‘Section 12 of the Justice and Security Act 2013, the statute which made “closed material procedures” available in civil proceedings generally, requires the Secretary of State to prepare an annual report which provides details of (amongst other things) the number of applications made under that Act and the number of declarations by the courts that proceedings before it are “proceedings in which a closed material application may be made to the court”. These reports function in practice as a useful overview of the sorts of matters that are being litigated in the national security sphere.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 16th June 2026

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has upheld a complaint about a form used by a health and social care charity when a user of its services is at end of life, finding that the form caused “unnecessary confusion”.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 17th June 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published interim guidance on key points from the Supreme Court’s recent judgment on what constitutes a deprivation of liberty, outlining the main implications for health and social care staff, local authorities and others.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 16th June 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Exactly half of female legal professionals believe their working patterns are not “sustainable for their health in the long term”, a large-scale study has found.’

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Legal Futures, 17th June 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘A veteran solicitor who genuinely believed a court had entered judgment against his client by error has been cleared of multiple allegations, including dishonesty, made against him by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’

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Legal Futures, 16th June 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘On 5 June 2026, the Government published the consultation document, A Fairer End to Relationships, proposing comprehensive reform of the financial consequences of both divorce and separation for unmarried couples. While Graeme Fraser has helpfully summarised the Government’s proposals in Financial Remedies Journal, this piece focuses specifically on the Government’s plan to introduce binding qualifying nuptial agreements (QNAs).’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 16th June 2026

Source: financialremediesjournal.com

‘Add-backs were a useful mechanism to prevent one party’s unilateral dissipation of assets which unfairly prejudiced the non-dissipating spouse’s share. But something has gone wrong when the outcomes deviate too far from what the average person considers fair.’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 15th June 2026

Source: financialremediesjournal.com

‘A care home manager has been ordered to pay £4,000 after two people in wheelchairs drowned when their boat capsized on a day out.’

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The Independent, 16th June 2026

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘A retired couple has been awarded a £3.3m payout after their historical Tudor riverside home, once a lodging for King Henry VIII, suffered extensive damage from flooding.’

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The Independent, 16th June 2026

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘In one of what is likely to be one of her last decisions as a Tier 3 judge (having very recently been appointed a Court of Appeal judge), Lieven J considered a very complex situation in London Borough of Camden v BW & Anor (Capacity Decisions; Reasons) [2026] EWCOP 26 (T3). At its heart were two questions as to the capacity of the young woman, BW: (1) to make decisions about taking psychotropic medication;[1] and (2) about sharing information with her sister. Her case was, sadly, one which was not entirely untypical of cases now appearing before the court, i.e. a young woman identified as vulnerable to sexual exploitation and abuse, with a history of contacting men on the internet and then being exploited. BW had also been arrested a number of times for assault, but had been assessed as unfit to plead or stand trial on at least one occasion.’

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Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 15th June 2026

Source: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk

‘Barristers under a duty to report bullying, harassment or sexual harassment by others to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) can now satisfy it by reporting to the Bar Council’s new Commissioner for Conduct.’

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Legal Futures, 16th June 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘Over the last three decades, the UK fishing industry has faced a steady decline in full-time, domestic fishers – a trend largely attributed to the difficulty of attracting local workers to replace an ageing workforce (Seafish, 2025). This recruitment crisis stems from the demanding physical conditions of commercial fishing, a pervasive perception that the industry offers dangerous work with limited future prospects, and increased competition from alternative sectors in the domestic labour market (Sparks and Zhou, 2025).’

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UK Labour Law, 16th June 2026

Source: uklabourlawblog.com

‘A “generational” review of court track limits and the boundary between the High Court and county court has been kicked off by the Civil Justice Council (CJC).’

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Legal Futures, 16th June 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘The sentences of three teenage boys who were spared custody over the rape of two girls will be reviewed at the Court of Appeal in July.’

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BBC News, 12th June 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Protesters arrested for allegedly supporting Palestine Action have expressed anger at the court of appeal’s decision that the ban on the direct action group was lawful.’

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The Guardian, 15th June 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A social media ban for under-16s would not be enforceable and the government should instead focus on restricting the features that make it addictive, the chief executive of an online safety charity has said.’

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BBC News, 13th June 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘This blog considers the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal in Deckers UK Ltd v Up & Running (UK) Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 553 in which Lord Justice Green sets out the test to be applied in determining the existence of an object infringement – in this case, in the context of a selective distribution agreement for Hoka running shoes.’

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Competition Bulletin, 15th June 2026

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‘A British man who admitted encouraging a “vulnerable” 21-year-old US citizen to kill himself while on a video call has been jailed for six years and four months.’

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BBC News, 12th June 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘It is seldom that the much-mythologised Magna Carta is actually engaged. Yet in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland [2026] UKSC 16 (the Deprivation of Liberty Reference) the Supreme Court arguably permitted the violation of one of the oldest constitutional rights on our statute book: that no person shall be detained except by the law of the land. That guarantee first appeared as clause 39 of the 1215 charter, and survives today as chapter 29 of the Magna Carta confirmed in 1297, which remains in force. Eight hundred years later, the Supreme Court held that a person who appears content with their confinement is not, in law, detained at all, and so no legal authorisation of safeguarding is required. The right was not, exactly, violated. It was defined away through sleight of law, and for those least able to articulate objection.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 15th June 2026

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org