‘The Windrush compensation scheme must improve after it failed to consider a dying woman’s claim properly and wrongly refused to compensate her husband for the loss of his pension, an ombudsman has said.’
The Guardian, 18th September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In the UK and Commonwealth, an oath of allegiance is a promise to be loyal to the monarch, their heirs and successors. Also known as ‘swearing in’, it is pledged in various contexts, including at the beginning of a Parliament and when government ministers assume office. The allegiance is pledged to the monarch as the personification of the Crown – the symbol of British state authority.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 17th September 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The UK’s approach to counter terrorism preparedness has taken a significant step forward with the passing of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 (Martyn’s Law).’
Kingsley Napley Regulatory Blog, 12th September 2025
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) has referred a barrister to the Bar Standards Board for presenting a bogus court decision generated using the ChatGPT artificial intelligence tool.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th September 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Edward Sawyer of Wilberforce Chambers considers a recent determination on the British Steel Pension Scheme, in which the PO set out his general approach to claims by victims of pension transfer scams for due diligence failures by the transferor scheme trustees.’
Pensions Barrister, 18th September 2025
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘The Law Commission has recommended a set of reforms to disabled children’s social care law, after acknowledging that elements are “out of date” and “potentially unfair”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th September 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A woman with learning difficulties has capacity to engage in sex and to marry, the Court of Protection has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th September 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In a recently completed paper, Philip Murray and I develop a defence of what we term the classical account of administrative law. The question with which we are centrally concerned is whether (as the classical account holds) unlawful administrative acts are void ab initio, such that they can be treated without more as if they had never been committed, or merely voidable, meaning that they are valid and effective unless and until set aside by a competent court. While that question might seem highly technical — and, in one sense, it is — it is also a question that goes to the doctrinal and conceptual heart of administrative law, and which has profound practical and constitutional implications. The idea that unlawful acts should be treated as merely voidable — or that courts should be able to decide whether they are void or voidable — may be superficially attractive because it appears to replace conceptual rigidity with remedial flexibility. But in the article, we argue that the flip side of that coin is one that must not be ignored, and that abandoning the classical account is ultimately incompatible with upholding the rule of law.’
Public Law for Everyone, 16th September 2025
Source: publiclawforeveryone.com
‘Blue Badges are being faked, doctored, stolen and sold online, fraud investigators are warning.’
BBC News, 18th September 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Shabana Mahmood has accused asylum seekers of making “vexatious, last-minute claims” to avoid removal to France as the Home Office said it would review modern slavery laws to save Keir Starmer’s returns deal.’
The Guardian, 17th September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The decision by a high court judge to block the deportation of a man under Labour’s “one in one out” agreement with France has cast doubt on the future of the policy. Here, the Guardian examines the significance of the court’s decision and what it means for the removal scheme.’
The Guardian, 17th September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘There has been some debate as to the role of the House of Lords in scrutinising this Bill, especially over whether it is appropriate for the House to debate the principle of assisted dying which has now been accepted by the Commons.’
Law & Religion UK, 17th September 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘The president of the family division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, informed representative bodies this week that 13% of family court sitting days for 2025/26 was allocated to the London Financial Remedies Court under a concordat agreed between the lord chancellor and lady chief justice, but this has not proved enough. As a result, planned financial remedies sitting days will have to be cancelled.’
Law Society Gazette, 17th September 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Law Commission has U-turned on a proposal to create a separate legal framework for disabled children to ensure their social care needs are met, amid warnings that the proposal could lead to disabled children being deprioritised.’
Law Society Gazette, 16th September 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The policy document proposes to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), replacing it with a “British Bill of Rights”, and withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as well as “disapply” various international conventions. This is meant to enable deportations and removals. Notwithstanding the objectives of the plan to “identify, detain, and deport illegal migrants”, the terms “illegal migrant” and “illegal migration”, are not defined in Reform UK’s plan, and neither are they terms of art in domestic law.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 15th September 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Prudential’s appeal over whether it was liable for VAT on performance fees, bringing to a close a long-running dispute between the insurance giant and His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over whether VAT was due on performance fees it had to pay.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th September 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Neither of these are housing law cases, but sometimes judgments come along at which you can only stare in horrified (or amazed, or amused) fascination. These are two such judgements, in case you are in need of diversion, or a cautionary tale, or lessons in the multifaceted, boundless and ever creative human capacity for stupidity.’
Nearly Legal, 15th September 2025
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘In the first legal challenge against the deal, in the High Court in London, his lawyers argued he needed more time to present evidence that he might have been the victim of modern-day slavery – and the decision to remove him had been rushed.’
BBC News, 16th September 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In Rickards, R (On the Application Of) v East Hertfordshire District Council [2025] EWHC 2278 (Admin), Mr Tim Smith, sitting as a deputy High Court judge, said he was “left in doubt” as to whether the planning officer handling the application “was even aware” that protective designations for the surrounding areas existed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th September 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A doctor who left a patient midway through an operation to have sex with a nurse is at “very low risk” of repeating his serious misconduct, a medical tribunal has ruled.’
The Guardian, 15th September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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