‘The Commercial Court of England and Wales has given guidance on what factors courts should consider when deciding whether to make a filing modification order (FMO) under a new document access pilot.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th July 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘In September 2024, the Government suspended around thirty arms export licences to Israel, having found a clear risk that United Kingdom equipment might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law. It exempted one category, creating a carve-out for components made in the United Kingdom for the F-35 combat aircraft, which continued to reach Israel through the global spares pool. When that carve-out was challenged, the Divisional Court in R (Al-Haq) v Secretary of State for Business and Trade (30 June 2025) accepted that the clear-risk finding was, in the Foreign Secretary’s own view, the only conclusion available to him at [36]. It nonetheless held that whether the continued supply complied with the United Kingdom’s international obligations was not a question a domestic court could decide.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 15th July 2026
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A motoring solicitor from Cheshire has been found guilty of impersonating a police officer after trying to get CCTV footage from a Nando’s restaurant.’
Legal Futures, 15th July 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Class action firm Pogust Goodhead (PG) was “unhelpful, uncooperative, deliberately obfuscatory and misleading” by not revealing its client’s litigation funding problems for three years, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 15th July 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Sabrina Carpenter’s song ‘House Tour’, which has been topping the charts across the country, is a helpful albeit unconventional springboard to consider the law for unmarried cohabitants as it stands, and comment on how proposed reform might better protect families in England and Wales today.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 15th July 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘A Labrador-loving parish councillor has lost a four-year court fight after his neighbour started tearing out the “dog-proof fence” around his £1.2m country home during a boundary row.’
The Independent, 15th July 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two young members of a criminal hacking group who carried out a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL) that cost the organisation millions of pounds are facing jail.’
The Independent, 15th July 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A new treaty governing the future of Gibraltar has been formally signed by the UK and the European Union, aiming to alleviate border crossing complexities and resolve long-standing uncertainty regarding [the UK’s] relationship with Spain.’
The Independent, 14th July 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office is set to ignore a high court ruling and continue sending asylum seekers to France without looking into claims they have been trafficked, which last week was found to be unlawful.’
The Guardian, 14th July 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been jailed for life after being found guilty of the rape and murder of his estranged wife and staging a scene to make her death look like suicide.’
BBC News, 14th July 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Water regulator Ofwat said this follows the conclusion of three investigations into the company’s repeated failures.’
BBC News, 14th July 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Following the General Synod decision in February 2020, new provisions on carbon reduction were introduced under the Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2022 (“the new provisions”) came into force 1 July 2022. This is the sixth in the series of posts which update the list of determinations under the revised provisions.’
Law & Religion UK, 13th July 2026
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Reading between the lines of Richard Lloyd’s independent review of the LSB published yesterday – an impressively rapid achievement, as these things go, given the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) only formally commissioned him in February – I sense the ‘stakeholders’ he spoke to rather enjoyed putting the boot in.’
Legal Futures, 14th July 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The 2026 judgments of Cusworth J reported as LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473 and Wei Lyn Loh and Ardal Loh-Granger [2025] EWFC 483 have dusted off s 25(2)(g) Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Limited to use in only the most serious instances, this factor should be consigned to the history books rather than being hailed as a path to victim recompense.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 13th July 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘Published on Thursday (9 July), the new code replaces the 2020 Code and takes into account the rise of artificial intelligence, legislative changes, and current resource constraints affecting the public sector.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th July 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Church of England is facing a legal challenge over Project Spire, its £100m plan to further reparative justice for historical links to enslavement, as staff come under “vile abuse” from critics.’
The Guardian, 13th July 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Under the new rules from November 30, brought in under Awaab’s Law, social housing tenants will have strengthened rights to have serious problems addressed faster.’
The Independent, 13th July 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The prime minister announced his government would designate the branch of the Iranian military under a new National Security Act, enabling law enforcement to take action against anyone deemed to be providing it with support.’
The Guardian, 13th July 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A university worker has been awarded over £51,000 in a disability discrimination case after her employer failed to account for her short-term memory issues when she misgendered a transgender colleague.’
The Independent, 13th July 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A High Court injunction preventing the unauthorised placement of flags on highway infrastructure secured by Oxfordshire County Council has been made permanent.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th July 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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