Nurse’s murder convictions upheld by senior judges – BBC News
‘A nurse jailed for murdering four elderly hospital patients has lost his appeals against the convictions.’
BBC News, 26th June 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Farmer attacked by wife after ‘stressful’ divorce
‘A farmer’s wife who attacked her estranged husband with a lump hammer due to “stressful” divorce proceedings has been jailed for four years and nine months.’
BBC News, 25th June 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Excessive use of charging powers observed in joint enterprise trials, say researchers – The Guardian
‘Researchers who spent six months observing joint enterprise trials have found excessive use of powers, with individuals charged with murder despite only tenuous connections with the crime.’
The Guardian, 26th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Hainault sword attacker guilty of murdering schoolboy during violent rampage while high on cannabis – The Independent
‘A sword attacker who almost decapitated a 14-year-old schoolboy during a violent rampage that left five others injured has been found guilty of murder.’
The Independent, 25th June 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Telling employee their work is messy is not harassment, London tribunal rules – The Guardian
‘The ruling came in the case of an HR manager who claimed to have been “devastated, hurt and profoundly upset” after his boss told him his work was messy and needed improvement.’
The Guardian, 24th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Ex-Tory councillor banned after saying white men should have black slaves – The Independent
‘A former councillor who sent a racist message saying white men should have black slaves has been disqualified from serving on any authority for four years.’
The Independent, 24th June 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man who developed psychosis after being jailed on indefinite term moved to hospital – The Guardian
‘A prisoner driven to psychosis after being jailed for more than a decade under an indeterminate sentence has been moved to a hospital for a treatment after a six-year battle by his family and supporters.’
The Guardian, 24th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
COVID-19: Causation in the Spotlight – Ropewalk Chambers
‘In the recent Judgment of Edwards and ors v 2 Sisters Food Group Limited [2025] EWHC 1312 (KB), Sir Peter Lane considered causation in work-related COVID-19 claims and the courts’ approach to a summary judgment application where further evidence may yet be adduced by the respondent. This Judgment is of significance for anyone dealing with claims for occupational exposure to COVID-19.’
Ropewalk Chambers, 24th June 2025
Source: ropewalk.co.uk
AI and copyright: a post-Data Bill UK timeline into 2026 – Pinsent Masons
‘Pressure on the UK government to legislate on the issue of AI and copyright is expected to intensify in the months ahead as a statutory timeframe for action kicks into effect.’
pinsentmasons.com, 20th June 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Cohabitation and the Unmarried Partner Visa: Is Living Together Still Mandatory? – EIN Guest Blog
‘An unmarried partner visa allows a non-UK national to join their unmarried partner in the UK who is either a British citizen or holds Indefinite Leave to Remain, has a settled or pre-settled status or protection status (refugee), or holds stateless status, or has a status under ECAA (Ankara Agreement). Unmarried partners include same-sex couples. To be eligible for this visa, they must demonstrate that they have been in a relationship akin to marriage or civil partnership for at least 2 years. Generally, cohabitation for at least 2 years is considered to be important to meet the relationship requirement earlier, but not anymore.’
EIN Guest Blog, 18th June 2025
Source: www.ein.org.uk
ALR and others: the human rights dimension – Administrative Court Blog
‘This is the second in a three-part analysis of R (ALR and others) v Chancellor of the Exchequer [2025] EWHC 1467 (Admin). In this post, I will look at the core human rights challenges in the judgment. I will primarily focus on Article 2 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights (the right to education), but I will also mention the other rights relied on by the claimants, namely Article 14 of the ECHR (the right to be free from discrimination) and Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the ECHR (the right to property).’
Administrative Court Blog, 23rd June 2025
Not ‘grooming’ but rape: Casey review calls for law change – Law Society Gazette
‘Baroness Casey’s review of so-called grooming gangs highlighted the ‘sex offenders go-to defence’, allowing them to escape a proportionate sentence. And ‘victim-blaming misogyny’ means cases go uninvestigated.’
Law Society Gazette, 23rd June 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Breach of embargoed judgment ‘warning to all solicitors’ who pass on material to clients – Law Society Gazette
‘A High Court judge has said it should serve as a warning to all solicitors after a claimant broke a draft judgment embargo by forwarding it to her husband.’
Law Society Gazette, 23rd June 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
RAF base vandalism not enough to justify Palestine Action ban, says ex-minister – The Guardian
‘The spray-painting of aircraft at an RAF base by a pro-Palestinian group would not provide the sole legal justification for banning it, according to a former justice secretary.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Hope for end to ‘cruel experiment’ of indefinite jail terms that have seen phone thieves trapped for up to 20 years – The Independent
‘Desperate prisoners who have been trapped in jail for up to 20 years for minor offences such as stealing a mobile phone could finally get a release date under landmark new proposals.’
The Independent, 21st June 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Crime and Policing Bill: A New Age for Remote Knife Sales – 2 Hare Court
‘In the run-up to the 2024 general election, the Labour Party set out its vision for policing and criminal justice, setting itself the ambitious target of halving knife crime in a decade. The Crime and Policing Bill is the Government’s legislative follow-through on those promises. Introduced in the House of Commons on 25 February 2025, the Bill is comprehensive and wide-ranging. Among its most significant provisions are those in Part 2 aimed at tightening the regulation of remote knife sales.’
2 Hare Court, 11th June 2025
Source: www.2harecourt.com
Purbeck House: remediation order made against Leaseholder on Application by Freeholder – Falcon Chambers
‘In our latest article about the Building Safety Act 2022, Joe Ollech and Tricia Hemans consider the recent decision of the FTT in Barclays Nominees (George Yard) Limited v LDC (Oxford Road Bournemouth) Limited HAV/00HN/BSA/2024/0001 and 0002 (“Purbeck House”).’
Falcon Chambers, 19th June 2025
Source: www.falcon-chambers.com
Unreported nuptial agreements in England and Wales – International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
‘Pre-nuptial agreements are not binding under legislation in England and Wales but can have decisive weight on divorce provided they are not unfair. Pressure is mounting for reform, because it is not always clear when the court will determine when an agreement is unfair. However, circumspection is needed before introducing legislation that would make such agreements binding. There are gaps in what we know about pre- and post-nuptial agreements on the ground. There are no data on how the current judge-made law on nuptial agreements is applied (or even if it is applied) outside the context of the ‘big money’ case. This article uses new interview data with barristers and FDR judges to explore these unreported nuptial agreements. It presents six findings that reveal much that is not apparent in big money cases, while informing key questions such as whether nuptial agreements should be made binding, if there might be unintended consequences of reform, and how fairness could be facilitated if legislation were to be introduced.’
International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 6th June 2025
Source: doi.org
The importance of complying (and showing you’ve complied with) the procedural protections of the Mental Health Act 1983 – Mental Capacity Law and Policy
‘As Deputy Master Marzec put it at the start of her judgment in Appiah & Anor v Leeds City Council & Anor [2025] EWHC 1537 (KB):
1. This claim concerns the detention of the First Claimant (“C1”), under the Mental Health Act 1983 (“the MHA 1983”). She was detained between 26 April 2019 and 23 August 2019, a period of about 4 months, during which time she was given treatment in the form of depot injections of anti-psychotic medications without her consent and against her will. She alleges that such detention and treatment was unlawful and constituted false imprisonment and various breaches of her rights under the European Convention of Human Rights. The Second Claimant (“C2”), C1’s husband, claims an infringement of his right to family life under Article 8 of the ECHR resulting from his having been deprived of his wife’s company for the period during which she was unlawfully detention. The Claimants are, and at all relevant times have been, litigants in person.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 20th June 2025
What is the role of the Attorney General in times of crisis? – Law Pod UK
‘Shadow AG Lord Wolfson of Tredegar joins Marina Wheeler KC and Rosalind English of 1 Crown Office Row to discuss the legal questions to be addressed by the government in relation to the ECHR. We will follow up this episode with Lord Wolfson’s view of the UK’s obligations under international law regarding the current situation in the Middle East.’
Law Pod UK. 23rd June 2025
Source: audioboom.com
