‘The government has published draft guidance on social landlords’ responsibilities under “Awaab’s Law” which will require social landlords to address emergency and damp and mould hazards that present a “significant risk of harm” to tenants in fixed timeframes.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st July 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Legal regulators have pledged to help subpostmasters concerned about fees being charged by lawyers in their claims for compensation over the Post Office Horizon scandal.’
Legal Futures, 30th June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A family have won a six-month fight for a refund on their £3,500 dream holiday to Lapland which was hit by a series of weather-related cancellations.’
BBC News, 30th June 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This research briefing examines one type of “public inquiry” – statutory public inquiries held under the Inquiries Act 2005. It sets out how they are set up and run. It also gives information about current statutory inquiries. These include the UK Covid-19 inquiry and the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry.’
House of Commons Library, 27th June 2025
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘A 92-year-old man who evaded justice for almost 60 years has been convicted of raping and murdering a woman in Bristol, after a review by a cold case police team and scientists.’
The Guardian, 30th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Waller-Edwards (Appellant) v One Savings Bank Plc (Respondent) [2025] UKSC (22) has brought much-needed lucidity to the application of the Etridge protocol as regards non-commercial relationships involving hybrid surety and joint borrowing transactions.’
Law Society's Gazette, 27th June 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A garden gun maker and notorious “drugs general” have been jailed for producing and distributing “assassination kits” for organised crime groups across the country.’
BBC News, 27th June 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A collection of groups campaigning on transgender issues have urged Europe’s main human rights body to investigate the UK over the implementation of the supreme court’s ruling on gender.’
The Guardian, 28th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In Kindertons Ltd v Murtagh [2024] EWHC 471 (KB), which we examined in a July 2024 article (see tinyurl.com/29jetu66), the High Court upheld a non-party costs order (NPCO) against a credit hire company. The decision confirmed that the financial interest and control exercised by credit hire providers over proceedings can justify such orders, even in the absence of ‘but for’ causation. Turner J emphasised that the key test is whether justice requires such an order, with the credit hire company’s commercial interest and structural control over litigation being decisive factors. The Court of Appeal has now revisited and expanded upon these principles in the conjoined appeals of Tescher v Direct Accident Management Ltd and AXA Insurance UK Plc v Spectra Drive Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 733. These judgments represent the most comprehensive appellate authority to date on the applicability of NPCOs in the context of credit hire litigation.’
Law Society's Gazette, 27th June 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The aim of this paper is to challenge the argument that says, as judges are not elected, they have weaker or no democratic legitimacy when compared to legislators. This paper draws on dicta from Laws LJ, as he then was, in the Divisional Court case of Cart v Upper Tribunal, to offer two reasons why this is false. Call these the efficacy and equality principles of representation. The claim here is that without an independent judiciary, legislators cannot legislate or legislate in a way that applies equally. So, without an independent judiciary, the democratic legitimacy of a legislature is weakened or disappears. This argument makes a legal difference, but the kind of legal difference it makes varies between jurisdictions. This paper focuses on one difference the democratic legitimacy of judges makes in the UK: the extent to which Parliament can oust judicial review for error of jurisdiction.’
Legal Studies, 17th June 2025
Source: www.cambridge.org
‘Eight men have been found guilty of a conspiracy to unlawfully obtain data from garages to sell on as potential leads for personal injury (PI) claims.’
Legal Futures, 30th June 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘On Friday 20 June 2025, the House of Commons gave the Third Reading to the Private Member’s Bill, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, by 314 votes to 291; it had its first reading in the House of Lords on 23 June but the date of the second reading is yet to be announced. This post considers three aspects of the Bill: i] the events leading to Friday’s vote; ii] the responses of groups; and iii] the next stages of the Bill.’
Law & Religion UK, 28th June 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Crown courts are at “breaking point” and there will be 100,000 outstanding criminal cases by 2028, a minister has warned, as the backlog reaches a new record high.’
The Independent, 26th June 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for at least 40 years after being convicted of murdering a 14-year-old schoolboy with a samurai sword during a 20-minute rampage in east London.’
BBC News, 27th June 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A group of 10 people are threatening a judicial review against the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) unless it investigates a judge’s alleged misogynistic and bullying behaviour.’
Legal Futures, 30th June 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In U3 (AP) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] UKSC 19, the Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal against a decision taken by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”) relating to deprivation of citizenship and refusal of entry clearance on the basis of national security concerns.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th June 2025
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Calling someone a “Karen” is “borderline racist, sexist and ageist”, a tribunal judge has said.’
The Guardian, 28th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An MP has raised alarm at the slow pace of a scheme to compensate LGBT service personnel dismissed or discharged from the forces because of their sexuality, saying that at the current rate it could take more than a decade to complete the process.’
The Guardian, 27th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal (Dingemans, Lewis and Nicola Davies LJJ) has refused Liberty’s application for permission to appeal against the High Court’s (Swift J) refusal of their application for permission to judicially review the length of the EHRC’s Code of Practice consultation. The consultation was commenced on 20 May 2025, following the Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, [2025] 2 WLR 879 (“FWS”), concerning the meaning of sex in the Equality Act 2010 on 16 April 2025. The consultation is due to end on 30 June 2025. The blog has earlier reported on the ex-tempore decision of Swift J on 6 June 2025.’
Administrative Court Blog, 26th June 2025
‘Black children detained by police are 15% more likely to be “criminalised”, that is charged and put into the criminal justice system, than white children detained for similar types of offences, a study has found.’
The Guardian, 27th June 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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