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‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a challenge, based on human rights grounds, to the government’s decision to remove an entitlement to VAT exemption from private schools. Whilst ultimately dismissing the Article 14 ground, along with the A1P1 and A2P1 grounds, the Court of Appeal underlined the importance of Article 14 as a protection against majoritarianism. The judgment is also an example of the post-Shvidler approach to appellate consideration of proportionality. The case is R (BYL and another) v Chancellor of the Exchequer [2026] EWCA Civ 170.’

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Administrative Court Blog, 6th March 2026

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‘Re XY [2025] EWCOP 55 (T2)[1] is an important decision about the powers of welfare deputies. The specific facts of the case are somewhat complicated, and not of direct relevance for present purposes.’

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Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 7th March 2026

Source: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk

‘At the heart of the appeal in Pawel Wysokinski v OCS Security Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 26 lay a single issue: is the county court the appropriate venue for a data protection claim? The claim concerned an alleged data protection breach arising from a court security guard’s confiscation of the claimant’s medical device and the unauthorised disclosure of sensitive medical information.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 6th March 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘A proposed law to restrict paedophiles’ parental rights in England and Wales is too weak because it does not protect children of theirs born after their conviction, parliament will hear this week.’

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The Guardian, 9th March 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The High Court has struck out a taxi driver’s fraud and harassment claims against a council and its law firm as “totally devoid of merit”.’

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Legal Futures, 9th March 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘The High Court made the first compulsory winding up order under section 85 of the Finance Act 2022, which enables a promoter of a tax avoidance scheme to be wound up where it is expedient in the public interest, for the protection of the public revenue, for a promoter to be wound up.’

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Gatehouse Chambers, 2nd March 2026

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‘A woman who woke up to a man sexually assaulting her in her hotel bed has said she was “failed” by Travelodge after staff gave him a key card and her room number.’

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BBC News, 6th March 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A gardening couple has won a legal battle over an eight-foot strip of lawn outside their £1.3m Surrey home, a dispute sparked when new neighbours removed their plants and installed a garden gnome.’

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The Independent, 6th March 2026

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘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.’

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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.’

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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.’

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Administrative Court Blog, 5th March 2026

Source: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com

‘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.’

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1 QMLR, 5th March 2026

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‘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.’

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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.’

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BBC News, 5th March 2026

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‘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.’

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The Guardian, 5th March 2026

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‘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.’

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BBC News, 5th March 2026

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‘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.’

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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.’

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BBC News, 5th March 2026

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‘“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.’

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Legal Futures, 6th March 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘In Medmoune v France App no 55026/22 (ECHR, 5 February 2026), the Fifth Section of the European Court of Human Rights considered the extent of a Member State’s obligation under Art. 2 ECHR (the right to life) when deciding to withdraw life support, in circumstances where the patient had explicitly asked for it to be continued. The judgment helpfully illustrates the contentious boundary at which informed patient consent must give way to the expert opinion of medical professionals.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 5th March 2026

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com