‘Suppose an individual commits a criminal offence. Under an ordinary reading of that statute, their conviction may breach their Convention rights. But what should a court do, when it finds that a qualified Convention right (Articles 8-11 ECHR) is engaged, when determining whether conviction of a criminal offence is proportionate? This was the question for the Divisional Court in the context of section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. The Court has now provided important guidance as to how Convention rights ought to be taken into account in public order cases specifically, and in criminal cases more generally. The case is Cox v Director of Public Prosecutions [2026] EWHC 2437 (Admin).’

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Administrative Court Blog, 12th October 2026

Source: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com

‘Four men have been jailed for killing a member of an organised crime group who was tortured, doused in petrol and set alight.’

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BBC News, 9th October 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The man behind an international network of “zoo sadists” dedicated to torturing and killing monkeys for entertainment has been jailed for more than three years.’

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The Independent, 9th October 2026

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘The Claimant was a Muslim prisoner. The Trust was responsible for providing primary healthcare at the prison. The Claimant was prescribed Codeine. This was provided each day under supervision at a medicine hatch. The hatch operated during fixed hours each morning and afternoon. Generally, there was no system for providing medication under supervision outside those hours. There were, however, separate arrangements in certain other circumstances, such as prisoners arriving at the prison late in the evening.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 9th October 2026

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com

‘There is a risk that a new consumer class action regime in England and Wales could be more of a cash cow for claimant law firms and litigation funders than a vehicle for delivering effective redress for consumers harmed by breaches of consumer law, according to Pinsent Masons.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 9th October 2026

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘A black council worker who was subjected to “serious racial abuse” and faced with “dismissive” managers after she complained has been awarded £15,000.’

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BBC News, 11th October 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A former councillor has been found guilty of running a bogus coronavirus testing laboratory during the Covid-19 pandemic.’

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BBC News, 8th October 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Reports of so-called ‘sextortion’ made to a helpline are on track to more than double this year compared to the preceding 12 months.’

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The Independent, 9th October 2026

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘Racially and religiously motivated offences have reached record highs in the UK as the government’s main Islamophobia partner says attacks on mosques are increasing in severity.’

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The Guardian, 8th October 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The BBC has apologised and paid “substantial” compensation to the couple behind the PinkNews website, after conceding that stories accusing them of sexual misconduct were false and defamatory.’

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The Guardian, 8th October 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The Law Commission has launched a consultation on major reform to product liability law to ensure that it remains effective in a world increasingly shaped by digital technologies. A summary of the full paper is attached.’

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Law Commission, 8th October 2026

Source: lawcom.gov.uk

‘Important issues of UK constitutional law can arise in the most unusual of places. Some of the most important cases on undergraduate reading lists, for example, concerned disputes about fishing licences and whether goods could be measured in imperial, rather than metric, units. In this blog we draw attention to a proposal which, if enacted, would be of enormous constitutional significance. Yet it is located in a place many public lawyers would not think to look.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 8th October 2026

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘A developer has failed in a bid to overturn a planning inspector’s finding that there was no realistic possibility of highways connecting his site to the local network being built in the foreseeable future.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 8th October 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Can an employer replace pension scheme trustees because it wants a more “commercial” approach to surplus? This article considers this increasingly important endgame question in the light of recent authority.’

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Pensions Barrister, 8th October 2026

Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com

‘On 29 September 2026, the Premier League (“PL”) released a statement confirming that a PL Commission had found that 114 of the 115 charges brought by the PL against Manchester City FC (“MCFC”) in February 2023 (“the Charges”) had been proved.’

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Football Law, 1st October 2026

Source: www.footballlaw.co.uk

‘In this article, Anson Cheung and Ryan Fincham discuss recent judgments considering the use of AI in witness statements and analyse potential changes to the rules of the court to address the use of AI by legal professionals when preparing witness statements.’

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4 New Square, 28th September 2026

Source: www.4newsquare.com

‘Two men jailed with indefinite sentences for public protection (IPPs) have been freed after each serving about two decades in custody despite receiving minimum terms of two years or less.’

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The Guardian, 7th October 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Five more former traders who were jailed for rigging interest rates have had their convictions quashed by the court of appeal in London, after a long battle to clear their names.’

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The Guardian, 7th October 2026

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