Protesters who planned airport disruption jailed – BBC News
‘Four Just Stop Oil protesters who were planning to glue themselves to the taxiway at Manchester Airport have been jailed.’
BBC News, 27th May 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Early release puts public safety at risk without funding, say police and MI5 – report – The Guardian
‘Police chiefs and MI5 have called for the government to give them enough funding amid pressures from the latest plans to release prisoners early.’
The Guardian, 28th May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Mustaj v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 663 (23 May 2025)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bhundia v Dhar (Re Five Delta Ltd – Insolvency Act 1986) [2025] EWHC 1227 (Ch) (23 May 2025)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Beograd Innovation Ltd v Somovidis [2025] EWHC 1182 (Comm) (27 May 2025)
High Court (Family Division)
A Local Authority v LB & Ors [2025] EWHC 1264 (Fam) (25 May 2025)
A, Re (Appeal: Findings of Fact) [2025] EWHC 1279 (Fam) (22 May 2025)
Source: www.bailii.org
Augustine v Data Cars Ltd – Blackstone Chambers
‘The Court of Appeal (Edis, Elisabeth Laing and Bean LJJ) has today handed down an important judgment on the proper approach to causation in the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (PTWRs), which implemented European law obligations contained in the Part-Time Work Directive 97/81 (PTWD).’
Blackstone Chambers, 20th May 2025
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
Covert Recordings in family law proceedings concerning children – Becket Chambers
‘The guidance has been issued because the courts are, on an increasingly frequent basis, being asked to consider recordings, which are made without the knowledge of the other parent, the child(ren) or professionals, as evidence within family proceedings. The lack of guidance hitherto has meant that there has been an inconsistent approach to the issue which it is hoped this guidance will remedy. It is also hoped that agencies may develop policies on overt recording that will obviate the perceived need for covert recordings of professionals.’
Becket Chambers, 23rd May 2025
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
Working-class imposterism in the law school: “I always have this in the back of my head that I’m expected to fail” – The Law Teacher
‘Working-class students have long faced classism in higher education (HE), particularly in so-called “elite” universities. The study and practice of law are renowned for their exclusive status, historically unwelcoming to those from diverse backgrounds, such as working-class people. Class status has also specifically been identified as a common cause of “imposter syndrome”. Similarly, law schools and elite HE institutions (HEIs) can catalyse “imposter syndrome” for those who do not naturally feel they belong at university. However, little attention has been paid to the intersection between class identity, the study of law and imposterism at university Attending university may be the first time students are confronted with the impact of their class status on their experiences and opportunities. Law schools and HEIs, in partnership with legal recruiters, must do more to tackle classism and celebrate class diversity to defeat imposterism. Through exploring conversations between working-class law school students within an elite HEI via Listening Rooms, this study highlights imposter related experiences of working-class law students and addresses a gap in the literature by critically intersecting these personal and professional identities. In doing so, this study makes a number of recommendations to positively embrace and enhance the class diversity of aspiring lawyers.’
The Law Teacher, 22nd May 2025
Source: www.tandfonline.com
BSV Claims v Bittylicious and others – Blackstone Chambers
‘The Court of Appeal has handed down an important judgment in an appeal against the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s decision to strike-out parts of a collective proceedings claim said to be worth up to £9 billion. The judgment addresses the application of the “market mitigation rule” and loss of a chance doctrine to collective proceedings.’
Blackstone Chambers, 22nd May 2025
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
Would shorter prison sentences ‘spark a crime wave’? Here’s what the evidence says – The Independent
‘The final report of the Independent Sentencing Review has proposed the most significant reform of sentencing and punishment in England and Wales since the 1990s.’
The Independent, 23rd May 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Only a third of recommendations to tackle endemic racism in UK implemented – The Guardian
‘Only a third of the recommendations from major reports commissioned to tackle endemic racism in the UK over the past 40 years have actually been implemented, a Guardian investigation has found.’
The Guardian, 25th May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Judge blocks council bid to evict Romani family from car park site – Local Government Lawyer
‘Medway Council’s decision to issue a possession order requiring a family of travellers to leave a disused car park represented a “disproportionate interference” with their rights under article 8.2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, a County Court judge has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd May 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Data disputes: the scope for class actions – Blackstone Chambers
‘Collective proceedings before the UK’s specialist Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) are now worth a combined total of £160bn, it was reported earlier this year – a phenomenal increase from the reported figure of £4bn in 2021.’
