‘A solicitor has been secretly filmed by the BBC explaining how he could make a £45,000 illegal-working fine go away.’

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BBC News, 21st October 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘On 14 October 2026, the UK government published a new Building Safety (Remediation of Unsafe Cladding etc) Bill, accompanied by a guide to the new Bill. The aim of the proposed new legislation is to accelerate the remediation of residential buildings with unsafe cladding. It builds on and extends the regime created by the Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA 2022”) and the Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026. This article sets out the main highlights of the Bill as it currently stands.’

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39 Essex Chambers, 19th October 2026

Source: www.39essex.com

‘In this article, Paul Nicholls KC offers practical insight into how to protect an employer’s confidential information and considers recent developments in business protection disputes of this kind.’

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4 New Square, 20th October 2026

Source: www.4newsquare.com

‘Next week, the House of Lords will debate introducing a written constitution. This is also something that the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, discussed over the summer. Lord (Jonathan) Sumption makes the case against the UK adopting a written, or codified, constitution.’

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UCL Constitution Unit, 16th October 2026

Source: blogs.ucl.ac.uk

‘Next week, the House of Lords will debate introducing a written constitution. This is also something that the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, discussed over the summer. Sionaidh Douglas-Scott makes the case in favour of the UK adopting a written, or codified, constitution.’

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UCL Constitution Unit, 15th October 2026

Source: blogs.ucl.ac.uk

‘A 25-year-old convention preventing MPs referring to live court cases in the Houses of Parliament remains fit for purpose, a parliamentary committee has concluded.’

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Law Society Gazette, 20th October 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘In June I argued on this blog that the Supreme Court’s decision in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland [2026] UKSC 16 broke faith with a discipline that runs from chapter 29 of the Magna Carta through the writ of habeas corpus to Article 5: that a confinement must rest on a reason which can be stated, recorded and tested before someone other than the confiner. The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards were that discipline exercised by proxy, for people who cannot demand it for themselves. The Reference withdrew the proxy from anyone who can be read as content, by treating valid consent as independent of capacity. I said then that contentment is not consent, and that those most affected would be those least able to object.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 19th October 2026

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘Iris Ferber KC and James Hoile cover the first case authority to consider the (then) new Public Sector Equality Duty in section 149 of the Equality Act.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 20th October 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Iris Ferber KC and Stefan Liberadzki cover a case which focuses on the Public Sector Equality Duty.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 20th October 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Iris Ferber KC and Martin Horne cover a case which answers some fundamental questions on the application of the Equality Act burden of proof.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 19th October 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The sixth report from the Covid inquiry said the care sector appeared to be “something of an afterthought” in the early stages of the pandemic and there was no “protective ring” put around homes as claimed by ministers at the time.’

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BBC News, 20th October 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘An NHS trust is being prosecuted over the deaths of two children who had sepsis, the BBC has learned.’

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BBC News, 20th October 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Last week, there was another blaze of publicity about the repeal by Parliament of the legislation introduced in 2014 that added a presumption to the Children Act 1989 where separated parents are in dispute – that it is in a child’s welfare for them to grow up with both parents involved in their upbringing, where safe.’

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Transparency Project, 19th October 2026

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk

‘It is sometimes said that the United Kingdom doesn’t have a constitution – which is understandable, but wrong. The perception that there ‘isn’t a constitution’ arises from the fact that the UK lacks a ‘written’ – or codified – constitution. In that regard, the UK is a global outlier.[1] The vast majority of countries do have codified constitutions. The role played by such constitutions is not uniform across the myriad countries in which they are found, but some generalisations are possible. For one thing, a codified constitution at least forms a starting-point when we wish to find out what the constitution is. The constitutional text may not supply all the answers – we might, for instance, need to consult judicial decisions to find out how a constitutional provision has been interpreted and, therefore, what it really means – but the text at least supplies a point of departure. The constitutional text is also likely to have a status that sets it apart, to some extent at least, from other law. In some systems – the United States of America being a well-known example – the constitution’s status is such that it takes priority over all other forms of law, meaning that other laws can be set aside, or ‘struck down’, if they conflict with the constitution.’

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Public Law for Everyone, 16th October 2026

Source: publiclawforeveryone.com

‘Barristers Jim Duffy, Shaheen Rahman KC and Jasper Gold discuss the latest happenings in the related worlds of inquests and inquiries, as well as looking at possible changes to Scotland’s fatal accident inquiries system. The ‘Hillsborough law’, causation in the context of criminal procedure, and human rights in private care homes also feature.’

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Law Pod UK, 20th October 2026

Source: audioboom.com

‘What is an asset of community value (ACV) and what is it for? ACVs were created under part 5 (Community empowerment) of the Localism Act 2011. By the act, specified local authorities must maintain a list of nominated ACVs furthering the social wellbeing or interests of the local community, following nominations from parish councils or local community groups.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 16th October 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘A legal challenge mounted by more than 13,000 black cab drivers against ride-share company Uber has been rejected by the High Court after it was ruled to have been submitted too late.’

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The Independent, 19th October 2026

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘Killers and serious sex offenders detained in hospital are among the criminals who will no longer receive benefits under proposals called for by victims’ families.’

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BBC News, 20th October 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk