‘It is a scenario with which most defence practitioners will be all too familiar. A defendant who was suffering from obvious mental ill-health at the time of the offending; but who also has a history of drug abuse. What effect, if any, will their mental health have on the case?’
Drystone Chambers, 13th July 2026
Source: www.drystone.com
‘Since 2024 four additional statutory aggravating factors have been added to paragraph 9 of Schedule 21 to the Sentencing Act 2020.’
Drystone Chambers, 10th July 2026
Source: www.drystone.com
‘In a report in 2006 the Law Commission described the law governing homicide as: “a rickety structure set upon shaky foundations”. In the 20 years since the report, those structures and foundations have continued to shake.
‘The decision of the Law Commission to publish a consultation paper on homicide offences is therefore to be welcomed even if the final recommendations to government are not expected until 2028.’
Drystone Chambers, 29th June 2026
Source: www.drystone.com
‘Restraint Orders can have immediate and serious consequences for individuals and businesses. Especially in circumstances where there may be little prospect of a charging decision anytime in the near future.
‘In this article we deal with the basics of how to best go about seeking a variation to, or even the complete discharge, of a Restraint Order.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 14th July 2026
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘For decades, equality law has grappled with the question of “how does the law protect those with invisible disabilities?” Some barriers are physical and obvious: a step without a ramp, a door too narrow for a wheelchair. Others are hidden within systems where the barrier is not a missing ramp, but a missing belief.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 3rd July 2026
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘In October 2024 I visited the Central Family Court in London. My objective was to observe a hearing before the magistrates. At the time, the Reporting Pilot was in operation and there had been almost no reporting of hearings before magistrates. That remains true today – most reporting by legal bloggers and journalists relates to hearings conducted by judges. I thought it was unsatisfactory that there was almost no visibility or scrutiny of the work of magistrates, who make serious decisions for families across the country, but who have no legal training.’
The Transparency Project, 19th July 2026
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal over the dismissal of a judicial review claim concerning a London borough’s decision to close an adult education centre.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th July 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In April 2024 there was a great deal of optimism that the new rules and pre-action protocols would inform practice and change culture around NCDR. However, two years on, what has really changed?’
Financial Remedies Journal, 20th July 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘Making the argument for contextual literacy in courts, Stephen Cragg KC illustrates how lawyers in freedom of expression cases can benefit from an understanding of art history.’
Counsel, 20th July 2026
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A businessman described as the “architect and originator” of a plot to plant a fake bomb outside a barristers’ chambers has lost an appeal against his conviction and sentence.’
Law Society Gazette, 17th July 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Calls by academics and thinktanks for an overhaul of the 2007 Legal Services Act seem to have been around almost as long as the legislation itself. But some hope Richard Lloyd’s review of the operation of the Legal Services Board may prove an inflexion point.’
Law Society Gazette, 19th July 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A criminal barrister who helped a gangster trace a gunman who tried to assassinate him is facing a long prison sentence and the end of her legal career.’
Legal Futures, 20th July 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Barrister apprenticeships – shortly to provide the fourth pathway to the Bar – are an ideal opportunity to support local talent and ‘grow your own’, say Tim Coulson and Dr Jane Dennehy.’
Counsel, 20th July 2026
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘The smarter the machines, the more vital the human advocate. As AI reshapes the profession, Lynda Gibbs KC (Hon) and Wendy Showell Nicholas show why empathy, judgement and persuasion are the barrister’s greatest strengths.’
Counsel, 20th July 2026
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A prominent barrister and academic has put forward plans to create two new institutes – one for civil justice reform and the other for access to justice – to help remove the barriers that prevent 3.5m people each year from getting the legal support they need.’
Legal Futures, 20th July 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The House of Commons adjourned on Thursday for the summer recess and will not sit again until Tuesday 1st September. It rose with the Immigration and Asylum Bill, debated at second reading the previous Monday, fresh in its wake, and with the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ (‘JCHR’) legislative scrutiny of the Bill under way.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th July 2026
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A review into UK insolvency rules reflects the need to ensure that the rules remain fit for purpose, improve efficiency, and adapt to changing economic and technological conditions, in particular developments in artificial intelligence (AI), digital assets and cryptocurrencies, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th July 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The focus of this article is on the criticality of legal professional expertise in the evolution of the regulation of the legal professions in England and Wales. In tracing the history of the regulation of the English legal professions from its earliest antecedents to date, it is shown that legal professional expertise was originally a matter of professional self-interest and within the domain of the legal professions themselves, but was also always a matter of public interest; in that it informs those legal services upon which the functioning of society depend, and is also a normative necessary foundation for citizenship and the realization of fundamental human rights.’
Southern University Law Review, June 2026
Source: www.researchgate.net
‘On Thursday, the Government published Tying the knot: reforming weddings law in England and Wales: consultation document. Its proposals follow the Law Commission’s 2022 report, Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law and the Government’s announcement of its intention to reform the law.
Law & Religion UK, 19th July 2026
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘The proposals in this consultation follow our 2022 report on weddings law, where we published our final recommendations proposing a fairer system that gives couples more choice over where and how their wedding takes place. The Government responded to our report in October 2025 giving its intention to modernise wedding law.’
Law Commission, 16th July 2026
Source: lawcom.gov.uk
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