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On 8 October 2026, the High Court handed down judgment that illustrates a Parole Board failure to act with “considerable caution” when assessing unproven allegations and unsupported conclusions in a release decision. In this case, an irrationality challenge was—unusually—successful. This case is important because it demonstrates that a Parole Board decision may be cumulatively irrational where steps in reasoning were ill-evidenced “and/or inadequate weight [was] accorded to a relevant consideration” [167]. The case is R (Siratillah Ford) v Parole Board [2026] EWHC 2502 (Admin).

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Administrative Court Blog, 27th October 2026

Source: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com

‘On Tuesday, it was reported that major British supermarkets, including M&S, ASDA and Sainsbury’s have joined a campaign calling on the British government to introduce mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence for businesses in both their domestic and global supply chains.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 27th October 2026

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.substack.com

‘The premises were a 1998 two-storey office building at Crossways Business Park, Dartford. The 2003 lease contained a covenant to keep the premises, expressly including the heating and air-conditioning apparatus, “in good and substantial repair and condition”. It expired on 8 July 2023.’

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Gatehouse Chambers, 26th October 2026

Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk

‘The principle of compensatory damages for tort victims is beguilingly simple. As Lord Blackburn explained in Livingstone v Rawyards Coal Co. (1880) 5 App Cas 25 (H.L.), the court awards “that sum of money which will put the party who has been injured […] in the same position as he would have been in if he had not sustained the wrong for which he is now getting his compensation” (p. 39). This counterfactual enquiry is very difficult in practice where the claimant has been catastrophically and permanently injured, as “what will happen?” and “what would have happened?” are both unknowable at trial. But where the catastrophic injury has also reduced the claimant’s life expectancy, the enquiry is conceptually difficult as well. This is the “lost years” conundrum: if an injured claimant with reduced life expectancy would have earned money during years when they will now, ex hypothesi, be dead, should they recover compensation for the income they will not now earn in those lost years, even though they will not be around to spend it?’

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Cambridge Law Journal, 23rd October 2026

Source: www.cambridge.org

‘Our Bar Training Stats report has been published today [15 October], demonstrating the difficulty of passing the Bar Course and gaining pupillage. It also shows the variation in successful outcomes for students depending on where they study.’

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Bar Standards Board, 15th October 2026

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

‘The issues surrounding lasting powers of attorney (LPAs) continue to make headlines. One particular aspect concerns how LPAs are executed. The Court of Protection case, In the matters of AR, HR & MH [2026] EWCOP 47 (T2), reported on 30 September, may illustrate what happens with the execution of a great number of LPAs prepared without the benefit of legal advice. It highlights the real dangers of allowing the unsupervised preparation and signing of LPAs.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 23rd October 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘Two men who killed a mother and her four-year-old daughter as they raced their high-performance cars along a Leeds city centre road have been jailed.’

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BBC News, 26th October 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Corporate law has dominantly become a law & finance discourse with agency theory and the microeconomic analysis it propels. And while there exists large-scale criticism of what is seen as the normative result of this discourse – shareholder primacy – there had been less engagement with rewriting the theoretical foundations. Now, there are a few contenders and all of them enable us to do something particularly meaningful to advance company law: Open it up to the multidiscipline under the broad banner of ‘organisation theory’ and with this we could start analysing what effect the legal form has on the organisation it supports.’

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City Law Forum, 25th October 2026

Source: blogs.city.ac.uk

‘Climate change and natural disasters are increasingly relevant to asylum and human rights cases. However, recognising their legal significance is not always straightforward. One of the main challenges is understanding how academic research and international jurisprudence can be translated into practical legal arguments that national courts and tribunals can consider.’

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EIN Blog, 26th October 2026

Source: www.ein.org.uk

‘David McCormick, family law barrister at Exchange Chambers, examines a significant judgment concerning the treatment of family trusts as matrimonial assets on divorce. This case addresses complicated issues surrounding family trusts, tax liabilities and matrimonialisation. H and W, both 63, married in 2001 and had two children (now adults). They separated in 2024. Having spent £6.5 million in legal fees, they tasked The Honourable Mr Justice Garrido with considering H’s assertion that his interests in family trusts should not be treated as matrimonial assets.’

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Exchange Chambers, 16th October 2026

Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk

‘A new Family Court judgment has reinforced the importance of taking specialist legal advice before entering into an illegal international surrogacy arrangement.’

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Exchange Chambers, 16th October 2026

Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk

‘A Family Court ruling ordering a mother to pay more than £27,000 towards a father’s legal costs following a fact-finding hearing is a reminder of the financial consequences of pursuing allegations unreasonably, says Clare Porter-Phillips from Exchange Chambers.’

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Exchange Chambers, 22nd October 2026

Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk

‘In this legal article, I am going to briefly summarise some of the most important developments and discussions in AI law from the past week. There are several issues that I will need to revisit in more detail in future articles, but I think it is important to share as much as possible now so that we can start thinking about what these developments mean for the legal profession and how we may need to respond.’

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Doughty Street Chambers, 28th September 2026

Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk

‘Claire Darwin KC and Harry Sheehan consider how the new s.168B of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 will work, and its implications for equality in the workplace.’

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Devereux Chambers, 19th October 2026

Source: www.devereuxchambers.co.uk

‘What to do when confronted with AI-generated pleadings and correspondence? Saara Idelbi and Nyasha Weinberg are here to lend a hand, with some assistance from the Bar Standards Board’s AI Guidance.’

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Counsel, 19th October 2026

Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk

‘For barristers, managing anxiety is a professional discipline as much as a personal one, says Annette Henry KC. This article examines the cues, clues and practical techniques for avoiding overwhelm and regaining calm.’

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Counsel, 19th October 2026

Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk

‘The most significant overhaul of employment law in England, Scotland and Wales in a generation has now been enacted, with the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) becoming law as the Employment Rights Act (ERA).’

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OUT-LAW.com, 23rd October 2026

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘Online service providers would have to more closely control the extent to which children can access body stigma or depression content on their platforms, under proposals put forward by the UK’s online safety regulator.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 23rd October 2026

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘It is a commonplace statement in the recent case-law of the House of Lords and the Supreme Court that the courts adopt a purposive approach to the interpretation of statutes. My lecture this evening will explore what this means. In particular, if courts are going to refer to the purpose of a statute to inform the meaning to be given to its provisions, exactly what role does purpose play in the analysis? How should the courts go about identifying what it is? And what weight should the courts give to it when balancing it against other indications of the meaning of a statutory provision, such as the ordinary grammatical meaning of the words used in the provision? I will suggest that the answers to these questions require consideration of how language works – of the philosophy of language, if you like – and also of the constitutional
position of Parliament and of the role that law plays in society. These three elements have to be brought into relationship with each other.’

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Supreme Court, 22nd October 2026

Source: supremecourt.uk

‘The Supreme Court opened its doors in 2009. So, in one sense, it is a modern institution; but a long history stands behind it, and has a continuing influence on its work. This combination of the past and the present is the theme of my lecture.’

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Supreme Court, 20th October 2026

Source: supremecourt.uk