‘The Bar Council has welcomed the focus on diversion from the criminal justice system in the new report by Sir Brian Leveson but warned against proposals to remove jury trials.’
The Bar Council, 9th July 2025
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘A man who killed a passer-by when he drove his car into a crowd of people at his sister’s wedding reception has been found guilty of murder.’
BBC News, 9th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The available research on specialist policing responses to violence against women and girls highlights multiple benefits. However, there is limited evidence about the key features of specialist units, the specific mechanisms that lead to improved outcomes, and the extent to which procedural justice theory can be seen to underpin specialist alternatives to “business as usual” policing approaches. This paper advances knowledge on the topic of specialist policing units designed to improve the response to VAWG, with a specific focus on domestic abuse, by reporting findings from two interlinked mixed-methods research projects that took place in Wales during 2023–2024, including workshops with representatives from the four police forces and a case study from one police force. Several types of data were collected and analysed: focus groups with police (n = 10 participants), interviews with police and partner agencies (n = 10), domestic abuse cases referred to a specialist unit over a 9-month period (n = 387), and survey feedback from domestic abuse victims (n = 413). The workshops revealed strong consensus around specialist units having a defined remit and a clear mission of being victim-led, with dedicated time and resources including specialist knowledge and expertise and arrangements in place for working in close collaboration with partner agencies. The Operation Diogel case study demonstrated how these underlying mechanisms generated a range of improvements when put into practice, including higher victim satisfaction, better safeguarding and criminal justice outcomes, and enhanced tradecraft, teamworking and morale amongst the officers involved.’
Policing and Society, 1st July 2025
Source: www.tandfonline.com
‘Calls for withdrawal and kneejerk defences of the status quo each risk oversimplifying the UK’s developing political debate about the European Convention on Human Rights. The implications of each position must at least be properly understood if the debate is to be a meaningful one.’
Public Law for Everyone, 9th July 2025
Source: publiclawforeveryone.com
‘Insolvency practitioners in England and Wales have been served a timely reminder about the importance of ensuring investigations are promptly carried out so that claims can be properly advanced and issued before the limitation period expires.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th July 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A High Court judge has outlined what can be learned from matters going well in a Deprivation of Liberty (DoL) case involving a 17-year-old woman who has now turned 18.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th July 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘How should the state be held to account when it funds and organises essential services—but then denies responsibility for their failure? This post examines that question through the lens of disability-related home adaptations in the UK. It explores how the legal and administrative structures surrounding the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) scheme allow local authorities to exert control while evading public law responsibility. Drawing on a real-life case, the analysis raises wider constitutional concerns about the limits of state accountability, the legal fictions that shield public bodies, and the consequences of governance frameworks that prioritise autonomy and cost-efficiency over care and justice.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 9th July 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The facts of Adriatic Land 5 Limited v Long Leaseholders at Hippersley Point [2025] EWCA Civ 856 are straightforward enough. The applicant landlord owned a large building. That building needed significant works to restore and update its cladding and other materials to meet relevant safety standards. These works were carried out in 2020. In 2022 the Building Safety Act (BSA) was passed by Parliament. That Act contained a section (paragraph 9 to Schedule 8 of the Act) which states that “no service charge is payable” in respect to the services undertaken by the applicant.’
Administrative Court Blog, 9th July 2025
‘The head of the infected blood inquiry yesterday called on the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to tell solicitors that they should not be charging clients making a claim for compensation.’
Legal Futures, 10th July 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A wanted man who was on the run for two years has been found guilty of murdering a woman who was walking her dog last summer.’
BBC News, 9th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Adriatic Land 5 Ltd v Long Leaseholders At Hippersley Point [2025] EWCA Civ 856 (08 July 2025)
Lutz v Ryanair DAC & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 849 (08 July 2025)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
ANZ, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 778 (09 July 2025)
Osmond v R. [2025] EWCA Crim 835 (04 July 2025)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
The Kingdom of Sweden v Serwin & Ors [2025] EWHC 1620 (Comm) (08 July 2025)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Mex Group Worldwide Ltd v Duthie & Anor (No. 2: Costs) [2025] EWHC 1725 (KB) (09 July 2025)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘This study investigates intersectional inequalities in trust in the police in England using multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) for the first time. We find that those who are non-White, from lower social classes, and reside in London show lower predicted trust levels than other people. While older people show higher predicted trust levels, younger people, especially those from marginalised backgrounds, have the lowest predicted levels of trust in the police. We also find intersectional effects. While middle-aged White males from lower social classes and living outside of London have lower than-expected trust in the police, older White females from lower social classes and living outside of London have higher than-expected trust in the police. We argue that ground-level, community engagement, coupled with extensive officer training on engaging with individuals from diverse backgrounds, are key to developing higher levels of trust in the police.’
Policing and Society, 7th July 2025
Source: www.tandfonline.com
‘David Gauke’s Independent Sentencing Review was published on 22 May 2025 in response to what was described as a “crisis in prison capacity”. The aim of the report’s recommendations is to reduce the prison population. In broad terms it does so by transferring the burden from the prison service to the probation service.’
2 Hare Court, 11th June 2025
Source: www.2harecourt.com
‘Last year’s general election prevented the Justice Committee from publishing its long-awaited report into the coroner service for England and Wales.’
Exchange Chambers, 17th June 2025
Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk
‘The Planning Inspectorate has announced that it will roll out its new digital appeals service nationally following a successful pilot with five London boroughs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th July 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The government has given its “wholehearted support” to a private member’s bill that gives judges the power to hold remote hearing for breaches of some injunctions.’
Legal Futures, 9th July 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More than 13 people may have killed themselves as a result of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal and it drove at least 59 more to contemplate suicide, according to the first findings from the public inquiry into what has been labelled the worst miscarriage of justice in UK history.’
The Guardian, 8th July 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Tribunal’s recent judgment in the interchange proceedings gives important guidance on the use of counterfactuals in competition infringement claims.
Competition Bulletin, 8th July 2025
Source: competitionbulletin.com
‘In the 1999 case of Reynolds v Times Newspapers, a qualified privilege defence was developed to libel action. However, section 4 of the Defamation Act 2013 abolished the defence and replaced it with a new defence of ‘publication on a matter of public interest’. This paper combines n-gram and qualitative approaches to analysing discourses about journalism in 228 journalism-related judgments since Reynolds. Findings suggest a fluctuating increase in cases, particularly in those involving defamation and libel, and a rise in non-news organisations as sole or primary defendants. The acknowledgement of journalism’s right to freedom of expression in judicial discourses of journalism weakened over time, placing an increasing emphasis on journalism’s responsibilities, ethics, and its watchdog role, particularly after 2013. These changes suggest courts’ evolving interpretations of journalism and related issues, reflecting legal values that could significantly impact journalistic practices, with alarming implications for media freedom in the United Kingdom.’
Journal of Media Law, 18th June 2025
Source: www.tandfonline.com
‘An Instagram post by TV personality Gemma Collins which advertised a weight-loss drug and app has been banned.’
BBC News, 9th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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