‘We are back from our summer break with a new episode of the Talking Pensions podcast, in which Paul talks to Mark Kowalik about his long career as a pensions lawyer at CMS. They discuss the evolution of pensions law and regulation since the 1980s and look forward to future developments in the field.’
Pensions Barrister, 17th September 2026
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘A recent ruling by the Upper Tribunal affirms the UK financial services industry’s zero-tolerance approach to non-financial misconduct, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th September 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Magistrates’ courts already deal with 92% of all cases before the criminal courts. The increase in sentencing powers proposed in the Courts and Tribunals Bill will push that figure even higher. With this in mind, the Gazette wanted to find out more about the magistracy and, in a first, according to the Magistrates’ Association, we were invited to shadow two magistrates over several days and interview the presiding justices.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th September 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘More judges have been sanctioned over delays to their issue of judgments and other decisions.’
Law Society Gazette, 16th September 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The government cannot allow the emergence of a two-tier system where large City law firms are at the cutting edge of AI use while the courts are “stuck in the analogue age”, justice minister Sarah Sackman said yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 16th September 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘MacDonald J. Refusal of relief from sanctions for deliberately failing to comply with length of evidence in H’s application to vary the maintenance he had agreed to pay W. H’s s 37 MCA injunction application also failed.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 15th September 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘Henry Fingerhut outlines what the Bar Standards Board AI guidance means for early career barristers.’
Counsel, 14th September 2026
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘The Sir Mota Singh Moot has returned, offering an impressive glimpse of a more representative Bar. If this is what the future looks like, why does the present still lag so far behind? ask Baldip Singh and Prof Jo Delahunty KC.’
Counsel, 14th September 2026
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A former police officer has been jailed for misconduct in public office after he requested a sexually explicit video from a female suspect’s phone.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 16th September 2026
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A former member of police staff has been sentenced after she used a police computer system to carry out illegal searches on several people, including herself.’
BBC News, 16th September 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two serving Army officers have been cleared of failing to properly deal with abuse allegations made by a teenage soldier who took her own life.’
BBC News, 16th September 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Company bosses will have to sit down with workers who request flexible working and justify their reasons for any refusals under new rights announced by Louise Haigh on Tuesday.’
The Guardian, 15th September 2026
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AXA France IARD SA & Anor v Santander Cards UK Ltd & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 1185 (15 September 2026)
TDB, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Haringey [2026] EWCA Civ 1184 (15 September 2026)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Osment v R. [2026] EWCA Crim 1165 (15 September 2026)
High Court (Administrative Court)
KGH, R (On the Application Of) v North Tyneside Council [2026] EWHC 2261 (Admin) (14 September 2026)
High Court (Chancery Division)
NoCopyrightSounds Ltd v AEI Music Ltd & Anor [2026] EWHC 2360 (Ch) (15 September 2026)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Army colonel Samantha Shepherd has been found not guilty of failing to properly deal with abuse allegations made by Gunner Jaysley Beck before her death.’
The Independent, 16th September 2026
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) analyses an important Court of Protection ruling in the aftermath of the Supreme Court‘s judgment in AGNI.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th September 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Following a rare Equality Act challenge against a Prevent referral, a school has been found to have unlawfully discriminated against a Muslim pupil referred to the local authority under the Government’s counter-terrorism scheme.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th September 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘There are potential gaps in English private law that could leave businesses unable to recover losses in circumstances where AI agents cause them harm by acting completely unprompted and seemingly beyond constraints imposed by those who developed or deployed them. The courts will need to take an expansive view of “intentionality” to provide affected companies with redress.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th September 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘On 15 September 2026, Louise Haigh, First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office, presented the Church appointments (repeal of discriminatory provision) Bill under (Standing Order No. 57).’
Law & Religion UK, 15th September 2026
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘In R (Golding and others) v FSCS Ltd [2026] EWHC 2337 (Admin), the High Court has upheld the FSCS’s rejection of pension transfer compensation claims on limitation grounds.’
Pensions Barrister, 14th September 2026
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘An Oxford doctoral student with no legal training is celebrating using AI to bring a successful claim against energy provider SSE over a defunct electricity meter for which it tried to charge him.’
Legal Futures, 15th September 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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