‘Taylor Swift’s Anti-Hero is, to the best of my knowledge, the only pop song to feature a contentious probate dispute (Reader: if you know another, do please tell).’

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Gatehouse Chambers, 28th October 2025

Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk

‘The UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Andrysiewicz v Circuit Court in Lodz, Poland [2025] UKSC 23 earlier this Summer. The decision is important for evaluating the weight to be given to early release mechanisms in the context of immigration appeals, and in particular for its dismissal of the approach adopted by Fordham J in the case of Dobrowolski [2023] EWHC 763 (Admin).’

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Administrative Court Blog, 30th October 2025

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‘A police officer who blackmailed a suspect she had arrested in an indecent images case to fund her gambling addiction has been jailed for more than three years.’

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The Guardian, 30th October 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A 100ft (30m) union jack flag has been put up on the side of a former council building in Derbyshire to replace a smaller one that breached planning rules.’

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BBC News, 30th October 2025

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Bus Services Act 2025

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

‘A group of at least 15 fertility patients are taking legal action to prevent their frozen embryos being destroyed as a result of administrative errors that could deny them a chance to have children.’

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The Guardian, 29th October 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘An asylum seeker who “calmly” walked into a bank and stabbed a man inside to death without provocation or motive has been jailed for life.’

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BBC News, 29th October 2025

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‘In this blog post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses the recent Supreme Court judgment in C G Fry & Son Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2025] UKSC 35 concerning the ongoing interpretive role of EU law.’

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UK-EU Relations Law, 29th October 2025

Source: eurelationslaw.com

‘The High Court has expressed surprise that a paralegal did not know more about the restrictions that the reserved legal activities imposed on her work.’

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Legal Futures, 30th October 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘A teenager has been found guilty of murder after stabbing Harry Pitman, 16, in a central London park during New Year’s Eve celebrations two years ago.’

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The Guardian, 29th October 2025

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‘As new figures show that UK cyber attacks are getting more serious Simon Colvin explains how to deal with the vulnerabilities in your supply chain, while David Halliwell applies some Nobel-winning counter-intuition to the economics of legal services.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 28th October 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘In this, the 100th anniversary year of the Law of Property Act 1925, the Court of Appeal has resolved a question under s. 53(1)(b) of the 1925 Act that has gone unanswered for all 100 of those years, at least at appellate level. Indeed, the same question arose under s. 7 of the Statute of Frauds 1677. So, it has awaited a clear answer for 348 years.’

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Gatehouse Chambers, 27th October 2025

Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk

‘The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 provides for the biggest shake-up of short term residential lettings in England in a generation.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 28th October 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

‘Section 1(2A) of the Children Act 1989, as amended in 2014, states that, with regard to applications for child arrangements orders under Section 8:

A court … is as respects each parent … to presume, unless the contrary is shown, that involvement of that parent in the life of the child concerned will further the child’s welfare.’

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Transparency Project, 28th October 2025

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk

‘A regional costs judge has described how he applied the High Court’s ruling in Mazur to cut the costs awarded to a law firm in a housing possession case from £3,000 to less than £500.’

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Legal Futures, 29th October 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘Five other prisoners have also been released by mistake in the same week a convicted Ethiopian sex offender was allowed to walk free from an Essex jail, says the prison officers’ union.’

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The Guardian, 28th October 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS), also known as Clare’s Law, people concerned their partner or ex-partner may have a history of being abusive can ask police to disclose incidents on their record in a “right to ask” application.’

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BBC News, 29th October 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk