‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has imposed its largest-ever fine, just shy of £4m, on the former non-solicitor owner of collapsed law firm Kingly Solicitors.’
Legal Futures, 15th May 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A teaching assistant may have abused “well over 81” children with special educational needs and disabilities, it can now be revealed.’
BBC News, 15th May 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An innocent man who spent five years behind bars after being wrongly convicted of rape has hit out at the “unfair and draconian” compensation system, warning a miscarriage of justice could happen to anyone.’
The Independent, 16th May 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Significant changes to the Civil Procedural Rules (CPR) – the rules governing civil litigation proceedings in England and Wales – took effect on 6 April.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th May 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Plans to modernise will making – including allowing electronic wills – and reduce the number of disputes were today published by the Law Commission.’
Legal Futures, 16th May 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘How does the law deals with a situation in which a leaseholder possesses property outside of their demise but within their landlord’s title? This issue appears to be a common one, and understandably so. A leaseholder of a flat may have access to a loft space above their demise, or a flat roof that might conveniently be used as a roof terrace or garden. If these are not within the leaseholder’s demise, but they possess them anyway, is there a legal means for claiming ownership of them?’
Tanfield Chambers, 14th May 2025
Source: tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘A convicted drug dealer who dragged a 69-year-old grandmother from her bed and stamped on her at least 15 times, breaking every bone in her face, has been found guilty of murder.’
BBC News, 15th May 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A black security manager who was called a “slave” and left his job due to “continuous bullying” has been awarded £361,000, an employment tribunal has heard.’
The Guardian, 15th May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A barrister acted within professional boundaries in arguing that comparing Israel with Nazi Germany was not inherently antisemitic, the High Court has ruled – although tweets from his client doing so were found to be antisemitic.’
Legal Futures, 16th May 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A father who murdered his 14-year-old daughter by stabbing her in the heart while “mucking around” in a play-fight will not have his sentence increased, judges have ruled.’
The Guardian, 15th May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Zhang, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 639 (15 May 2025)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Ladybill Ltd v Sheffield Magistrates’ Court [2025] EWHC 1169 (Admin) (15 May 2025)
Husain v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2025] EWHC 1170 (Admin) (14 May 2025)
Bandla v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2025] EWHC 1167 (Admin) (13 May 2025)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Acasta European Insurance Company Ltd v Emmiera Group Ltd [2025] EWHC 1168 (Ch) (15 May 2025)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Bakhaty & Anor v Hampshire County Council [2025] EWHC 1175 (KB) (14 May 2025)
Bevan v Ministry of Defence [2025] EWHC 1145 (KB) (14 May 2025)
High Court (Technology & Construction Court)
EE Ltd v Avanti Broadband Ltd [2025] EWHC 1160 (TCC) (15 May 2025)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Prisoners will be able to earn their freedom after serving a third of their sentences under new minimum and maximum sentence plans released by the government to tackle the overcrowding in jails.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A seven-year, £250,000 neighbours’ row over a few inches of land, sparked by a doctor’s garden tap, has been blasted as “ridiculous” by a top judge.’
The Independent, 15th May 2026=5
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A father who murdered his 14-year-old daughter during a ‘play-fight’ could have his sentence increased on Thursday after his case was referred for possibly being ‘too lenient’.’
The Independent, 15th May 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Theo Dixon of Wilberforce Chambers considers a recent PO determination on the extent to which an employer must consider additional increases to pensions in payment when RPI exceeded the maximum increase mandated by the scheme rules.’
Pensions Barrister, 15th May 2025
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘An unregistered sperm donor who says he has fathered more than 180 children has failed to gain custody of a three-year-old child he had with a Durham woman, who said she was left “broken” and “suicidal” by their encounter.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers the UK Supreme Court rejected the contention that possession of a Gender Recognition Certificate changes an individual’s sex for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, maintaining equality of status for all those protected under the characteristic of gender reassignment and ensuring that biological women are protected as a distinct group. In the aftermath of this judgment, there has been a heated public debate, in particular on the impact that this has on the operation of single-sex facilities, with some arguing that failure to operate facilities on the basis of GRC status amounts to a human rights violation. For the reasons discussed below, this claim is not sustainable.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 15th May 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The High Court has upheld the decision to strike off a solicitor over tweets on Israel and Palestine, saying they showed “unvarnished antisemitic racism”.’
Legal Futures, 15th May 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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