £204,000 in overpayments he received while an employee after failing to refer work that would cover his debt, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 25th March 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More than a decade of litigation over computer giant HP’s disastrous acquisition of UK startup Autonomy from the late Dr Mike Lynch reached a provisional conclusion today. In ACL Netherlands v Sandelson Mr Justice Hildyard ordered the administrators of the estate of Mike Lynch to pay $236 million (£176.6m) interest on the £700m in damages awarded last year following a $5bn claim by HP.’
Law Society Gazette, 24th March 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Can a non-marriage entered into in England and Wales obtain validity by being registered in a country which permits nikkah marriage, so that it is recognised in England and Wales as a valid foreign marriage?’
Financial Remedies Journal, 24th March 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘The Court of Appeal dismissed two appeals from a set-aside order made by HHJ Hess sitting as a deputy High Court judge. The court considered issues of material non-disclosure by the husband, and whether gifts made by the wife’s mother were conditional.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 24th March 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘The 65-year-old former justice minister appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Wednesday [25th March] to admit four drugs charges, which stem from a raid on his home in Horley, Surrey, in October 2023.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Transgender girls and women who are part of Girlguiding groups in the UK have been given until September to leave the organisation, under new rules introduced after the supreme court ruling on gender last year.’
The Guardian, 24th March 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In BA (A Child), Re (DOLS in Hospital) [2026] EWHC 653 (Fam) (20 March 2026), Mr Justice McKendrick concluded: “It is absolutely necessary for there to be an order authorising the deprivation of BA’s liberty to provide her with education and therapy to assist her to be kept safe from serious harm. I am satisfied there is no section 25 1989 Act accommodation available and as such the DOLs order in the identified children’s home is required.”’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th March 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that the term “father” in the Children Act 1989 means what it means at common law – that a man is only the “father” of a child if he is the natural/genetic/biological father.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th March 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A property company accused of trying to mass-evict tenants in the weeks before no-fault evictions are banned has denied doing so, saying it is simply implementing “routine and lawful tenancy management”.’
The Guardian, 24th March 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Account Freezing Orders (AFO) are an increasingly common feature of financial investigations in the UK, with HMRC in particular making growing use of these powers as part of its civil and criminal enforcement activity. Often obtained without notice and at an early stage of an enquiry, an AFO can have an immediate and far-reaching impact on individuals and businesses, freezing bank accounts and restricting access to funds overnight.’
2 Hare Court, 23rd February 2026
Source: www.2harecourt.com
‘Custody Time Limits (better known as CTLs) are the length of time, under statute, for which someone accused of a crime can be held in custody before they are tried. Trials which take place in the Magistrates Court, be they summary only or either way, have a CTL of 56 days, or 8 weeks. Crown Court cases have a Custody Time Limit of 182 days, roughly six months.’
2DRJ, 26th February 2026
Source: www.2drj.com
‘The backlog in England and Wales is serious but there are other ways to address it. There are many retired judges and calling them into action could be key.’
The Guardian, 23rd March 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal for England and Wales has overruled a longstanding High Court decision on the meaning of ‘building’ under the tenants’ right of first refusal provisions, providing further guidance but also, exceptionally, inviting government intervention, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd March 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Legal professionals are increasingly becoming involved in the conduct of investigations, in the workplace and elsewhere. Marina Wheeler KC joins Jim Duffy to look at how the skill sets of barristers can help determine what has happened and why, and increase the prospects of swift resolution and a clean break.’
Law Pod UK, 24th March 2026
Source: audioboom.com
‘Six students from Sudan and Afghanistan have accused the home secretary of racial discrimination and launched legal action to try to overturn a ban on them taking up university places in the UK.’
The Guardian, 23rd March 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘At the end of January 2026, the Upper Tax Tribunal decided that severe baldness in women is a disability. I first wrote about the illogicality of equality law’s approach to baldness in 2020. Since then, there have been several judgments attempting – via different mechanisms and to different degrees – to recognise the social reality of baldness. This blog aims to explore where we are, how we got here, and where the law might go next.’
UK Labour Law, 24th March 2026
Source: uklabourlawblog.com
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled, by a majority (Lord Justice Dingemans, Senior President of Tribunals and Lord Justice Cobb; Lady Justice Laing dissenting) that the Home Secretary has the power to withdraw a decision letter mistakenly granting an applicant Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) and replace it with a decision granting only limited leave to remain. The case is R (on the application of YC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 285.’
Administrative Court Blog, 23rd March 2026
‘Some local authorities refer to the threat of prison in their first letter to people who have missed a council tax payment, a debt charity has said.’
BBC News, 23rd March 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘According to Civil Procedure Rule 54.1, a claim for judicial review is a claim to review the lawfulness of an enactment or a decision, action or failure to act in relation to the exercise of a public function. But as the Supreme Court made clear on 16 October 2024 in Re an application by Noeleen McAleenon for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2024] UKSC 31 (at paragraph 50): ‘The forms of relief available in a claim for judicial review are discretionary…’ Moreover: ‘A court may refuse to grant leave to apply for judicial review or refuse a remedy at the substantive hearing if a suitable alternative remedy exists but the claimant has failed to use it.’ For: ‘As stated in R (Glencore Energy UK Ltd) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] EWCA Civ 1716…“judicial review in the High Court is ordinarily a remedy of last resort, to ensure that the rule of law is respected where no other procedure is suitable to achieve that objective”.’ So if: ‘…other means of redress are conveniently and effectively available, they ought ordinarily to be used before resort to judicial review’. ‘
Law Society's Gazette, 20th March 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Divisional Court (Lewis LJ, Chamberlain J) sitting in Cardiff has held that recognising a common law duty on Welsh ministers to consult before introducing legislation in the Senedd would infringe the constitutional separation of powers reflected in the Government of Wales Act 2006 (“GoWA”). The Court’s decision represents a muscular invocation of the pre-legislative, holistic view of devolution provided by Lord Hope in Axa. But that is no reason to think the textualist view of devolution provided by Lord Reed in that case has been departed from. The case is R (The Greyhound Board of Great Britain) v The Welsh Ministers [2026] EWHC 670 (Admin).’
Administrative Court Blog, 22nd March 2026
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