‘Thames Water has been hit with a record £104m fine over environmental breaches involving sewage spills, after failing to operate and manage its treatment works and wastewater networks effectively.’
The Guardian, 28th May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘When a skilled worker in the UK loses their sponsorship, whether due to redundancy, company closure, or a shift in business priorities, the consequences can be immediate and severe.’
EIN Blog, 27th May 2025
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has ditched its controversial proposal to require barristers to “act in a way that advances equality, diversity and inclusion”.’
Legal Futures, 27th May 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Tens of thousands of energy customers are set to receive payouts of up to £1,000 each, and could see debts written off, in response to the scandal over the forced fitting of prepayment meters.’
BBC News, 27th May 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The question of when working from home is acceptable – and when you really should be at an office desk – is becoming one of modern life’s conundrums.’
The Guardian, 27th May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The circumstances in this case may sound all too familiar to some readers. A child aged ten was terrified of his mother’s violent male partner and is now living with his grandparents. The local authority (LA) had applied for an interim care order (ICO). The good news is that the child is now settled with his grandparents and it’s likely they will apply for and be granted a special guardianship order.’
Transparency Project, 27th May 2025
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
‘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
‘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
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
‘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
‘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 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
‘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
‘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 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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
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