‘An influential group of MPs has delivered a damning verdict on the Courts and Tribunals Bill – telling the government that the magistrates’ court will not be able to cope with the volume of cases generated by curbs on jury trials, sounding the alarm over doubling magistrates’ sentencing powers and questioning the time that judge-only trials will save.’
Law Society Gazette, 10th June 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court has refused permission for Richmond Council to bring a judicial review claim against the closure of the London borough’s last remaining walk-in police station front counter.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th June 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Workplace sweepstakes are a popular way to build engagement around sporting and other events. However, many common formats fall within the scope of the Gambling Act 2005 and can be unlawful unless they fit within a specific exemption.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th June 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Fiscal devolution in the United Kingdom (UK) is often examined through a technical lens. Yet some of its most significant implications and impacts are social. Tax devolution was introduced with the implicit promise that fiscal powers would enable governments to serve communities more closely, respond effectively to distinctive social needs, and sustain and strengthen local cultures and preferences. However, in practice, and as our work argues, the UK’s fiscal devolution fails to support coherent social outcomes. This is because it is built on constitutional instability and a persistent mismatch between social aspirations and fiscal capacity.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 10th June 2026
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A team of child protection solicitors have created a new family law service, specialising in support for parents and children with neurodivergent conditions.’
Legal Futures, 10th June 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice has released its long-anticipated consultation paper on family law and cohabitation reform. As a practitioner whose daily life is spent dealing with the fallout from broken relationships and disputed estates, my immediate reaction is enthusiastic welcome for the broad spirit of the proposed reform but tempered by anxiety driven by some of the detail.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 9th June 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘The compensation principle set out in Miller; McFarlane is the logical next step in ending discrimination between different but equal contributions. Compensation is a vehicle to alleviate post-divorce disparity, to give both spouses an equal start on the road to independent living.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 10th June 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘The independent monitoring board’s annual report of conditions across the prison estate of England and Wales is stark and unflinching.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman has been jailed for killing her mother after deciding she “couldn’t go on” caring for her.’
BBC News, 9th June 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A train passenger has become the first person to be sentenced under a new harassment law after a prosecution brought by the British Transport Police (BTP).’
The Guardian, 9th June 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An electrician who stabbed his partner to death in a frenzied rage, then blew up their home in a gas explosion, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years.’
The Independent, 9th June 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government’s most senior law officer has been asked to review the “unduly lenient” prison sentence handed to a rapist who evaded police for nearly two decades in one of Britain’s biggest miscarriages of justice.’
The Guardian, 8th June 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A recent ruling by the Court of Appeal in England and Wales can help brand owners understand how to impose contractual restrictions on retailers over the distribution of their products without falling foul of UK competition rules, experts in competition law have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th June 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Recent public law cases concerning dualism––the operative divide between international and domestic jurisprudence––have prompted renewed debate about the constitutional role of judicial review in the United Kingdom. At first glance, decisions such as R (FDA) v Minister for Cabinet Office [2024] EWHC 1729 (Admin); and R (Al Haq) v Secretary of State for Business and Trade [2025] EWCA Civ 1433 appear to signal a retreat from the more dualism-sceptical trajectory associated with earlier authorities like R (Atamewan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 2727 (Admin), R (Galdikas) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWHC 942 (Admin), and R (KTT) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 2722 (Admin). Yet this interpretation is too hasty. What the recent case law reveals is not a straightforward re-entrenchment of orthodox dualism, but the consolidation of a more procedurally conservative judicial posture centred on coherence, justification, and institutional restraint.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 9th June 2026
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A report has found “widespread and concerning evidence” of bias and victim-blaming in the family courts – primarily disadvantaging women.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Artificial intelligence-powered virtual legal assistants are set to be introduced across Crown Courts in the UK, the government has announced, in a bid to alleviate the mounting backlog of cases. Ministers assert that the new technology will significantly accelerate legal proceedings.’
The Independent, 9th June 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former children’s home manager and “master manipulator” who abused youngsters in his care has been told he will not go to prison – as his female assistant was jailed for 25 years for helping his attacks.’
BBC News, 8th June 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Victims of child sexual abuse in England and Wales will be given help to remove online images of their abuse as part of a wider package of support to end the “prolonged suffering of survivors”.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Supreme Court has handed down a unanimous judgment in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 [2026] UKSC 16 (“A Reference”) and has overruled its previous decision in Cheshire West [2014] UKSC 19.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th June 2026
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Commercial analysis: Unsuccessful appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996) arising out of ten separate arbitral awards concerning ten shipbuilding contracts for container vessels. The buyers contended that the yard’s obligation to provide refund guarantees within 120 days of novation was a condition of the contracts, so that breach entitled them to recover loss of bargain damages. The Commercial Court upheld the tribunal’s conclusion that the obligation was an innominate term. The buyers were entitled to cancel the contracts pursuant to the express contractual regime, but not to claim loss of bargain damages.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 5th June 2026
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
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