Blackstone Chambers, 23rd May 2025
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
Family of 86-year-old beaten to death outraged by killer’s six-year sentence – The Guardian
‘The family of an 86-year-old beaten to death in a Somerset village have said her killer has escaped “a life sentence” after he was sentenced to six years in prison.’
The Guardian, 23rd May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Appointment of Conservative Party leader not challengeable under Human Rights Act – Administrative Court Blog
‘When the Conservative Party elected Liz Truss to be its leader in 2022, was it exercising a “public function” for the purposes of section 6 of the Human Rights Act, and was it therefore amenable to challenge under that Act? This was the question for the Court of Appeal in R (Tortoise Media) v Conservative Party [2025] EWCA Civ 673 (23 May 2025).’
Administrative Court Blog, 23rd May 2025
Prison violence harming rehabilitation – families – BBC News
‘Criminals at a prison where some cells have been locked down during the day due to serious violence could pose an even higher risk to the public when released, their families have warned.’
BBC News, 27th May 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Taxi driver loses appeal to Crown Court over loss of licence – Local Government Lawyer
‘Lincoln Crown Court has rejected an appeal by a self-employed taxi driver over the revocation of his hire driver licence.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd May 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘We thought we could change the world’: how an idealistic fight against miscarriages of justice turned sour – podcast – The Guardian
‘When a no-nonsense lecturer set up a radical solution to help free the wrongfully convicted in the UK, he was hopeful he could change the justice system. But what started as a revolution ended in acrimony.’
The Guardian, 26th May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
New rules to come into force in all UK zoos for staff and visitors – The Independent
‘Zoos across Britain will be subject to new animal welfare regulations, requiring them to provide more spacious enclosures in a bid to end outdated practices.’
The Independent, 26th May 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Bhundia v Dhar (Re Five Delta Ltd – Insolvency Act 1986) [2025] EWHC 1227 (Ch) (23 May 2025)
Mustaj v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 663 (23 May 2025)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Layden v R. [2025] EWCA Crim 659 (23 May 2025)
De Zoysa v R. [2025] EWCA Crim 668 (23 May 2025)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Scarrott, R (On the Application Of) v Chelmsford City Council [2025] EWHC 1244 (Admin) (23 May 2025)
Richards, R (On the Application Of) v Environment Agency [2025] EWHC 1269 (Admin) (23 May 2025)
High Court (Chancery Division)
London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 1247 (Ch) (23 May 2025)
Glenn & Anor v Walker & Ors (Re Fifty Asset Management Ltd) [2025] EWHC 1286 (Ch) (23 May 2025)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Palmali Shipping SA v Litasco SA [2025] EWHC 1149 (Comm) (23 May 2025)
Deinon Insurance Brokers LLC v Reen [2025] EWHC 1263 (Comm) (22 May 2025)
High Court (Family Division)
A Local Authority v LB & Ors [2025] EWHC 1264 (Fam) (25 May 2025)
J v K & Anor [2025] EWHC 1268 (Fam) (21 May 2025)
G, Re (No. 2) (A Child: Return From USA) [2025] EWHC 1224 (Fam) (21 May 2025)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Logix Aero Ireland Ltd v Siam Aero Repair Company Ltd [2025] EWHC 1283 (KB) (23 May 2025)
El-Tawil v Larrinaga & Ors [2025] EWHC 1288 (KB) (23 May 2025)
JD Wetherspoon PLC v Burger (Re Consequential Matters) [2025] EWHC 1289 (KB) (23 May 2025)
Source: www.bailii.org
Judge rejects challenge by unregulated sperm donor to local authority proposals in care proceedings – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Family Court has rejected a challenge by an unregulated sperm donor said to have fathered more than 180 around the world over proposals made by local authorities in two sets of care proceedings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd May 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Court ruling on legal definition of a woman ‘misinterpreted’, Lady Hale says – The Guardian
‘The supreme court’s ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex “has been misinterpreted”, Brenda Hale has said.’
The Guardian, 22nd May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
