‘A teenager who encouraged a young victim to self-harm and produce sexually-explicit images of herself as part of a sustained campaign of online abuse has been jailed today at Sheffield Crown Court.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th June 2026
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man who earned around £185,000 smuggling people from the UK to France in the back of lorries has today been jailed more than five years at Canterbury Crown Court.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th June 2026
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The husband sought a declaration of marital status under s 55 of the Family Law Act 1986, asserting that the parties’ customary marriage under Cameroonian law had been dissolved by a customary divorce. The court found that no customary divorce had taken place and that the marriage was in any event void under English law.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 17th June 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘Unsuccessful application for an LSPO where the applicant husband’s financial remedy claim appeared weak, his disclosure was inadequate, and he remained subject to substantial outstanding liability under a POCA confiscation order.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 17th June 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘Can reflective practice – a staple in other professions – meaningfully support the Bar? Emma Cross reports back from last year’s pilot’
Counsel, 15th June 2026
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘Does your constitution comply? The Harman Report provides impetus to update yours – and the sooner the better. Scott Leonard explains how’
Counsel, 15th June 2026
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A man described as a “parasite” by his siblings has been ordered to vacate his family home and pay a substantial £265,000 bill after a court rejected his attempt to claim his parents’ entire inheritance.’
The Independent, 19th June 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The High Court recently permitted a local authority not to notify the mother’s family or the unknown biological father of the child’s birth and intended adoption, in light of exceptional social, cultural, and psychological risks. Judith Pepper explains why.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th June 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has taken the rare step of quashing a child rape conviction because of the defence barrister’s failure to explore key evidence during the trial.’
Legal Futures, 18th June 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Groundbreaking research has provided “the first hard evidence” that legal advice for low-income households improves lives – increasing incomes and improving mental health.’
Legal Futures, 18th June 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The law of homicide faces the most significant overhaul in generations, as the Law Commission today publishes a consultation paper proposing to replace the existing two-tier structure of homicide offences (murder and manslaughter) with a three-tier structure (first-degree murder, second-degree murder and manslaughter). The proposed reform constitutes the first strand of the homicide review, with two further strands of work, respectively on defences and the sentencing framework for murder, to follow.’
Law Commission, 17th June 2026
Source: lawcom.gov.uk
‘The Law Commission today launches consultations on wide-ranging reforms of the law relating to commercial leases to benefit tenants and landlords in England and Wales.’
Law Commission, 16th June 2026
Source: lawcom.gov.uk
‘The 2011 Family Justice Review issued a particularly sharp critique of the state of data in the family justice system. Having set out, according to its terms of reference, to assess how the system was operating, it found that a lack of data frequently stood in the way of insightful analysis.’
Family Law, 17th June 2026
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A Court of Appeal panel of five Judges, including the Lady Chief Justice, Lady Carr LCJ, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, the Vice President of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), Edis LJ, and Lewis and Whipple LJJ has overturned the Divisional Court’s decision quashing the proscription of Palestine Action, holding that it erred in its approach both to the challenge brought under the Home Secretary’s relevant policy and to whether a fair balance had been struck with reference to the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and association under Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
‘This article takes an extended look at the reasoning in this decision.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th June 2026
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Paul Newman KC considers whether the proposed repeal of the DB surplus “members’ interests” test instead gives rise to a harder fiduciary question: why, as trustees, is it proper to pay scheme assets to the employer?’
Pensions Barrister, 18th June 2026
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘The Court of Appeal has unanimously allowed the Home Secretary’s appeal against the Divisional Court’s conclusion that her decision to proscribe Palestine Action was unlawful on both policy and human rights grounds. The decision is Home Secretary v Ammori [2026] EWCA Civ 1721.’
Administrative Court Blog, 16th June 2026
‘Women in law frequently suffer from exhaustion but stay silent at work for fear their career will suffer, according to a new report on the challenges they face.’
Law Society Gazette, 18th June 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘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
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