‘The profession has failed to make “significant progress in tackling the structural and cultural barriers to encouraging equality and diversity”, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has declared.’
Legal Futures, 21st July 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A new water ombudsman will be announced on Monday by the environment secretary, Steve Reed, as part of government plans to overhaul the embattled sector.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Army leaders have launched an inquiry after the identities of soldiers in the SAS were revealed in a fresh data breach.’
The Independnet, 20th July 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A powerful new criminal offence to target suspects who are found to be preparing mass killings will ensure their plotting is taken as seriously as terrorism, the home secretary says.’
BBC News, 20th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a tribunal’s decision that a racist comment made by one employee to another did not give rise to employer liability under the Equality Act 2010.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th July 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A group of people smugglers who hid migrants in lorries have today been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 17th July 2025
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Leveson’s report makes a variety of recommendations, which relate to a range of matters, from case management and audio-recording of magistrates’ court proceedings to how much credit defendants should get for pleading guilty. As with most reviews of this kind, many of the recommendations are overdue and compelling. However, those that directly affect trial by jury are contentious.’
UK Constitutional Law Association Blog, 18th July 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The Court of Appeal has refused to quash the Judicial Appointments Commission’s decision not to promote a district judge to the circuit bench – but said the JAC should have been more open about who might be asked for references and criticised it for giving “confused and misleading feedback”.’
Law Society Gazette, 17th July 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor served an urgent notification on HMP Pentonville in Islington, north London, after an inspection discovered many inmates had been kept there after they should have been freed because staff “failed to calculate sentences accurately”.’
BBC News, 18th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The court of appeal has quashed the convictions of two men who were framed by a corrupt and racist detective in the 1970s.’
The Guardian, 17th July 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Campaign for the Protection of Rural England’s (CPRE) Kent Branch has failed in a challenge to a planning inspector’s decision that 165 homes can be built at Cranbrook.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th July 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has rejected a complaint against high-profile KC Jolyon Maugham over his outspoken criticism of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the For Women Scotland case.’
Legal Futures, 17th July 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The master of the rolls has thrown his weight behind calls for early advice sessions funded by legal aid – and suggested the idea is being discussed.’
Law Society Gazette, 17th July 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court has refused to grant anonymity to an expert witness who produced a discredited report.’
Law Society Gazette, 16th July 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A former National Crime Agency officer who stole Bitcoin seized from the operator of an illegal dark web marketplace has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.’
The Independent, 16th July 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for nine years after a court found he had been impersonating a doctor to carry out unsafe and illegal circumcisions on infants and older boys.’
The Independent, 16th July 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The right to engage in political activity and protest peacefully is to be enshrined in a new agreement between the government and UK charities and campaigners aimed in part at ending years of damaging “culture wars”.’
The Guardian, 16th July 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A nurse who objected to sharing a female changing room with a transgender woman doctor has been cleared of gross misconduct allegations.’
The Guardian, 16th July 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Armed police threatened a peaceful protester with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestinian flag and having signs saying “Free Gaza” and “Israel is committing genocide”, accusing her of supporting a proscribed organisation.’
The Guardian, 17th July 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a request for a teenager who murdered three members of his family to never be released from prison.’
BBC News, 16th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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