How can the coroner service be improved? – Exchange Chambers

Posted July 9th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Last year’s general election prevented the Justice Committee from publishing its long-awaited report into the coroner service for England and Wales.’

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Exchange Chambers, 17th June 2025

Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk

PINS to roll out new online appeals service to all local planning authorities by December 2025 – Local Government Lawyer

Posted July 9th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The Planning Inspectorate has announced that it will roll out its new digital appeals service nationally following a successful pilot with five London boroughs.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 8th July 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Government backs MP’s bill to extend use of remote hearings – Legal Futures

Posted July 9th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The government has given its “wholehearted support” to a private member’s bill that gives judges the power to hold remote hearing for breaches of some injunctions.’

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Legal Futures, 9th July 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides, inquiry finds – The Guardian

Posted July 9th, 2025 in news by sally

‘More than 13 people may have killed themselves as a result of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal and it drove at least 59 more to contemplate suicide, according to the first findings from the public inquiry into what has been labelled the worst miscarriage of justice in UK history.’

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The Guardian, 8th July 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

No MIFS or buts – Competition Bulletin

Posted July 9th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The Tribunal’s recent judgment in the interchange proceedings gives important guidance on the use of counterfactuals in competition infringement claims.

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Competition Bulletin, 8th July 2025

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Judicial discourses about journalism in journalism-related judgments in the United Kingdom (UK) since Reynolds – Journal of Media Law

Posted July 9th, 2025 in news by sally

‘In the 1999 case of Reynolds v Times Newspapers, a qualified privilege defence was developed to libel action. However, section 4 of the Defamation Act 2013 abolished the defence and replaced it with a new defence of ‘publication on a matter of public interest’. This paper combines n-gram and qualitative approaches to analysing discourses about journalism in 228 journalism-related judgments since Reynolds. Findings suggest a fluctuating increase in cases, particularly in those involving defamation and libel, and a rise in non-news organisations as sole or primary defendants. The acknowledgement of journalism’s right to freedom of expression in judicial discourses of journalism weakened over time, placing an increasing emphasis on journalism’s responsibilities, ethics, and its watchdog role, particularly after 2013. These changes suggest courts’ evolving interpretations of journalism and related issues, reflecting legal values that could significantly impact journalistic practices, with alarming implications for media freedom in the United Kingdom.’

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Journal of Media Law, 18th June 2025

Source: www.tandfonline.com

Gemma Collins weight-loss drug advert banned – BBC News

Posted July 9th, 2025 in news by sally

‘An Instagram post by TV personality Gemma Collins which advertised a weight-loss drug and app has been banned.’

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BBC News, 9th July 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Jury-free trials proposed to save criminal justice system from collapse – The Guardian

Posted July 9th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Thousands of defendants in England and Wales could lose the right to a jury trial under plans designed to save the criminal justice system from collapse.’

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The Guardian, 9th July 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Court of Appeal upholds post-PACCAR litigation funding deals – Legal Futures

Posted July 9th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The Court of Appeal has upheld as enforceable litigation funding agreements (LFAs) which calculate funders’ return as a multiple of their investment, rather than a percentage of the damages.’

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Legal Futures, 7th July 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Supreme Court to hear case on ending of section 193 Housing Act duty – Local Government Lawyer

Posted July 8th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a dispute over whether a local authority’s duty to house homeless applicants under section 193 of the Housing Act 1996 ends by operation of law or whether the local authority is required to make a decision that the duty has ended.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 7th July 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs Palestine Action: The Constitutional Implications of Widening the Legal Understanding of Terrorism – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted July 8th, 2025 in news by sally

‘On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000.”’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 8th July 2025

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

More trials with no jury will disadvantage people of colour, charities warn – The Guardian

Posted July 8th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Removing the right to a jury trial for more offences would disadvantage people of colour and other minorities and lead to more miscarriages of justice, reformers have warned.’

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The Guardian, 8th July 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Judicial bias – when Homer nods – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 8th, 2025 in news by sally

‘We are all human and some perhaps are more human than others. But while judges should always be unbiased and above the fray, as Roman Poet Horace acknowledged in his Ars Poetica, even Homer can sometimes nod. A recent example appeared in the judgment of Turner J on 15 May 2025 in R (Ladybill Ltd) v Sheffield Magistrates’ Court [2025] EWHC 1169 (Admin). This concerned a judicial challenge to a decision of District Judge Spruce (the judge) when he refused to recuse himself from hearing proceedings between the claimant, Ladybill Ltd, and the interested party, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 7th July 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Bailey v (1) Bijlani (2) MBNA Ltd [2025] EWHC 175 (KB) and medical treatment claims under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 – 1 QMLR

Posted July 8th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Where medical treatment has been paid for on a credit card, a dissatisfied patient[1] may have recourse against the credit card provider under section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (“CCA”).[2] This provision gives consumers who have been the victim of a misrepresentation or breach of contract by the supplier of goods or services paid for on a credit card the option of seeking redress against the supplier, the credit card company or both.’

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1 QMLR, 4th July 2025

Source: 1corqmlr.com

Playing politics with the rule of law – Public Law for Everyone

Posted July 8th, 2025 in news by sally

‘It ought to be uncontroversial that in democracies founded on the rule of law, the government can do only those things the law authorises it to do and that, as US Chief Justice John Roberts put it, the courts’ job is to “check the excesses” of the executive. The Vice-President, however, sees things differently, describing Roberts’ view as “profoundly wrong” and arguing that it is inappropriate for judges to prevent elected politicians from enacting their mandate.’

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Public Law for Everyone, 7th July 2025

Source: publiclawforeveryone.com

Social landlords should monitor hate crime incidents across homes and may need to work with other bodies to resolve ASB: Housing Ombudsman – Local Government Lawyer

Posted July 8th, 2025 in news by sally

‘In its latest ‘learning from severe maladministration’ report, the Housing Ombudsman has urged landlords to focus on hate incidents in antisocial behaviour (ASB).’

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Local Government Lawyer, 3rd July 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work – The Guardian

Posted July 8th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Bosses in the UK will be banned from using non-disclosure agreements to silence employees who have suffered harassment and discrimination in the workplace as part of the government’s overhaul of workers’ rights.’

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The Guardian, 7th July 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Court of Appeal upholds post-PACCAR litigation funding deals – Legal Futures

Posted July 8th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The Court of Appeal has upheld as enforceable litigation funding agreements (LFAs) which calculate funders’ return as a multiple of their investment, rather than a percentage of the damages.’

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Legal Futures, 7th July 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Bereavement leave to be extended to miscarriages before 24 weeks – BBC News

Posted July 8th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Parents who experience a miscarriage before 24 weeks of pregnancy will be entitled to bereavement leave under a planned law change.’

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BBC News, 7th July 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

A System Under Strain: Why It’s Time to Rethink the UK’s Approach to Extradition and International Cooperation – Kingsley Napley Criminal Law Blog

Posted July 8th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The need for reform is not abstract or theoretical. Cross-border criminal activity, whether it involves fraud, cybercrime, organised crime or politically sensitive cases, has become the norm, not the exception.’

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Kingsley Napley Criminal Law Blog, 3rd July 2025

Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk