‘Cross-examination can have a material impact on the court’s findings of fact and determination of issues. This article is written for the occasional cross-examiner, as an aide mémoire of the rules, as a guide to doing the job well.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 18th June 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘A decade of reviews and research has disrupted accepted thinking in the search for causality. Suicides following abuse have overtaken domestic homicides. Is the law keeping up? Professor Susan Edwards KC (Hon) examines recent cases and the obstacles to successful prosecution.’
Counsel, 15th June 2026
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘Why every major sporting event needs an anti-corruption policy. By Louis Weston’
Counsel, 15th June 2026
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘There is a particular genre of article that appears at every technological inflection point. It announces the end of a profession with the confidence of a prophet and the drama of a tabloid headline. The most recent iteration assures us that artificial intelligence will ‘completely destroy’ the law as we know it – replacing barristers, emptying chambers and perhaps even rendering judges obsolete.
‘It is a seductive narrative. It is also incomplete.’
Counsel, 15th June 2026
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘Police who arrested an innocent Black teenager for the attempted murder of his mother, moments after she had attempted to take her own life, will now have to pay up to £130,000 in compensation.’
The Independent, 18th June 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two private members’ bills designed to crack down on strategic lawsuits against public participation, known as Slapps, have been introduced by Conservative members within 24 hours of each other, and are likely to attract cross-party support.’
The Guardian, 17th June 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Buddhist temple operating inside a former pub has been ordered to close by a London council, which said its use as a place of worship was unauthorised.’
The Independent, 16th June 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A television advertisement for a direct cremation company has been prohibited from broadcast after regulators found it misleadingly suggested an attended funeral service was part of its standard plan. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) issued the ban against Pure Cremation following complaints that the ad implied a level of service not actually offered.’
The Independent, 16th June 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Why did the judge in The King v Vickrum Singh Digwa (1/6/26) describe the assailant, Digwa, as “carrying a large Sikh dagger” in “a sheath attached to a belt over the outside,” which would go onto brutally kill young Henry Nowak? Why did he say “[i]t is a strict requirement of the Sikh faith to have a knife, called a kirpan, at all times” and that “[g]enerally, this will be a small knife, hidden from view, often on a length of cord and worn around the neck.” If it is a “kirpan” why not call it that? And does it matter that it was called a “knife” first and a “kirpan” only later? Is the Sikh “kirpan” a knife?’
Law & Religion UK, 17th June 2026
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Section 12 of the Justice and Security Act 2013, the statute which made “closed material procedures” available in civil proceedings generally, requires the Secretary of State to prepare an annual report which provides details of (amongst other things) the number of applications made under that Act and the number of declarations by the courts that proceedings before it are “proceedings in which a closed material application may be made to the court”. These reports function in practice as a useful overview of the sorts of matters that are being litigated in the national security sphere.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 16th June 2026
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has upheld a complaint about a form used by a health and social care charity when a user of its services is at end of life, finding that the form caused “unnecessary confusion”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th June 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published interim guidance on key points from the Supreme Court’s recent judgment on what constitutes a deprivation of liberty, outlining the main implications for health and social care staff, local authorities and others.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th June 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Exactly half of female legal professionals believe their working patterns are not “sustainable for their health in the long term”, a large-scale study has found.’
Legal Futures, 17th June 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A veteran solicitor who genuinely believed a court had entered judgment against his client by error has been cleared of multiple allegations, including dishonesty, made against him by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 16th June 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘On 5 June 2026, the Government published the consultation document, A Fairer End to Relationships, proposing comprehensive reform of the financial consequences of both divorce and separation for unmarried couples. While Graeme Fraser has helpfully summarised the Government’s proposals in Financial Remedies Journal, this piece focuses specifically on the Government’s plan to introduce binding qualifying nuptial agreements (QNAs).’
Financial Remedies Journal, 16th June 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘Add-backs were a useful mechanism to prevent one party’s unilateral dissipation of assets which unfairly prejudiced the non-dissipating spouse’s share. But something has gone wrong when the outcomes deviate too far from what the average person considers fair.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 15th June 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘A care home manager has been ordered to pay £4,000 after two people in wheelchairs drowned when their boat capsized on a day out.’
The Independent, 16th June 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A retired couple has been awarded a £3.3m payout after their historical Tudor riverside home, once a lodging for King Henry VIII, suffered extensive damage from flooding.’
The Independent, 16th June 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In one of what is likely to be one of her last decisions as a Tier 3 judge (having very recently been appointed a Court of Appeal judge), Lieven J considered a very complex situation in London Borough of Camden v BW & Anor (Capacity Decisions; Reasons) [2026] EWCOP 26 (T3). At its heart were two questions as to the capacity of the young woman, BW: (1) to make decisions about taking psychotropic medication;[1] and (2) about sharing information with her sister. Her case was, sadly, one which was not entirely untypical of cases now appearing before the court, i.e. a young woman identified as vulnerable to sexual exploitation and abuse, with a history of contacting men on the internet and then being exploited. BW had also been arrested a number of times for assault, but had been assessed as unfit to plead or stand trial on at least one occasion.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 15th June 2026
‘Barristers under a duty to report bullying, harassment or sexual harassment by others to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) can now satisfy it by reporting to the Bar Council’s new Commissioner for Conduct.’
Legal Futures, 16th June 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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