‘Disrepair litigation remains a regular feature of the county court landscape and recent cases have brought into sharp focus the adequacy of the pleadings underpinning such claims. Commencing litigation with a cogent and well-founded statement of case is critical not only to the parties’ respective prospects of success, but also to case management decisions and costs recovery.’

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St Ives Chambers, 22nd April 2025

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‘A new single tax on transfers of shares and securities will be introduced to replace the current separate taxes of stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax (SDRT), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 1st May 2025

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‘The last time an assisted dying bill came before the Commons, in 2015, it was voted down by a substantial margin. This time, at the end of November, the Commons voted by a majority of 55 to give Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (Assisted Dying) Bill a second reading (the first reading is a formality). In other words, assisted dying now has the support of a clear majority of MPs. In the intervening years public opinion has been consistently ahead of them, with between 70 and 80 per cent of those surveyed supporting it in principle.’

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London Review of Books, 8 May 2025

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‘The professional discipline regime governing police misconduct is undergoing major reform. The Crime and Policing Bill 2025, currently progressing through Parliament, seeks to address longstanding concerns around delay, procedural fairness, and transparency in misconduct investigations.’

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Park Square Barristers, 17th April 2025

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‘In this blog post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers comments on a recent Court of Appeal case, Makeality Ltd v City Doggo Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 400, which demonstrates the impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.’

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UK-EU Relations Law, 22nd April 2025

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‘In this article, Georgina Fenton outlines the legal framework making provision for support for victims of trafficking, and summarises a forthcoming challenge to the UK government’s policy on reconsidering decisions that exclude victims of trafficking from that support.’

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Landmark Chambers, 22nd April 2025

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‘Five judges have found the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has no statutory powers to impose financial sanctions against police and intelligence services. Their findings raise significant and serious concerns about the integrity of our legal system.’

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Computer Weekly, 30th April 2025

Source: www.computerweekly.com

‘A single unified digital court should be created for enforcement of judgments – whether given in the High Court or a county court – with all debts recorded, including those falling outside the courts.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 1st May 2025

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‘The Court of Appeal has firmly closed the door on the High Court exercising an inherent jurisdiction to revoke adoption orders. Does the decision in Re X & Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside) [2025] EWCA Civ 2 (“Re X & Y”) come as any particular surprise? And where does it leave those who are experiencing and living the tragic and traumatic situation of an adoption that has irredeemably broken down?’

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Pump Court Chambers, 29th April 2025

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‘The landmark decision handed down last week by the Supreme Court has been on the lips of everyone; spoken in whispers or through megaphones, whether it be within or outside people’s own echo chambers.’

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Park Square Barristers, 24th April 2025

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‘A well-known City law firm has been heavily criticised by the High Court for distributing a confidential embargoed draft judgment (CEDJ) to journalists before it was handed down.’

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Legal Futures, 1st May 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘The justice secretary has said it is “absolutely unacceptable” to question the validity of the Supreme Court after it ruled that the term “woman” is defined by biological sex.’

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BBC News, 30th April 2025

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‘Ram Lakshman of Wilberforce Chambers considers a recent First Trier Tribunal decision providing guidance on its jurisdiction to review penalty notices issued by tPR.’

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Pensions Barrister, 1st May 2025

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‘The UK’s children’s commissioners have united to call for a complete ban on smacking, condemning the current legal framework which allows for a defence of “reasonable punishment” in England and Northern Ireland.

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The Independent, 1st May 2025

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‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping industries, redefining relationships, and pushing the boundaries of what technology can achieve. As AI’s capabilities grow, so too do the legal complexities surrounding its use and development.’

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Littleton Chambers, 30th April 2025

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‘Your application for permanent residence UK, otherwise known as settlement or indefinite leave to remain (ILR), is the culmination of any overseas resident’s journey in the UK. You will of course need to meet the visa route-specific requirements in order to qualify for ILR in your particular visa category, which are not discussed here. There are however a number of common rules you must (in most cases) meet in order to achieve settlement; here we highlight and discuss the most important of these.’

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EIN Blog, 30th April 2025

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‘A long-serving property solicitor who defrauded a Hereford law firm out of £160,000 by diverting disbursement payments into her own bank account has been jailed for 30 months.’

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Legal Futures, 1st May 2025

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‘The judgment in For Women Scotland (FWS) Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 (“FWS”) has sent a great many sectors across the UK scrambling to find out what, exactly, they are supposed to do in its aftermath. The UK Supreme Court, issuing a decision in the immediate context of specific guidance around legislation on the make-up of boards in Scotland under the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018, rejected the approach to the case adopted by the Inner House of the Court of Session and used its decision to adopt a determination of the general application of sex under the Equality Act 2010. As such, the case illustrates the challenges facing common law courts when they seek to make broad determinations on major pieces of legislation in the context of a specific set of arguments on the facts of one narrow case.’

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Administrative Court Blog, 30th April 2025

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‘A “despicable” 81-year-old former scout leader has been jailed for 46 years for sexually abusing scores of young boys before going on the run for nearly three decades.’

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The Guardian, 30th April 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com