‘In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth remembering.’

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The Guardian, 18th December 2025

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‘The son of a former police officer was “misled” by a force into accepting a community resolution for violence he did not admit to, an investigation has found.’

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BBC News, 18th December 2025

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‘Appeal court judges have backed a decision that dozens of asylum seekers were unlawfully detained on one of the world’s most remote islands, rejecting an appeal on Tuesday by the commissioner for the territory.’

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The Guardian, 16th December 2025

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Paddy Power Betfair has agreed to pay £2m for failing to step in quickly enough when customers appeared to be problem gambling.

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BBC News, 17th December 2025

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‘Businesses are to benefit from an opt-out class action for the first time after the last two defendants in the car delivery charges case settled for £54m.’

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Legal Futures, 18th December 2025

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‘Espionage offences in the UK’s new National Security Act are so broadly defined that they “will result in cases of real harm” with people wrongly investigated, according to the first review of state threats legislation.’

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The Guardian, 16th December 2025

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‘Convicted sex offenders will be forced to notify police with the details of any dating app and social media accounts or face up to five years in jail, under plans announced by Shabana Mahmood.’

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The Guardian, 16th December 2025

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‘An advert which targeted weight-loss injections at new mums has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).’

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BBC News, 17th December 2025

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‘The Home Office has failed to protect vulnerable migrants it locks up in detention centres, a high court judge has ruled.’

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The Guardian, 15th December 2025

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‘A man who used his car as a “weapon” to plough into more than 130 people at Liverpool FC’s victory parade has been jailed for 21 years and six months.’

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BBC News, 16th December 2025

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‘This case shows how claimants can convince the court that their version of the facts is right despite the contemporaneous record being silent and neither party recalling the detail.’

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1 QMLR, 17th December 2025

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‘A woman who fled rape and torture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 18 years ago and was denied British citizenship because she entered the UK illegally has won her case after a government U-turn.’

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The Guardian, 15th December 2025

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‘A children’s mentor has been convicted of 14 sexual offences against former students in a London school, police said after an investigation into two decades of child sexual abuse.’

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The Independent, 15th December 2025

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‘Thousands of drivers could have speeding fines cancelled after a fault saw some cameras falsely triggered on English A roads and motorways.’

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BBC News, 16th December 2025

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‘One of the world’s biggest providers of educational services has been fined more than £2m for a range of serious breaches related to examination standards that could have affected tens of thousands of students.’

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The Guardian, 15th December 2025

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‘In this case, the High Court considered the appropriate legal test for leaving findings of fact to juries in Article 2 inquests. Is it that such findings are arguable? Or is it that there is sufficient evidence to support them? The answer, quite firmly, is the latter.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 12th December 2025

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‘The bill was passed by parliament following months of scrutiny and takes aim at barriers to the development of national infrastructure, which the UK government consider stifles economic growth. The government has set a target of fast-tracking 150 planning decisions on major infrastructure projects by the end of the current parliament.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 15th December 2025

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‘The time it takes for projects to clear the planning process in England could be cut under measures contained in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill approved by UK law makers on Wednesday. It is now awaiting royal assent.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 12th December 2025

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‘One of the great controversies during the passage of the Renters’ Rights Act was the question of safeguards against landlords abusing the new grounds for possession. If a landlord evicts a tenant on the basis that they intend to sell up, move in, or instal a family member, and then re-lets the property (probably at a higher rent), what redress will tenants have?’

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Nearly Legal, 15th December 2025

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