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‘n R (CKS & Ors) v Secretary of State for Education [2026] EWHC 741, the claimants were three children (their parents acting as litigation friends) who were members of the Charedi Jewish community and attended private Charedi schools. They challenged the Department of Education’s Universal Infant Free School Meals policy (“UIFSM”), which requires state-funded schools to provide a free school meal to all state-funded school pupils in Reception and Key Stage 1 without any means test – but does not apply to pupils in private schools..

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Law & Religion UK, 30th March 2026

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‘Reviews by a probate executive accusing her former employer, a solicitor, of being dishonest and incompetent have been found to be defamatory at common law.’

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Law Society Gazette, 30th March 2026

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‘Rarely does the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal offer an outspoken moral judgement on the behaviour of a respondent. Its description of Darren Hanison, former sole practitioner with Sussex firm Fortitude Law, as “deplorable” was therefore an indication of how appalled the panel had been with the misconduct laid out before it.’

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Law Society Gazette, 30th March 2026

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‘The government’s planned criminal justice reforms will fail without proper investment in community sentences, the Magistrates’ Association has said.’

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Law Society Gazette, 30th March 2026

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‘A landmark case on the alleged theft of gold gaming tokens stakes out more legal ground on the unfamiliar terrain of digital assets.’

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Law society Gazette, 29th March 2026

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‘In the case of AP v TP [2025] EWFC 190 (B) a financial remedy order was made by consent, following an FDR, which included a pension sharing order in W’s favour. Difficulties began when W failed to provide the necessary information to permit the pension share to be implemented.’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 30th March 2026

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‘Three siblings could be facing a “ruinous” £250,000-plus “fence wars” court bill after invading their neighbours’ “immaculate” garden and hacking down their 33-foot Leylandii trees.’

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The Independent, 30th March 2026

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‘A North Yorkshire farmer who allowed thousands of tonnes of waste to be dumped on his land has been sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years’

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BBC News, 30th March 2026

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‘The CourtWatch London project provides a valuable insight into the functioning of the magistrates’ courts, the project has gathered data and feedback from 2,300 hearings at the 15 magistrates’ courts across London between February and July last year. The Courtwatchers recorded 500 hearings (23% of all hearings) where the defendant was not represented by a lawyer.’

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Bar Council, 26th March 2026

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‘More training for judges and magistrates and appraisals for judicial holders will help to improve defendants’ experience in courts, Transform Justice has said.’

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Law Society Gazette, 27th March 2026

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‘The Crown court backlog has reached a new record, according to data released today by the Ministry of Justice. The government said the latest figures show why jury trials need to be curbed as part of its reform package: the criminal bar said they prove the opposite.’

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Law Society Gazette, 26th March 2026

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‘McKendrick J. Interim hearing addressing an application to set aside a previous order permitting alternative service of the divorce petition out of jurisdiction by email in the US, alongside MPS and LSPO applications.’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 26th March 2026

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‘What can the court do when there’s a significant gap between the bottom of the applicant’s range and the top of the respondent’s range? Can the court take up the invitation made by counsel to “conduct its own research on Rightmove if it wishes”?’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 26th March 2026

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‘The Sentencing Act 2026 (the Act) received Royal Assent on 22 January 2026. As such, various provisions making changes to sentencing law will be introduced. This article summarises the changes that will be most important for criminal practitioners.’

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3PB, 23rd March 2026

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‘Kay v Martineau Johnson [2026] EWCA Civ 224 is the latest in a long line of cases concerning section 14A of the Limitation Act 1980 (as amended). The fact that there is such a long line means that the law in this area is largely settled. However, as Clare Dixon KC and Hugh Evans explore in this article, this case shows that it is not entirely settled, and its application is often contestable.’

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4 New Square, 10th March 2026

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‘The government has announced the formal start of the promised official inquiry into the violent policing at the Orgreave coking plant during the 1984-85 miners’ strike and the discredited prosecutions of 95 men that followed.’

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The Guardian, 26th March 2026

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‘This case appears to be the first reported determination of a claim seeking damages as a Secondary Victim following the judgment of the Supreme Court in Paul & Anor v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1 (11 January 2024). The claim was struck out by HHJ Claire Evans sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court in Manchester on 17^th March 2026 following a hearing on 5^th March 2026.’

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Quarterly Medical Law Review, 24th March 2026

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‘Regulators will need to put “professional ethical duties” at the heart of how lawyers are expected to behave. The LSB has confirmed that where duties conflict, lawyers must prioritise their duties to the court and the rule of law over their duty to their client. This follows the oversight regulator’s consultation last year, in which stakeholders called for greater certainty about the hierarchy of these duties.’

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Legal Services Board, 26th March 2026

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‘The review, commissioned by the Department for Transport, follows a 2025 Transport Select Committee report finding that accessibility failures across all transport modes are having a “significant negative impact” on disabled people’s lives. The current legal framework — described as a “patchwork” of overlapping laws — makes it difficult for disabled travellers to understand their rights or seek redress when things go wrong.’

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Law Commission, 23rd March 2026

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‘In R (Ansari) v Chief Constable of North Wales Police [2026] EWHC 472 (Admin), the High Court (Chamberlain J) held that the heightened level of disclosure required under Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF (No. 3) [2009] UKHL 28 (“AF-disclosure”) does not apply in a challenge to the seizure, download, retention and inspection of the contents of a person’s mobile phone by an  examining officer pursuant to Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (“TA 2000“).

‘In addition to undertaking a comprehensive review of the AF-disclosure case law, Chamberlain J also rejected the notion of some form of an intermediate level of disclosure in closed material proceedings, where the AF-disclosure threshold is not met. The decision offers some much-needed clarity in this area of law.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 24th March 2026

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