Category: news
SRA drops appeal in Carter-Ruck partner ‘SLAPP’ case – Law Society Gazette
‘The regulator has abandoned its appeal over the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’s dismissal of a ‘SLAPP’ case against a partner at a renowned defamation firm.’
Law Society Gazette, 16th July 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Juries can cope with complex trials, says fraud review – Law Society Gazette
‘Retaining jury trials for fraud cases and allowing the Serious Fraud Office to pay whistleblowers are among recommendations put forward by Jonathan Fisher KC in his independent review of disclosure and fraud offences.’
Law Society Gazette, 15th July 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
MoJ finally unveils £34m funding plan for criminal bar – Law Society Gazette
‘More than seven months after announcing £34m to bolster the barrister workforce within the criminal legal aid sector, the government has finally announced how it plans to carve up the cash.’
Law Society Gazette, 15th July 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Bartok v Brunner [2026] EWFC 146 – Financial Remedies Journal
‘McKendrick J. A hearing dealing with two distinct matters: a contested divorce application, and disputed applications for financial remedies, including forum conveniens issues, and successful applications for a Hadkinson order and Hemain injunction.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 14th July 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
McGregor v Smith (Domicile/Misuse of Divorce Portal) [2026] EWFC 128 (B) – Financial Remedies Journal
‘Judgment of HHJ Farquhar on the jurisdiction of the courts in domicile disputes, dealing further with applications making fraudulent use of the divorce portal.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 14th July 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
Britain accused of ‘serious human rights violations’ over failure to end indefinite jail terms – The Independent
‘Three United Nations special rapporteurs have demanded that Britain urgently resentences almost 2,400 people still serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) jail terms.’
The Independent, 16th July 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
David Lammy’s proposed cohabitation law would be bad for couples – and worse for some women – The Guardian
‘Under Lammy’s proposal, couples who have lived together for three years, or who have a child together, would automatically acquire marriage-like legal obligations they never agreed to, meaning either partner could ask a court to make financial orders if the relationship ends.’
The Guardian, 14th July 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
Dale Vince to get damages from Daily Mail publisher over misleading article – The Guardian
‘The green energy entrepreneur and Labour donor Dale Vince is in line to receive damages from the publisher of the Daily Mail after claiming it used his picture to mislead millions of readers.’
The Guardian, 15th July 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
Does Sustainability Tell Courts How to Decide? – City Law Forum
‘Sustainability is everywhere now. It turns up in all-staff emails and new module titles, in strategy documents and calls for papers, and mostly we let it pass without asking what it commits us to. The familiar objection is that the concept is anthropocentric, that it manages nature for human benefit rather than valuing it in its own right. That objection is real, but it is also well worn, and a narrower question seems to me more revealing. When a statute or a treaty commits us to sustainable development and a dispute reaches court, does the concept help the judge decide the case? The suggestion here is that it does very little, because sustainability lacks what might be called an adjudicative architecture: the machinery a claim needs before a court can act on it, an account of who may sue, of what counts as harm, and of what a court may order. Constitutional rights supply that machinery, and the rights of nature increasingly do too. Sustainability does not.’
City Law Forum, 15th July 2026
Source: blogs.city.ac.uk
Teen catfish victim wins £10k court payout after identity stolen by girl in her town – The Independent
‘A teenage student subjected to a four-year “catfishing” nightmare after her identity was stolen by another teenage girl in her town has won a £10,000 High Court damages payout.’
The Independent, 15th July 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Commercial Court clarifies test for restricting document access under transparency pilot – OUT-LAW.com
‘The Commercial Court of England and Wales has given guidance on what factors courts should consider when deciding whether to make a filing modification order (FMO) under a new document access pilot.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th July 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Bhavya Johari – The Political Constitution’s Broken Promise: Arms, Sanctions and Accountability after Al-Haq – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘In September 2024, the Government suspended around thirty arms export licences to Israel, having found a clear risk that United Kingdom equipment might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law. It exempted one category, creating a carve-out for components made in the United Kingdom for the F-35 combat aircraft, which continued to reach Israel through the global spares pool. When that carve-out was challenged, the Divisional Court in R (Al-Haq) v Secretary of State for Business and Trade (30 June 2025) accepted that the clear-risk finding was, in the Foreign Secretary’s own view, the only conclusion available to him at [36]. It nonetheless held that whether the continued supply complied with the United Kingdom’s international obligations was not a question a domestic court could decide.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 15th July 2026
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Solicitor posed as police officer to get CCTV footage from Nando’s – Legal Futures
‘A motoring solicitor from Cheshire has been found guilty of impersonating a police officer after trying to get CCTV footage from a Nando’s restaurant.’
Legal Futures, 15th July 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
CAT hits out at “unhelpful and misleading” Pogust Goodhead – Legal Futures
‘Class action firm Pogust Goodhead (PG) was “unhelpful, uncooperative, deliberately obfuscatory and misleading” by not revealing its client’s litigation funding problems for three years, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 15th July 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Learning About Cohabitation Law from Sabrina Carpenter – Financial Remedies Journal
‘Sabrina Carpenter’s song ‘House Tour’, which has been topping the charts across the country, is a helpful albeit unconventional springboard to consider the law for unmarried cohabitants as it stands, and comment on how proposed reform might better protect families in England and Wales today.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 15th July 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
Councillor loses bitter neighbour court war over dog fence boundary at £1.2m country home – The Independent
‘A Labrador-loving parish councillor has lost a four-year court fight after his neighbour started tearing out the “dog-proof fence” around his £1.2m country home during a boundary row.’
The Independent, 15th July 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Young cybercriminals facing jail over TfL hack that cost millions – The Independent
‘Two young members of a criminal hacking group who carried out a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL) that cost the organisation millions of pounds are facing jail.’
The Independent, 15th July 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK and EU sign new Gibraltar treaty to ease border delays with Spain – The Independent
‘A new treaty governing the future of Gibraltar has been formally signed by the UK and the European Union, aiming to alleviate border crossing complexities and resolve long-standing uncertainty regarding [the UK’s] relationship with Spain.’
The Independent, 14th July 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK to continue sending potential trafficking victims to France despite court ruling – The Guardian
‘The Home Office is set to ignore a high court ruling and continue sending asylum seekers to France without looking into claims they have been trafficked, which last week was found to be unlawful.’
The Guardian, 14th July 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
