‘A local authority (LA) applied for care orders for six children in March 2025. At the case management hearing (CMH) I attended in April, and wrote on here: ‘Completing care proceedings in less that 26 weeks’, a strict timetable was set out by the judge to ensure that all assessments were completed by mid August when an Issues Resolution Hearing (IRH) would be listed. Interim care orders were made for all the children, then living at home with parents Mr and Mrs A, with a safety plan in place.’

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Transparency Project, 18th August 2025

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk

‘A television advert for Sanex shower gel has been banned in the UK for appearing to suggest that black skin is “problematic” and white skin is “superior”.’

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The Guardian, 20th August 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘On Friday, 1 August 2025, the Supreme Court gave its long-awaited judgment on the controversial issue of secret commissions, finding that commission payments were not bribes and dealers do not owe fiduciary duties when arranging motor finance – but where very large commissions have been paid, that may create an unfair relationship under the Consumer Credit Act 1974. This judgment is likely to have wide-ranging repercussions across the finance industry. ‘

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Law Society's Gazette, 19th August 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘Yvette Cooper, thanks to Tuesday’s high court ruling, is facing potentially explosive decisions over where to house asylum seekers if courts rule that they must leave hotels.’

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The Guardian, 19th August 2025

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‘There is a shortfall of around 10,000 probation staff to manage offenders serving sentences in the community, documents seen by the BBC show.’

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BBC News, 20th August 2025

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‘The Competition Appeal Tribunal has refused permission for an appeal over its dismissal of a subsidy control challenge to Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s (GMCA) decision to provide loans worth £140m to a developer to undertake regeneration projects.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 19th August 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Blackpool Council has become the first local authority to date to have its adult care services rated as “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).’

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Local Government Lawyer, 18th August 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘These appeals – Shvidler v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and Dalston Projects Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport – were a test case for the operation of the UK’s sanctions regime introduced in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 18th August 2025

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com

‘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

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘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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