Asylum seeker jailed for glorifying terrorism – BBC News
‘An Islamic extremist who arrived in the UK seeking asylum has been jailed for supporting terror group Islamic State.’
BBC News, 7th April 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
UK Home Office loses attempt to keep legal battle with Apple secret – The Guardian
‘The investigatory powers tribunal, which investigates whether the domestic intelligence services have acted unlawfully, on Monday rejected a bid by the Home Office to withhold from the public the “bare details” of the case.’
The Guardian, 7th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
GI Globinvestment Ltd & Ors v XY ERS UK Ltd & Ors – Blackstone Chambers
‘On 28 March 2025, Mr Justice Jacobs handed down judgment in this substantial Commercial Court claim, dismissing the Claimants’ claim arising out of substantial losses they had made on investments which proved disastrous when the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020 and financial markets suffered severe falls.’
Blackstone Chambers, 2nd April 2025
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
“Logjam” of old High Court cases “blocking new disputes” – Legal Futures
‘A “logjam” of old cases at the High Court, with more than a quarter of cases taking up to three years to resolve, could be the reason for a “slight drop-off” in new actions last year, a report has found.’
Legal Futures, 8th April 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Can I recover my costs after a fact finding hearing where no findings are made against me? – Becket Chambers
‘This article intends to demonstrate the current thinking in relation to an application for costs post fact-finding hearings. It is especially significant in cases where the party making the allegations is not legally aided, and what the potential consequences, are if findings are not made.’
Becket Chambers, 1st April 2025
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
Burglar who targeted Grindr app users sentenced – BBC News
‘The ringleader of a gang who targeted users of the LGBT dating app Grindr has been sentenced to more than four years in a young offender institution.’
BBC News, 7th April 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Crime and Policing Bill – Becket Chambers
‘The Crime and Policing Bill is currently in the committee stage in the House of Commons. It is a Bill to make provisions regarding various matters, including anti-social behaviour. The Bill proposes amendments to the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and this article is going to focus on the proposed amendment to insert a Part A1 into the Act creating a power to make respect orders.’
Becket Chambers, 1st April 2025
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
Evaluation of the Pathfinder Pilot in Private Law – published – Transparency Project
‘The Pathfinder was developed after the Harm Report (2020) recommended a more investigative approach to private law disputes. The aims of the Pathfinder were to improve the experiences of families in child arrangements proceedings, reduce the re-traumatisation of victim-survivors of domestic abuse, reduce the amount of time families spent in court, and improve coordination between agencies. It began in North Wales and Dorset in February 2022 and expanded to South east Wales and Birmingham in spring 2024. We wrote a blog post about its operation in Cardiff here. The President has been vocal about his hopes that the Pathfinder will eventually becomes the default model in private law.’
Transparency Project, 8th April 2025
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
Asylum Processing Delays: A System in Need of Transparency and Change – Angela Sharma – Church Court Chambers
‘Angela Sharma explores asylum processing delays, and argues that the UK’s asylum system is in need of urgent reform to ensure that it is fair, robust, and credible.’
Church Court Chambers, 2nd April 2025
Source: churchcourtchambers.co.uk
People held at UK asylum centre sue government for human rights breach – The Guardian
‘At least 250 people who were detained at Manston asylum centre during a period when it was dangerously overcrowded and grappling with outbreaks of infectious diseases are suing the government for unlawful detention and other breaches of their rights.’
The Guardian, 7th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Mental Capacity Report – April 2025 – 39 Essex Chambers
‘Highlights this month include:
– In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: a masterclass in determining a particularly complex set of capacity questions;
– In the Property and Affairs Report: statutory will applications and publicity; OPG guidance on family care payments, and the bond provider saga continues;
– In the Practice and Procedure Report: a helpful reminder of elephant traps for the unwary as regards when time runs for purposes of appealing decisions;
– In the Mental Health Matters Report: the Mental Health Bill progresses, and the CQC reports on the MHA 1983 in 2023-24;
– In the Children’s Capacity Report: a new BMA toolkit to help with capacity and other issues in relation to those aged 16 and 17, and back to the vexed question of parental consent to confinement;
– In the Wider Context Report: the inherent jurisdiction rebuffed in a personal injury case, recent research of relevance, and strong views from the CRPD Committee on medical assistance in dying and the 2000 Hague Convention.
