‘The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has dismissed an appeal by a landlord against a £3,000 civil penalty imposed by Swale Borough Council for failing to comply with an improvement notice, finding that the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) was entitled to conclude that no reasonable excuse had been established.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 21st July 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘At the heart of the case of R (Bailey) v HM Senior Coroner for East London [2025] EWHC 1637 (Admin), a tragedy: the murder of a 14-year-old boy, Jaden Bailey, and the profound grief of his mother. Jaden had been drawn into criminal activity, first in Nottinghamshire, then London. In October 2018 he had been found at a “cuckoo house” in Bournemouth, in possession of cocaine, a mobile phone and £325 in cash. He was brought back to London by the Metropolitan Police, following which an action plan was prepared by the Children’s Social Care Department of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. In November 2018 Jaden was permanently excluded from school after a Snapchat video showed him in possession of an imitation firearm, for which he was arrested and charged, pleading guilty. On 8 January 2019 Jaden was riding a moped in Leyton when he was hit by a car; the occupants of the car got out and stabbed Jaden. He died at the scene.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 21st July 2025

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com

‘R (ex parte AIN) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets. High Court (Admin) 29 April 2025 (Unreported elsewhere. We have a full note of judgment (unapproved) from the claimant’s solicitors, Osbornes Law, for which we are grateful). It is interesting in its treatment of the ‘five factors’ for consideration in making a mandatory order set out in Imam, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Croydon (2023) UKSC 45.

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Nearly Legal, 20th July 2025

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

‘An independent football regulator has been signed into UK law after the Football Governance Act received royal assent, giving fans a greater say in how their clubs are run.’

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The Independent, 21st July 2025

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘A 13 year old boy was refusing to obey High Court orders that he spend time with his mother following his parents’ separation. After three years of failed attempts to persuade him to see her, the court asked the Tipstaff’s office to enforce an order that he be collected from his home with his father and taken to spend four weeks with his mother in a ‘protective placement’. (The Tipstaff is an officer of the High Court, based at the Royal Courts of Justice, who can be called on by the court to enforce orders and warrants in England and Wales.) The boy refused to go with them and claimed he was physically assaulted by the court-appointed officers.’

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Transparency Project, 20th July 2025

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk

‘More than four decades after the violent policing at Orgreave during the miners’ strike and a failed prosecution criticised as a police “frame up”, the government has established a statutory inquiry into the scandal.’

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The Guardian, 20th July 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The profession has failed to make “significant progress in tackling the structural and cultural barriers to encouraging equality and diversity”, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has declared.’

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Legal Futures, 21st July 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘A new water ombudsman will be announced on Monday by the environment secretary, Steve Reed, as part of government plans to overhaul the embattled sector.’

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The Guardian, 20th July 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Army leaders have launched an inquiry after the identities of soldiers in the SAS were revealed in a fresh data breach.’

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The Independnet, 20th July 2025

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘A powerful new criminal offence to target suspects who are found to be preparing mass killings will ensure their plotting is taken as seriously as terrorism, the home secretary says.’

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BBC News, 20th July 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a tribunal’s decision that a racist comment made by one employee to another did not give rise to employer liability under the Equality Act 2010.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 18th July 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘A group of people smugglers who hid migrants in lorries have today been jailed.’

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Crown Prosecution Service, 17th July 2025

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

‘Leveson’s report makes a variety of recommendations, which relate to a range of matters, from case management and audio-recording of magistrates’ court proceedings to how much credit defendants should get for pleading guilty. As with most reviews of this kind, many of the recommendations are overdue and compelling. However, those that directly affect trial by jury are contentious.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association Blog, 18th July 2025

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘The Court of Appeal has refused to quash the Judicial Appointments Commission’s decision not to promote a district judge to the circuit bench – but said the JAC should have been more open about who might be asked for references and criticised it for giving “confused and misleading feedback”.’

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Law Society Gazette, 17th July 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor served an urgent notification on HMP Pentonville in Islington, north London, after an inspection discovered many inmates had been kept there after they should have been freed because staff “failed to calculate sentences accurately”.’

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BBC News, 18th July 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The court of appeal has quashed the convictions of two men who were framed by a corrupt and racist detective in the 1970s.’

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The Guardian, 17th July 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The Campaign for the Protection of Rural England’s (CPRE) Kent Branch has failed in a challenge to a planning inspector’s decision that 165 homes can be built at Cranbrook.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 17th July 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has rejected a complaint against high-profile KC Jolyon Maugham over his outspoken criticism of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the For Women Scotland case.’

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Legal Futures, 17th July 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘The master of the rolls has thrown his weight behind calls for early advice sessions funded by legal aid – and suggested the idea is being discussed.’

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Law Society Gazette, 17th July 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The High Court has refused to grant anonymity to an expert witness who produced a discredited report.’

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Law Society Gazette, 16th July 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk