‘Pursuing a career in law is already a significant challenge without the added stress of worrying whether past mistakes could block your path to becoming a solicitor. Early-life convictions, cautions, academic disciplinary actions, or financial issues may all impact your eligibility for admission by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’

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Kingsley Napley Regulatory Blog, 18th August 2025

Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk

‘David Cameron’s “bonfire of the quangos” decision to abolish England’s council spending watchdog has left a broken system that is costing taxpayers more money than it was promised to save.’

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The Guardian, 19th August 2025

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‘The Government has amended its response to the recent Licensing Taskforce report to say that it intends to review the requirement for printed statutory notices for alcohol licenses as part of the licensing call for evidence.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 18th August 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘A man has been found guilty for his role in the shooting of a nine-year-old girl outside an east London restaurant in a long-running gang feud.’

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The Guardian, 18th August 2025

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‘On 16th April 2018, the GMC received information from the police that a 15-year-old patient had alleged that a consultant anaesthetist, Dr Sridharan Suresh, had sexually assaulted her. It opened an investigation. On 1st May 2018, the GMC contacted Dr Suresh, and the following day he was informed of the GMC investigation, and that the case would be sent to an Interim Orders hearing.’

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2 Hare Court, 29th July 2025

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‘The appeal of Dr Moodliar against the finding of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal that she had acted dishonestly, and its direction for her erasure from the register of doctors, raised a plethora of issues and makes useful reading in relation to them all. The misconduct was in relation to the writing of an expert report and was comprehensive – including dishonesty, inadequate experience, and plagiarism (summarised at §113 of the Judgment).’

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2 Hare Court, 29th July 2025

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‘A travel influencer stalked by a British man who travelled to her Indonesian home and threatened to kidnap her has strongly criticised police over the way her case was handled.’

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The Guardian, 15th August 2025

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‘The recently reported case Re Bingham Cemetery (No. 2) [2025] ECC S&N 3 concerns an application by Mrs Rita Elizabeth Harbury-Carlisle, otherwise Lady Rita Harbury-Carlisle, (‘Rita’) seeking the exhumation of the remains of her sister Valerie Allsop (‘Valerie’) and her father Eugene Arthur Allsop (‘Eugene’) from their grave in Bingham cemetery. Whilst the Chancellor could find no exceptional circumstances to justify the grant of a faculty for this recent petition, the judgment includes a discussion of the doctrine of res judicata – “a matter judged”, the legal doctrine that prevents the same parties from relitigating a claim or issue that has already been decided by a competent court. The judgment also includes a further consideration of the application of Re Blagdon Cemetery [2002] Fam 299 and Re Christ Church Alsager [1999] Fam 142.’

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Law & Religion UK, 18th August 2025

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‘The UK’s first transgender judge has launched a case against the UK in the European court of human rights challenging the process that led to the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex.’

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The Guardian, 18th August 2025

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‘Cotham School v Bristol County Council & Anor [2025] EWHC 1382 (Ch) is a blockbuster of a case, guaranteed to excite the passions of any English woman or man. It concerns the status of a piece of land registered as a village green, the use of which as playing fields by a school is contested.’

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2 Hare Court, 29th July 2025

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‘It is not every High Court appeal where one of the advocates accuses the other of racism for their skeleton argument – but when the Middle East is the issue under discussion nothing is surprising.’

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2 Hare Court, 29th July 2025

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‘A Labour councillor who called for far-right protesters’ throats to be cut at an anti-racism rally has been found not guilty of encouraging violent disorder.’

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BBC News, 15th August 2025

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‘Two police officers have been sacked for gross misconduct over the way they dealt with a suspected drunk driver who was arrested and later died.’

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The Independent, 14th August 2025

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‘An enforcement order to demolish a block of flats is unlikely to affect the human rights of children as the building comprises only one-bedroom flats, the High Court has found.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 14th August 2025

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‘On 30 July 2025, Mr Justice Peel handed down a judgment in the case of BC v BC [2025] EWHC 2016 (Fam), confirming the “sanctity of confidentiality” in relation to Financial Dispute Resolution (‘FDR’) and private FDR (‘pFDR’) hearings.’

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Kingsley Napley Family Law Blog, 13th August 2025

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‘The flipside of the intense focus on the wishes, feelings, beliefs and values of the person required by s.4 MCA 2005, as clarified by the Supreme Court in Aintree v James, is that there may be situations in which, objectively, a person’s medical situation might appear hopeless, but nonetheless continued treatment is in their best interests. Such a case is that of The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v YD & Ors (Refusal of Withdrawal of Treatment) [2025] EWCOP 31.[1] On the face of it, YD, who had been in a prolonged disorder of consciousness since October 2024 and had no prospect of emerging from the permanent vegetative state in which he now found himself, was a clear candidate for withdrawal of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration.’

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Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 14th August 2025

Source: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk

‘A 14-year-old girl left alone to self-harm at a mental health hospital when she should have been under constant supervision was unlawfully killed, an inquest jury has concluded.’

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BBC News, 14th August 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A barrister has been disbarred for raping a woman, when she was a teenager under 16 and when she was older, while he was a policeman in the 1980s.’

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Legal Futures, 15th August 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘A recent decision provides insight into the approach of the Irish courts in comparing brands in passing off disputes, highlighting the subjective approach needed when questions of similarity and risk of confusion arise, an expert has said.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 12th August 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com