– In the Scotland Report: what is appealable in the AWI context, and the complexities of the position of those aged 16 and 17 in Scotland.’
39 Essex Chambers, 1st April 2025
Source: www.39essex.com
Chartered legal executives could get standalone litigation rights – Legal Futures
‘CILEx Regulation (CRL) has launched plans for chartered legal executives to obtain standalone rights to conduct litigation without having to seek rights of audience at the same time.’
Legal Futures, 8th April 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Patient devastated by hysterectomy without informed consent – BBC News
‘Multiple failings led to a patient with Crohn’s disease having a hysterectomy without giving informed consent, an ombudsman has found.’
BBC News, 8th April 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Plastic surgeon found guilty of attempted murder of fellow doctor – The Guardian
‘A surgeon has been convicted of the attempted murder of a fellow doctor, after he broke into his house, doused the ground floor in petrol and stabbed his victim, whom he wanted “out of the way”.’
The Guardian, 7th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Strike Out Season – 3PB
‘As winter fades and spring is upon us the Employment Appeal Tribunal has handed down no less than 4 recent decisions on strike out. To save you some time, I have summarised the key aspects of these 4 authorities so that you can spend more time in the evening sunlight and less time under your office striplight.’
3PB, 29th March 2025
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
The Unorthodox Quashing of the Pre-Existing Nullity (R(MV) v London Borough of Lewisham [2025] EWHC 280) – 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
‘The judgment in R(MV) showcases the judiciary taking care to distil the essential case of an unrepresented party and consider that case at its highest, but nonetheless ensuring that the boundaries of the powers and duties of a local authority are precisely identified before determining whether that case is made out.’
4-5 Gray's Inn Square, 31st March 2025
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
‘”Counter-factuals” – Don’t reduce compensation without an evidential basis’ – 3PB
‘In Gourley C was employed by R from 2008 to 2015 when he was dismissed. C succeeded with complaints of victimisation, failure to make reasonable adjustments and unfair dismissal.’
3PB, 27th March 2025
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘I’m listening to you, but I can’t hear you’: perspectives of autistic adults, investigators and support staff on police suspect interviews – Psychology, Crime & Law
‘Investigative interviews are crucial for gathering evidence within the criminal justice system, yet they are also socially and cognitively demanding encounters for autistic interviewees. In this exploratory study, we used a novel qualitative methodology to examine factors that potentially impact police suspect interviews with autistic people, as well as how adaptations could be made to current practice. Autistic participants (n = 5) were interviewed as a mock-suspect (implicated in a mock-crime) in a real-life active police custody suite by a police officer (n = 5), whilst accompanied by an appropriate adult (n = 5). Autistic adults, police officers and appropriate adults were interviewed about this experience and their broader perspectives on police interviewing practice. Using thematic analysis, three main themes and eleven sub-themes were produced: (1) Challenges for effective participation during interview; (2) Questions of suspect credibility; and (3) Assisting communication and understanding during interview. Findings were synthesised with broader literature to present a working model – the Individual Interpersonal Environmental (IIE) Vulnerability Model – which outlines how a series of interconnected individual, interpersonal and environmental factors may impact police suspect interviews with autistic people.’
Psychology, Crime & Law. 2nd April 2025
Source: doi.org
Mistaken but genuine belief that an employee has resigned can be a fair reason for dismissal – 3PB
‘C was employed by Impact Recruitment Services (“Impact”), an agency, which supplied her services to Howden Joinery Limited (“Howdens”). C was placed with Howdens as a warehouse operative. Following the national lockdown in March 2020, the majority of agency staff were told that Howdens would be shutting down. C was ‘laid off’ by Howdens. This caused confusion in C’s mind as to her employment status.’
3PB, 30th March 2025
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
Stalking protection orders – House of Commons Library
‘Following concerns about the police response to stalking, the government has announced changes to stalking protection orders.’
House of Commons Library, 4th April 2025
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
