‘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
‘Sami Allan explores the decision in Stacks Living Limited & ors v The Official Receiver (as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Balvinder Shergill) & ors [2025] EWHC 2478 (Ch) and the potential to avoid the effects of a judgment debtor’s bankruptcy for the purposes of enforcing a judgment debt.’
Tanfield Chambers, 9th January 2026
Source: tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘An artist who claimed her ex-husband signed over their £1.5m home to her via WhatsApp after they split has lost a High Court “test case” fight to keep it.’
The Independent, 15th January 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Too often, limitation of liability clauses are treated as standard boilerplate – something to tidy up at the end of a negotiation once the “real” commercial points are agreed.’
Kingsley Napley Corporate and Commercial Law Blog, 15th January 2026
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘A gunman who shot an eight-year-old girl and her father while pretending to be a Deliveroo driver in north-west London has been jailed for 38 years.’
BBC News, 15th January 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge has rejected a Mazur-inspired attempt to throw out charges against a serial rail fare dodger on the basis that they were brought by lay prosecutors for the train company.’
Legal Futures, 16th January 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A driver who killed a young motorcyclist and tried to evade justice by claiming he had a brain injury has been jailed after a huge police operation uncovered footage of him playing rugby, dancing at a festival and smiling on holiday.’
The Independent, 15th January 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘TUPE has a reputation for difficulty and complexity in some quarters, which the recent decisions reviewed in this note—Sean Pong Tyres Ltd v Moore1 and ABC v (1) Huntercombe (No. 12) Limited (2) Active Young People Limited (3) Dr Veerraju Banisetti (4) Dr Mark Tattersall2—may well do little to dispel. These decisions address the question of how the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE)3 engage with the vicarious liability of a transferor employer for the acts and omissions of one of its employees in circumstances where, subsequent to the events giving rise to the relevant claim, the employment of the tortfeasor employee transfers from the transferor to a transferee pursuant to a ‘relevant transfer’4 for the purposes of TUPE and either the employment of the claimant does not transfer to the transferee – because the claimant’s employment terminates for reasons unconnected with the transfer or the claimant is not “in scope” to transfer – or the claimant is a third party without an employment relationship relating to the transferor and therefore has a non-employment claim against the transferor. More specifically, on a relevant transfer, does a transferor’s vicarious liability for a transferring tortfeasor employee’s acts and omissions transfer with that tortfeasor employee to the transferee? This note seeks to assess, synthesise, and expand upon the reasoning adopted in, and the policy justifications for, the Pong and Huntercombe decisions, which, taken together, held that in such circumstances the transferor’s (vicarious) liability to the claimant did not transfer to the transferee. It also addresses the consideration in those cases of the prior decision in Doane v Wimbledon Football Club Ltd5 which, in contrast, held that a transferor’s vicarious liability for a transferring employee’s tortious acts pre-transfer did transfer to the transferee on a relevant transfer.’
Industrial Law Journal, 12th January 2026
Source: doi.org
‘A recent decision by the Upper Tribunal (UT) underlines the importance for UK taxpayers in carefully framing the proposed conditions when seeking suspension of an HMRC penalty, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th January 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Since the withdrawal of legal aid for private family law disputes post-LASPO (Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders), separating couples have increasingly been encouraged to resolve their own financial disputes through private ordering. Although over half of financial arrangements made by divorcees are settled by the couple themselves, limited empirical insight exists into how such agreements are negotiated and whether they achieve substantive fairness. This article draws on qualitative research with 32 divorced military wives to examine the role of legal myths in shaping privately negotiated settlements. Participants report relying on heuristic understandings of law – such as ‘fairness equals a 50:50 split’, ‘what’s mine, is mine’, and ‘his money, he decides’ – which diverge significantly from the legal principles of needs, sharing, and compensation. These myths serve to guide and constrain financial negotiations of separating couples, often at the expense of the financially weaker party. This article argues that such myths are symptomatic of broader neoliberal and gendered ideologies that underpin current family law practices. In light of current debates around reforming financial remedies law in England and Wales, this article calls for renewed scrutiny of informal settlements and considers whether privately negotiated financial settlements subject to greater judicial oversight might better promote fairness in family breakdown.’
Law, Policy and the Family, 30th December 2026
Source: academic.oup.com
‘Recent policy rhetoric underlines the value of listening to those with first-hand experience of the family courts to better understand how the system could be adapted to benefit parents’ participation. This paper examines the participative experiences of 28 parents who were involved in recent care proceedings in England and Wales, with a focus on the procedural justice concept of voice. In-depth, narrative interviews highlight embedded, systemic barriers to parents’ participation, including the formality of legal language, procedure, and courtroom layout. Parents’ assessments of their legal representation and their interactions with the judge are important markers of whether they felt heard in the proceedings. The wider implications of findings are examined, including the gulf that exists in interpretations of ‘voice’ between professionals and parents as parties in legal proceedings. Adaptations to professional practice and court processes to better accommodate parent voice are considered.’
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 14th January 2026
Source: www.tandfonline.com
‘A shoplifter has been jailed and banned from all Aldi stores in an Essex district after stealing nearly £800 worth of meat, including premium wagyu steaks.’
The Independent, 14th January 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The way UK product liability laws could be modernised has become clearer after the terms of reference for a review of the current framework was published.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th January 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Zara Yusuf, of Three Stone Chambers, considers the recent Ombudsman determinations on the scope of the trustees’ responsibility for statutory transfers of pension benefits, and asks whether the approach adopted is overly restrictive.’
Pensions Barrister, 15th January 2026
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘A potential government U-turn on changes to jury trials risks breaking a justice system on the brink of collapse, the new victims’ commissioner for England and Wales has said.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two men have been jailed for creating a cannabis factory in a former fancy dress store.’
The Independent, 13th January 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In advance of a challenge against the Foreign Secretary’s refusal to provide consular assistance for a British national and her children currently present in Al-Roj camp in Syria, the High Court (Jay J) has held that claims for consular assistance fall within the “hard core of public authority prerogatives”, making them fall outside the scope of Article 6(1) ECHR and thus entitlement to AF (No. 3) gisted disclosure in national security cases. The case is R (C3) v Foreign Secretary [2026] EWHC 34 (Admin).’
Administrative Court Blog, 13th January 2026
‘The government has dropped plans requiring workers to sign up to its digital ID scheme in order to prove their right to work in the UK.’
BBC News, 13th January 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Justice Secretary’s proposal to restrict the use of jury trials has been met with furious opposition from all sides. So far, the debate has focused on his dubious claim that it will allow us to get a grip on the backlog of cases in the Crown Court, with critics arguing that funding the justice system properly after fifteen years of cuts is a better solution. But this debate shouldn’t be framed in purely managerial terms. We need to pay more attention to the anti-democratic consequences of the government’s plan.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 13th January 2026
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
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