‘In Rickards, R (On the Application Of) v East Hertfordshire District Council [2025] EWHC 2278 (Admin), Mr Tim Smith, sitting as a deputy High Court judge, said he was “left in doubt” as to whether the planning officer handling the application “was even aware” that protective designations for the surrounding areas existed.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 16th September 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘A doctor who left a patient midway through an operation to have sex with a nurse is at “very low risk” of repeating his serious misconduct, a medical tribunal has ruled.’

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The Guardian, 15th September 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A coroner has called for scenes of disaster to be preserved more carefully after an inquest jury concluded it was not possible to say what caused a fatal explosion at a terrace house in south Wales.’

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The Guardian, 15th September 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Following the news that an agreement has been reached on the long-awaited introduction of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, external on Tuesday [16 September] – commonly referred to as Hillsborough Law – here’s a reminder of how we got here.’

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BBC News, 15th September 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The Guardians of Whitewebbs group has successfully crowdfunded £26,000 to seek a judicial review of Enfield council’s granting of planning permission for the Spurs academy, which will include all-weather pitches, floodlights and a turf academy built on 53 hectares (130 acres) of Whitewebbs Park.’

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The Guardian, 15th September 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Constance Marten and her partner, a convicted rapist, have been admonished for passing notes and talking to each other as they were being sentenced over the death of their newborn baby girl.’

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The Independent, 15th September 2025

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘Two parents who caused the death of their newborn baby after taking her to live in a tent in wintry conditions to evade social services have each been sentenced to 14 years in prison.’

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The Guardian, 15th September 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The London Borough of Redbridge has been recommended to pay £6,950 by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman after it failed to properly assess the capacity of three family members to make a homelessness application when they told the council they were suffering domestic abuse.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 12th September 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The Family Court has discharged a “phalanx of orders” secured by a local authority to prohibit a mother and father taking their four children to a country deemed unsafe by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, describing the unnamed local authority’s approach as “dictatorial”.’

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Local government Lawyer, 11th September 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘A father and his two adult children have been imprisoned after being found guilty of inciting racial hatred through neo-Nazi music.’

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Crown Prosecution Service, 11th September 2025

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

‘In a damning report published today, the House of Commons public accounts committee criticises the Ministry of Justice and Department for Education for failing to recognise the urgent need for reform “glaringly obvious to court users”.’

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Law Society Gazette, 12th September 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘For financial remedy lawyers, life’s certainties are death, taxes, and discovering assets the other side swore blind didn’t exist. The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Entwistle v Helliwell [2025] EWCA Civ 1055 is a timely reminder that, with pre-nuptial agreements, disclosure isn’t just a polite formality, it’s the concrete slab the whole thing rests on.’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 11th September 2025

Source: financialremediesjournal.com

‘A man who tried to smuggle cocaine worth almost £1m into the UK by hiding it in an electric wheelchair has been jailed.’

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BBC News, 12th September 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The Law Commission has launched a project to examine whether new legislation is needed on automated decision-making (ADM) by public bodies, using algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI).’

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Legal Futures, 9th September 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘In response to political pressure to curb immigration, the UK Home Office has stepped up enforcing compliance with sponsor licence obligations by UK businesses that employ overseas workers. This has led to a surge in the number of suspensions and revocations of sponsor licences, with a 300% increase in negative action taken against sponsors as a result of an investigation or compliance visit.’

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EIN Guest Blog, 11th September 2025

Source: www.ein.org.uk

‘The responsibility for holding the government to account for its failings is the core constitutional role of a range of “watchdog” bodies outside of Parliament, such as inspectorates, commissioners, public inquiries, independent reviews, and ombudsmen.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association Blog, 11th September 2025

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘Judges have taken another scythe to claimant costs in the “dieselgate” group claim after dismissing the idea that 30 fee earners may need to attend court.”

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Law Society Gazette, 10th September 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘Maintaining “office harmony” a valid factor in recruitment decisions, employment tribunal in London rules’

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The Guardian, 10th September 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A driver high on cocaine who crashed head-on into a motorcyclist has been jailed for more than two years.’

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BBC News, 11th September 2025

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