‘What progress have bills announced in the 2024 King’s Speech made in the current Parliament?’

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House of Commons Library, 2nd October 2025

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‘On 7 July 2022, Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned, and the Conservative Party announced a Leadership Election on 5 September to decide who would replace him as Prime Minister.Footnote1 During this leadership election, Tortoise Media became concerned after reading reports that GCHQ (the Government Intelligence Service) ‘had been in contact with the Conservative Party to ensure the safe conduct of the leadership election’.Footnote2 This action taken by GCHQ is significant because political parties in the UK, as in other commonwealth jurisdictions such as Australia and Canada, are private, unincorporated associations.Footnote3 It was therefore for the Conservative Party to run the process under its own rules.Footnote4 The bodies of election law that apply in general elections, such as the Political Parties, Elections, and Referendums Act 2000, do not apply to internal party processes, even when the leader of the party will become Prime Minister.’

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Judicial Review, 29th September 2025

Source: www.tandfonline.com

‘Possession of a chattel is sufficient to create a title to it. This article considers the nature and justification of these titles. It argues that popular justifications of possessory title fall short and offers a more appealing justification. The article then seeks to resolve, in light of that justification, three ongoing doctrinal controversies about a possessory title’s nature: whether it continues to exist after possession of the chattel is lost; whether it is transferable; and whether it includes a right that others not interfere with a possessor’s use of the chattel.’

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Cambridge Law Journal, 3rd October 2025

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‘Many causes of action may attach liability to the publication of public allegations, defamation, contempt of court, breach of confidence and privacy being chief amongst them. The role of truth in providing a defence to, or denying liability for, each of these causes of action varies. For example, proof of substantial truth is a complete defence to the tort of defamation but truth or falsity has been considered to be irrelevant to misuse of private information. This article analyses the role of truth in each of these causes of action and considers whether there is any scope for a more coherent approach to the treatment of truth when making public allegations.’

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Journal of Media Law, 2nd October 2025

Source: www.tandfonline.com

‘Coercive control can include isolating a person from friends and family, monitoring their time and taking control over aspects of their everyday life – such as where they can go, who they can see, what they can wear and when they can sleep.’

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BBC News, 2nd October 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The death of Ella Kissi-Debrah in 2013 will be forever notable as the first instance in the United Kingdom of air pollution being recorded as contributing to the death of an individual. Whilst in itself a monumental shift in consideration of air pollution and the impact on human health, the recording by the coroner of Ella’s death as having been contributed to by air pollution has significant human rights implications. This piece considers the circumstances surrounding both Ella’s death and the report of the coroner and connects these to decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. It presents the argument that the failure to address a known risk to life presented by air pollution could constitute a breach of the right to life protected by Article 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR). Cases in which environmental conditions are found by the Court to have breached Article 2 are rare, but this paper contends that the formal acknowledgement of the threat of air pollution as a result of Ella’s death means that failure to address it meets this threshold.’

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Legal Studies, 26th September 2025

Source: www.cambridge.org

‘The courts’ interpretation of human rights law must come under government scrutiny, the prime minister said today. In broadcast interviews following his party conference speech – which contained no explicit mention of the European Convention on Human Rights – Sir Keir Starmer said ‘we need to look again at the interpretation’ of international laws by UK courts.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 1st October 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The UK government is looking to reduce the pay disparity between directly-employed staff of end-user client organisations and those who work for outsourced service providers, particularly in ex-public sector roles.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 1st October 2025

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‘A man who “married” a 15-year-old girl in an Islamic wedding ceremony is among eight men to have been found guilty of sexual offences against her.’

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BBC News, 2nd October 2025

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‘A litigant in person (LiP) who was “extremely abusive” to a district judge in a family case and made “direct threats of physical violence” has been jailed for four months for contempt in the face of the court.’

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Legal Futures, 2nd October 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘Five men have been jailed after exploiting people through romance fraud and stealing more than £2m in a money laundering operation.’

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BBC News, 30th September 2025

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‘Foreign nationals are underrepresented as a proportion of prisoners jailed in England and Wales when compared with rates of incarceration among British citizens of similar age, an analysis of government data has found.’

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The Guardian, 1st October 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Sunbeds are so dangerous they should be banned in the UK, cancer experts and campaigners say.’

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The Guardian, 1st October 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Some lawyers approached by the Gazette for this article did not want to comment on the record, for fear of putting themselves and colleagues at risk. That is perfectly understandable. Lawyers acting for refugees and asylum seekers have increasingly become the target of vitriolic abuse and even death threats, as successive governments fail to “stop the boats” or “smash the gangs”.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 26th September 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The latest in our popular Remind Me About series, summarising particular areas of pensions law for newly-qualified practitioners or those wanting to brush up on the subject. This week, Andreas Giannakopoulos of Wilberforce Chambers looks at the Pension Protection Fund.’

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Pensions Barrister, 2nd October 2025

Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com

‘Price or multibuy promotions on unhealthy food and drink, such as “buy one, get one free” deals, are to be banned in England from Wednesday.’

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BBC News, 1st October 2025

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‘Police chiefs want to prevent officers of colour from speaking out through guidance changes that would create a “damaging double standard”, the National Black Police Association has alleged.’

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The Guardian, 30th September 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘In 2005, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights handed down its landmark decision in Hirst v the United Kingdom, finding that the effect of section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, bringing into effect a blanket ban on the ability of prisoners in the UK to vote in elections, constituted a breach of Article 3 of Protocol 1 of the Convention (the right to free elections).’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 1st October 2025

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com