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‘On 18th June 2026, the Nature Restoration Levy Regulations (“NRL Regulations”) were laid before Parliament in draft, alongside the Environmental Delivery Plans (Appropriate Prioritisation) Regulations 2026, which came into force on 9th July 2026. The NRL Regulations were anticipated to provide details on how the Nature Restoration Fund will function in practice. This blog post provides an overview of the draft Regulations and discusses the details provided, and what key details are still missing.’

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Francis Taylor Building, 20th August 2026

Source: www.ftbchambers.co.uk

‘Earlier this week, the CA handed down judgment in the appeal from two county court personal injury actions arising out of cycling accidents on London’s Cycle Superhighway 6 and in particular, a ‘Stepped Cycle Track’ which was set below the level of the pavement but above the carriageway so that there were kerbs on either side of the track.’

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Exchange Chambers, 20th August 2026

Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk

‘In Y & A Holdings Limited v (1) Sapphire Residential Limited and (2) Rima Tverjionaite (County Court at Clerkenwell & Shoreditch, 7 August 2026), the Court granted re-entry, set aside the possession order and dismissed the claim for possession in circumstances where a possession order had been obtained and enforced following the ending of a rent-to-rent agreement, resulting in the unfortunate eviction by bailiffs of the sub-tenants, including the Second Defendant.’

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Doughty Street Chambers, 27th August 2026

Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk

‘In this article, Yasin Patel and Hamza Qazi consider the decline in the use of cash and the how society views people having cash. What is Hawala and the advantages and disadvantages of its use. Where the law stands in regards to hawala and the various statutes and regulations that apply to its use.’

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Church Court Chambers, 24th August 2026

Source: churchcourtchambers.co.uk

‘The Supreme Court has handed down a judgment which holds that the Part-time Workers Regulations 2000 prohibit discrimination where the worker’s part-time status is an effective cause, even if not the sole cause, of the less favourable treatment.’

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Blackstone Chambers, 13th August 2026

Source: www.blackstonechambers.com

‘In the case of Re C and D (Refusal to Hold a Fact-Finding Hearing) [2026] EWFC 155, Mrs. Justice Knowles refused the application of a local authority in care proceedings to hold a separate fact-finding hearing. The principal issue before the court was whether a fact-finding hearing was necessary and proportionate. Naturally, the case was very fact specific, but the court provided a useful and succinct summary of the applicable principles when determining this issue.’

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Becket Chambers, 13th August 2026

Source: becket-chambers.co.uk

‘The question of whether property that is matrimonial property has as a consequence to be shared equally has become one of the main areas of debate in the first instance decisions over the last year.’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 27th August 2026

Source: financialremediesjournal.com

‘In financial remedy cases involving disputed third-party interests, a question often arises as to whether an FDR should take place before or after a contested preliminary issue hearing. These intervenor cases often involve a family member who either claims to have a beneficial interest in a property registered in the legal name of one of the spouses, or who is the legal owner of a property which is said to be partially or wholly beneficially owned by one of the spouses. In either case the family member may be joined to the proceedings to protect their property interests. There appears to be a view shared by legal professionals that the number of these ‘bank of Mum and Dad’ type cases are on the rise.’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 1st September 2026

Source: financialremediesjournal.com

‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has pledged £1.5m a year to help fund up to 100 additional pupillages annually in criminal law.’

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Legal Futures, 1st September 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘A trainee solicitor who sent unwanted explicit messages and an image to a woman he was representing at court has been jailed.’

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Legal Futures, 1st September 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘The Court of Appeal has thrown out data protection claims against national firm DWF after the pleaded case was found to have changed at the last minute without permission.’

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Law Society Gazette, 28th August 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The government’s £34m funding plan to bolster the barrister workforce within the criminal legal aid sector will benefit men more than women and undermine the government’s mission to tackle violence against women and girls, representative groups have warned.’

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Law Society Gazette, 28th August 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘Almost half of all terrorism arrests in Great Britain since the 9/11 attacks on the twin towers in 2001 have come in the past year, official data shows.’

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The Guardian, 1st September 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The government has proclaimed the Employment Rights Act 2025 as the biggest upgrade of workers’ rights for a generation.Footnote1 That is no exaggeration. The Act brings significant benefits for working people. But the Act does not address various aspects of industrial relations which were originally planned by the Labour Party and which might have had a profound impact on the inherent imbalance of power which so marks the UK workplace.’

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King's Law Journal, 25th August 2026

Source: www.tandfonline.com

‘The Court of Appeal has thrown out a bid to appeal a ruling that cleared defendant law firm DWF of data protection breaches.’

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Legal Futures, 28th August 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘Investigators specialising in rape and sex offences will be introduced to every police force in England and Wales by the end of 2027, the government has said.’

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BBC News, 27th August 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Reform Party MP Danny Kruger is concerned. The UK, he says, has ‘a bloated, paralysed centre of government and a mutinous bureaucracy’; and that ‘Real power is held not by the elected government but by the permanent Civil Service’. So he has set out some proposed changes for the civil service should Reform become the government. These proposals prompt us to ask: what is the civil service for?’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 27th August 2026

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘Strange are the ways in which AI can escape and do harm; equally strange are the curious mechanisms whereby water can escape and do harm.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 28th August 2026

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com

‘The family of a woman killed after a high-speed race through residential streets says it is a “relief” the government was considering changing the law around defendants who are considered unfit to stand trial.’

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BBC News, 27th August 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A chemistry teacher has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage pupils at an all-boys school in the late 1980s.’

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The Guardian, 27th August 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com