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‘Regulators will need to put “professional ethical duties” at the heart of how lawyers are expected to behave. The LSB has confirmed that where duties conflict, lawyers must prioritise their duties to the court and the rule of law over their duty to their client. This follows the oversight regulator’s consultation last year, in which stakeholders called for greater certainty about the hierarchy of these duties.’

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Legal Services Board, 26th March 2026

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‘The review, commissioned by the Department for Transport, follows a 2025 Transport Select Committee report finding that accessibility failures across all transport modes are having a “significant negative impact” on disabled people’s lives. The current legal framework — described as a “patchwork” of overlapping laws — makes it difficult for disabled travellers to understand their rights or seek redress when things go wrong.’

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Law Commission, 23rd March 2026

Source: lawcom.gov.uk

‘In R (Ansari) v Chief Constable of North Wales Police [2026] EWHC 472 (Admin), the High Court (Chamberlain J) held that the heightened level of disclosure required under Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF (No. 3) [2009] UKHL 28 (“AF-disclosure”) does not apply in a challenge to the seizure, download, retention and inspection of the contents of a person’s mobile phone by an  examining officer pursuant to Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (“TA 2000“).

‘In addition to undertaking a comprehensive review of the AF-disclosure case law, Chamberlain J also rejected the notion of some form of an intermediate level of disclosure in closed material proceedings, where the AF-disclosure threshold is not met. The decision offers some much-needed clarity in this area of law.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 24th March 2026

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‘Paul Newman KC considers a recent Upper Tribunal decision raising interesting points on service, what is being decided on an appeal, and the quality of material which the Regulator is expected to place before the First-Tier Tribunal.‘

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Pensions Barrister, 26th March 2026

Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com

‘In UK judicial review litigation, the parties and their legal representatives owe a special ‘duty of candour’ to the court – something that is not present in other types of legal proceedings.

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OUT-LAW.com, 25th March 2026

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘Following a report on the role of artificial intelligence in blogging, (round-up, 22 January 2023), we posted “A brief experiment in legal blogging using AI” which was produced with the aid of ChatGPT. Although this yielded “quite impressive” copy, it indicated the importance of the formulation of the questions, and at that time it appeared as though we would continue writing content the traditional way at least for the immediate future. Three years on, we consider whether these conclusions are still valid with regard to our posts on L&RUK?’

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Law & Religion UK, 26th March 2026

Source: lawandreligionuk.com

‘The incoming chair of the Legal Services Board has signalled that frontline regulators will face a new type of scrutiny in the wake of high-profile failures.’

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Law Society Gazette, 26th March 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘MPs and peers are losing control of lawmaking, former attorney general Dominic Grieve has warned in a new podcast from legal reform charity Justice to strengthen “legal literacy” in Westminster.’

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Law Society Gazette, 25th March 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘A judge has urged the media to exercise restraint in reporting on a “romance fraudster” who deployed her charisma and good looks to con victims who included a barrister.’

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Law Society Gazette, 25th March 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘Doctors who have been prevented from working in the NHS while they wait for asylum decisions are celebrating after the Home Office agreed to lift the ban. The changes come into force on Thursday.’

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The Guardian, 26th March 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A tax specialist owes his former law firm £204,000 in overpayments he received while an employee after failing to refer work that would cover his debt, the High Court has ruled.’

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Legal Futures, 25th March 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘More than a decade of litigation over computer giant HP’s disastrous acquisition of UK startup Autonomy from the late Dr Mike Lynch reached a provisional conclusion today. In ACL Netherlands v Sandelson Mr Justice Hildyard ordered the administrators of the estate of Mike Lynch to pay $236 million (£176.6m) interest on the £700m in damages awarded last year following a $5bn claim by HP.’

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Law Society Gazette, 24th March 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘Can a non-marriage entered into in England and Wales obtain validity by being registered in a country which permits nikkah marriage, so that it is recognised in England and Wales as a valid foreign marriage?’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 24th March 2026

Source: financialremediesjournal.com

‘The Court of Appeal dismissed two appeals from a set-aside order made by HHJ Hess sitting as a deputy High Court judge. The court considered issues of material non-disclosure by the husband, and whether gifts made by the wife’s mother were conditional.’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 24th March 2026

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‘The 65-year-old former justice minister appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Wednesday [25th March] to admit four drugs charges, which stem from a raid on his home in Horley, Surrey, in October 2023.’

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The Guardian, 25th March 2026

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‘Transgender girls and women who are part of Girlguiding groups in the UK have been given until September to leave the organisation, under new rules introduced after the supreme court ruling on gender last year.’

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The Guardian, 24th March 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘In BA (A Child), Re (DOLS in Hospital) [2026] EWHC 653 (Fam) (20 March 2026), Mr Justice McKendrick concluded: “It is absolutely necessary for there to be an order authorising the deprivation of BA’s liberty to provide her with education and therapy to assist her to be kept safe from serious harm. I am satisfied there is no section 25 1989 Act accommodation available and as such the DOLs order in the identified children’s home is required.”’

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Local Government Lawyer, 24th March 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that the term “father” in the Children Act 1989 means what it means at common law – that a man is only the “father” of a child if he is the natural/genetic/biological father.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 24th March 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘A property company accused of trying to mass-evict tenants in the weeks before no-fault evictions are banned has denied doing so, saying it is simply implementing “routine and lawful tenancy management”.’

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The Guardian, 24th March 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Account Freezing Orders (AFO) are an increasingly common feature of financial investigations in the UK, with HMRC in particular making growing use of these powers as part of its civil and criminal enforcement activity. Often obtained without notice and at an early stage of an enquiry, an AFO can have an immediate and far-reaching impact on individuals and businesses, freezing bank accounts and restricting access to funds overnight.’

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2 Hare Court, 23rd February 2026

Source: www.2harecourt.com