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‘The Court of Appeal has unanimously allowed an appeal by the Information Commissioner and the Health and Safety Executive, ruling that the date for determining whether environmental information is held by a public authority under regulation 12(4)(a) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 is the date the authority receives the request, not the date of any subsequent internal review decision under regulation 11.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 10th July 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The independent review of the Legal Services Board, conducted by Richard Lloyd and published by the Ministry of Justice, was published on 13 July 2026.’

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Legal Services Board, 13th July 2026

Source: legalservicesboard.org.uk

‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) put hallucinated cases produced by artificial intelligence (AI) before the High Court in an extradition appeal, it has admitted.’

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Legal Futures, 10th July 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘The initiative, announced by the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Education, will see information shared between prisons, police forces and local authorities to help identify children whose parent has entered custody. The pilot is intended to address long-standing concerns that many of these children remain “hidden” from public services and therefore miss out on support.’

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Family Law, 13th July 2026

Source: www.familylaw.co.uk

‘Under the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 the government gave legal recognition to decapod crustaceans as sentient beings. The Animal Law Foundation has now written to the Welsh Government to advise on what this means for the killing of crabs and lobsters in Wales.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 12th July 2026

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‘The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has this week launched its legislative scrutiny of the Immigration and Asylum Bill.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 13th July 2026

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‘On 13 July 2026, the Immigration and Asylum Bill is scheduled to receive its second reading in the House of Commons. Public attention has fixed on Part 2 and its Article 8 clauses. This post is about Part 1 (clauses 1-16 and Schedules 1-3), which has attracted less commentary but may prove the more consequential. It abolishes the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) as the forum for immigration and asylum appeals, replacing it with the Independent Immigration Appeals Authority (“IIAA”): hearings from late 2027, a period of parallel running, then full transfer of the jurisdiction.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 13th July 2026

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘On Tuesday, in a written question, Lord Birt (CB) asked HMG “what plans they have to legislate to ensure a Prime Minister of any religious faith can discharge all of his or her responsibilities” – to which the short answer is evidently, “none”.’

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Law & Religion UK, 12th July 2026

Source: lawandreligionuk.com

‘England and Wales common law is well placed to cope with claims for damage caused by chatbots, self-driving cars and other AI-powered innovations, according to a government-sponsored expert report. However “liability gaps” may emerge over the problem of proving causation when decisions are made by autonomous systems, the report’s authors said this week..

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Law Society Gazette, 9th July 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The purpose of this paper is not to comment on the merits of the reforms themselves but to make some observations on the possible structural and resource issues for the Financial Remedies Court (FRC) which may arise out of the anticipated legislation which may emerge from the suggested reforms. The comments also relate to the separate, but linked, government published paper Regulatory Impact Assessment on the Cohabitation and Financial Remedies Reform Consultation.’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 10th July 2026

Source: financialremediesjournal.com

‘The home secretary’s decision to reduce protections for potential trafficking victims being considered for removal under the “one in, one out” asylum deal was unlawful, a high court judge has ruled.’

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The Guardian, 10th July 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Car manufacturers have welcomed a high court verdict that rejected most of the allegations in a “dieselgate” claim brought on behalf of 1.6 million UK owners of polluting cars.’

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The Guardian, 10th July 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The legislation – formally known as the Public Office (Accountability) Bill – is now expected to be passed by the House of Commons on Tuesday, paving the way for it to become law by the autumn.’

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BBC News, 12th July 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Domestic abuse charities have reported a “staggering” increase in perpetrators using technology and finances to control their victims, with a “concerning” rise in people being coerced into car finance agreements.’

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The Guardian, 9th July 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The High Court (Sheldon J) has held that Parole Board guidance stating that oral hearings for applications to terminate IPP prisoners’ licences are only required in exceptional circumstances, and that the Supreme Court’s decision in Osborn does not apply to such applications, is unlawful.’

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Administrative Court Blog, 10th July 2026

Source: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com

‘The low number of Black judges and difficulties for solicitors in being appointed to the bench show little sign of improvement, according to this year’s judicial diversity statistics.’

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Legal Futures, 10th July 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘No-one will ever know how many women Richard Scatchard drugged and raped, but his convictions for attacks on women date back 40 years.’

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BBC News, 10th July 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been paid £25,000 in compensation by the Metropolitan police and received an apology after his arrest over his gender-critical social media posts.’

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The Guardian, 9th July 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Criticism of a football referee’s impartiality is protected as freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights has found.’

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Law Society Gazette, 8th July 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘Lawyers and other professionals can be sued for negligence for failing to use artificial intelligence (AI), according to the latest legal statement from the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT).’

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Legal futures, 9th July 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk