‘The issue in The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v YD & Ors [2025] EWCOP 31 (T3) was the potential withdrawal of treatment from a 60-year-old man, YD, in a “permanent vegetative state”.’
Law & Religion UK, 14th August 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Police have been encouraged to consider disclosing the ethnicity and nationality of suspects charged in high-profile cases, after facing mounting pressure over the details they make public.’
BBC News, 13th August 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
This article examines how abusive fathers may exploit family court systems post-separation to maintain coercive control over former partners and children. Drawing on evidence from common law jurisdictions including the UK, Ireland, Australia and the United States it shows how repeated litigation, economic abuse and false parental alienation claims are used to continue dominance under the guise of parental involvement. Despite increased recognition of domestic abuse, family courts often prioritise shared parenting and contact, misinterpreting protective actions by mothers as ‘implacable hostility’. These assumptions can obscure patterns of post-separation abuse and place survivors and children at further risk. The article proposes the integration of the Duluth Post-Separation Power and Control Wheel as a tool to help recognise coercive legal strategies, frequently minimised as routine conflict. It argues for a shift towards contextual, pattern-based risk assessments in private family law, backed by statutory training and legal reform. By equipping practitioners to recognise how legal and institutional processes may be weaponised, family courts can better distinguish coercive control from mutual conflict and respond accordingly. This approach aligns with the principles of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, promoting safer outcomes and ensuring that child welfare and survivor protection are prioritised in post-separation proceedings.
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 11th August 2025
Source: www.tandfonline.com
‘The Upper Tribunal has refused permission for a boy’s parents to appeal that the First-tier Tribunal had failed sufficiently to safeguard their son’s rights to prevent him being ‘off-rolled’ from his current school without their consent.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th August 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Epping Forest District Council has applied for an interim High Court injunction in a bid to stop asylum seekers being housed at the Bell Hotel in the town.’
The Independent, 13th August 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A would-be killer who tried to shoot a rival at point-blank range while disguised in a niqab has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder.’
The Guardian, 12th August 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More live facial recognition (LFR) vans will be rolled out across seven police forces in England to locate suspects for crimes including sexual offences, violent assaults and homicides, the Home Office has announced.’
BBC News, 13th August 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Fresh doubts have been cast over a 2009 gang murder conviction after the mother of the prosecution’s star witness said he was threatened with being charged with the crime himself if he did not give police a name.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In Hegab v The Spectator (1828) Ltd & Anor [2025] EWHC 2043 (KB), Mr Hegab sought damages in libel and under the Data Protection Act 2018 in respect of an article written by the second defendant, Mr Murray, and published in The Spectator. The article said that Mr Hegab was a street agitator who had whipped up his followers and made disparaging comments about Hindus in the context of disturbances between local Muslims and Hindus.’
Law & Religion UK, 12th August 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘There were more than 655m class members of actions in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) at the end of 2024 – equivalent to 10.4 class actions for every person in the country – according to new research.’
Legal Futures, 12th August 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In June the Ministry of Justice announced new legislation under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 which affects NDAs and confidentiality clauses.* Related guidance, published at the beginning of June, sets out the impact of this legislation on the enforceability of such agreements.’
Kingsley Napley Criminal Law Blog, 12th August 2025
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal, in the decision of Bratt v Jones [2025] EWCA Civ 562, has opened the door to removing the pre-condition that in order for a valuer to be liable for negligent valuation of a property, their valuation must fall outside of a reasonable range of valuations. This may make it easier in the future, particularly for lenders, to recover losses as a result of negligent valuations, subject to the usual considerations, including limitation.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th August 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to consult on strengthening continuing competence requirements as it was not clear whether solicitors are reflecting properly on their practices.’
Legal Futures, 12th August 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The operator of Wikipedia has been given permission by a high court judge to challenge the Online Safety Act if it is categorised as a high-risk platform, which would impose the most stringent duties.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Lord Justice Birss, the outgoing deputy head of civil justice, has spoken out at what he called the “heavily Balkanised” civil justice process in England and Wales.’
Legal futures, 11th August 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In Searson v Chief Constable of Nottingham Constabulary [2025] EWHC 1982 (KB), the Appellants successfully appealed against the dismissal of their claim for damages against the Respondent’s police force. The claim arose out of the circumstances of the Second Appellant’s unlawful detention contrary to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (“PACE”). Wall J’s judgment emphasises the need for strict compliance with the spirit of the procedural safeguard of regular reviews of detention in s 40 PACE, which serves to protect the fundamental right of freedom of movement.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th August 2025
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The issue was whether a database kept and used by Tower Hamlets of those owed a homelessness duty and in unsuitable accommodation amounted to a provision, criterion or practice (PCP) that was indirectly discriminatory against women. The High Court had said the database did not amount to a PCP.’
Nearly Legal, 10th August 2025
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Five years after the landmark legal victory, how does UK immigration AI work now – and what immigration practitioners need to know.’
EIN Guest BLog, 8th August 2025
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘On 8 August 2025, the Divisional Court (Dingemans LJ, Chamberlain and Johnson JJ) published the OPEN version of a previously CLOSED judgment, dated 19 April 2024, in which it allowed a claim for judicial review by two claimants (a judge and journalist) who were identified in the leaked Afghan relocation dataset, against their exclusion from the bespoke relocation scheme the Government set up in the data leak’s aftermath. At the time of the claim, the claimants were unaware about the decisions which were subject to this challenge; their claims were advanced by Special Advocates in CLOSED proceedings.’
Administrative Court Blog, 10th August 2025
‘A landlord who raised concerns about the ‘unhealthy connection’ between housing disrepair solicitors and the surveyors they instruct has failed to have two claims struck out.’
Law Society Gazette, 11th August 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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