Hundreds arrested in High Street crime crackdown – BBC News

Posted November 11th, 2025 in news by Simon

‘Targeted raids on High Street premises such as mini-marts, vape shops, barbers and takeaways have seen more than 920 people arrested, in the largest action of its kind coordinated by the National Crime Agency (NCA).’

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BBC News, 11th November 2025

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Court of Appeal clarifies judicial duties when making final care and placement orders at an IRH – Re D [2025] EWCA Civ 1362 – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted November 10th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The Court of Appeal in Re D has overturned final care and placement orders made at an Issues Resolution Hearing (“IRH”), stating that judges must give clear, reasoned findings on the threshold criteria under section 31(2) Children Act 1989 (“CA 1989”), even where proceedings are uncontested or parents are absent.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 10th November 2025

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Holding the risk in medical treatment cases – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

Posted November 10th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Re RS (Best Interests: Surgery and Intensive Care) [2025] EWCOP 38 (T3) is a case which demonstrates the care and thought which – rightly – should go into ensuring that those with cognitive impairments are put forward for appropriate physical procedures, and also contains some very helpful wider observations about the role of the courts in such cases.’

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Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 8th November 2025

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Girl, 17, ‘exposed to beheadings, shootings and porn’ joins smartphone legal action against government – The Independent

Posted November 10th, 2025 in news by sally

‘A 17-year-old girl who says she has been exposed to harrowing content such as beheading videos, footage of a young child shooting another and porn has joined a legal action against the government.’

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The Independent, 10th November 2025

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Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release – The Guardian

Posted November 10th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Environmental protesters are being given licence conditions on release from jail that are supposed to be limited to extremism cases.’

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The Guardian, 8th November 2025

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Prankster banned from football games for five years – BBC News

Posted November 10th, 2025 in news by sally

‘An online prankster who invaded the pitch during a football match in Dublin has been banned from attending all national and international games for five years.’

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BBC News, 7th November 2025

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Discharge of duty, notification of review, and possession proceedings – Nearly Legal

Posted November 10th, 2025 in news by sally

‘There is a lot going on in this Court of Appeal appeal of a possession order. The two primary issues were i) whether a notification of review rights of a decision to discharge the homelessness duty had to be given in an offer of final accommodation and/or in a review decision upholding the suitability of offered accommodation, and ii) whether that failure, if such it was, could be a defence to a possession claim for the temporary accommodation.’

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Nearly Legal, 9th November 2025

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Joey Barton guilty over ‘grossly offensive’ X posts – BBC News

Posted November 10th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Former footballer Joey Barton has been found guilty of six counts of sending “grossly offensive” social media posts aimed at broadcaster Jeremy Vine and television pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko.’

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BBC News, 7th November 2025

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Court to rule on SRA’s powers to see privileged material – Legal Futures

Posted November 10th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The High Court is set to decide on whether the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has the power it claims to examine legally privileged material as part of investigations.’

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Legal Futures, 10th November 2025

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Bar Council calls for legal aid for all family court cases involving domestic abuse – The Guardian

Posted November 10th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The Bar Council has called for all family court cases involving domestic abuse to be brought within the scope of legal aid for both parties, and for means testing to be scrapped for alleged victims and survivors of domestic abuse.’

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The Guardian, 9th November 2025

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AI sued by image library for intellectual property infringement in training models – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted November 7th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The legal dispute between Getty Images (and its associated companies) and Stability AI revolves around complex issues of copyright infringement, database rights, trademark infringement, and passing off. The arguments centred on the use of Getty Images’ visual content in the training and operation of Stability AI’s generative AI model, Stable Diffusion. Media firm Mischcon de Reya has acclaimed this as the “one of the most anticipated cases in recent years.” The case has significant implications for intellectual property law as it intersects with the development and deployment of AI technologies in the UK.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 7th November 2025

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SRA belatedly publishes restrictions placed on Mazur lawyer – Legal Futures

Posted November 7th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The fee-earner at the heart of the Mazur ruling is a ‘senior litigation executive’ who was suspended indefinitely as a solicitor 17 years ago, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has revealed.’

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Legal Futures, 7th November 2025

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‘Unjust’ grooming ‘child prostitution’ convictions to be pardoned – The Independent

Posted November 7th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Victims of child exploitation and grooming will have their child prostitution convictions disregarded after years of “appalling injustice”.’

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The Independent, 6th November 2025

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Misleading UK adverts for ’very low emission’ wood-burning stoves banned – The Guardian

Posted November 7th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Adverts claiming that wood-burning stoves are “very low emissions” have been banned by the Advertising Standards Agency for being misleading and not substantiated.’

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The Guardian, 6th November 2025

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Anti-black discrimination systemic in Met – report – BBC News

Posted November 7th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The Metropolitan Police has a structural problem with “systematic racism”, an independent report into anti-black harm within the force has warned.’

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BBC News, 7th November 2025

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Land Registry “will automate all simple requests” by 2035 – Legal Futures

Posted November 7th, 2025 in news by sally

‘HM Land Registry (HMLR) will have “automated almost all simple requests to change the register” by 2035, offering “a near-instant service” for home buying and selling.’

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Legal Futures, 7th November 2025

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Man jailed for murder of ‘good Samaritan’ helping injured woman in Sheffield – The Guardian

Posted November 7th, 2025 in news by sally

‘A man who murdered a “good Samaritan” by running him over as he helped an injured woman has been jailed for a minimum of 26 years.’

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The Guardian, 6th November 2025

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Boy left in Ghana – rehearing – Transparency Project

Posted November 7th, 2025 in news by sally

‘There was a lot of media coverage back in February of this unusual story of a British teenage boy who’d taken his parents to court to try to get back home to London from Ghana. His parents had tricked him into visiting Ghana in early 2024 where they’d left him, against his wishes, in a boarding school. They had been worried about his recent violent behaviour and getting involved in criminal activity, including theft of phones and possession of knives. At the date of the latest hearing in October this year, his parents were still opposed to his applications to come back to the UK. They believe he is only safe in Ghana.’

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Transparency Project, 6th November 2025

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The justice system is failing – the buck stops with Lammy – BBC News

Posted November 6th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Last week, after a migrant sex offender was mistakenly released from prison, Justice Secretary David Lammy said he was implementing the “strongest release checks that have ever been in place”.’

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BBC News, 5th November 2025

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The Sun publisher agrees to pay Christopher Jefferies ‘substantial damages’ – The Guardian

Posted November 6th, 2025 in news by sally

‘Rupert Murdoch’s news publisher in the UK agreed to pay “substantial damages” to a man wrongly arrested for a high-profile murder, after apologising for the invasion of his privacy.’

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The Guardian, 5th November 2025

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