‘The right to engage in political activity and protest peacefully is to be enshrined in a new agreement between the government and UK charities and campaigners aimed in part at ending years of damaging “culture wars”.’
The Guardian, 16th July 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A nurse who objected to sharing a female changing room with a transgender woman doctor has been cleared of gross misconduct allegations.’
The Guardian, 16th July 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Armed police threatened a peaceful protester with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestinian flag and having signs saying “Free Gaza” and “Israel is committing genocide”, accusing her of supporting a proscribed organisation.’
The Guardian, 17th July 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a request for a teenager who murdered three members of his family to never be released from prison.’
BBC News, 16th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Barclays had not properly vetted two of its clients, Stunt & Co and WealthTek.’
BBC News, 16th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Prosper, 19, would become the first person aged between 18 and 20 to be given a whole-life tariff if three senior judges rule that his sentence should be raised.’
The Independent, 16th July 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Chancellor Rachel Reeves inadvertently breached parliamentary rules by missing the deadline for registering gifts, the MPs’ watchdog has concluded.’
BBC News, 15th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An advert by a vegan charity featuring scenes of a human baby being taken from its mother has been banned.’
The Independent, 16th July 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The owner of a viral golden retriever petting experience has been banned from keeping dogs for 10 years after some of the animals died in his care.’
BBC News, 15th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sentencing them at Newcastle Crown Court, Mrs Justice Lambert rejected a claim of “drunken stupidity” and said, while a full motive was not clear, felling the tree and the ensuing outrage gave the men “some sort of thrill”.’
BBC News, 15th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Asda faced four charges relating to the sale of dozens of out of date food items after food safety officers visited the stores on four occasions in 2024.’
BBC News, 15th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The felling of the Sycamore Gap has prompted calls for stricter legal protections for trees, not only to help prevent similar crimes in future but also to help the public appreciate the value of trees at a time when many of our woodlands are in poor health and targets for tree-planting are not being met.’
BBC News, 15th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A data breach by the Ministry of Defence put up to 100,000 lives at risk and sparked the largest covert peacetime evacuation in British history – then was kept secret for almost two years by an unprecedented superinjunction gagging the British press, it can be revealed today.’
The Independent, 15th July 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘It would be disproportionate and a “waste of a high quality, valuable resource” to force the owner of a new office building in Central London to demolish substantial parts of that building to remedy the building’s interference with ‘rights to light’ enjoyed by the owners of two neighbouring properties, the High Court in England and Wales has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published new guidance for social care commissioners in Wales on compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty, after evidence provided by the watchdog’s Wales Committee showed “alarming patterns” of inequality affecting those who need care and those who provide it.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th July 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal has rejected a local authority’s appeal after an employment judge refused to recuse herself from a case management hearing in an equal pay multiple.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th July 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The London Borough of Hounslow has agreed – following the intervention of its Leader – to implement a recommendation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman that it offer a homeless mother the next suitable two-bedroom property that became available.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th July 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The two men who felled the tree at Sycamore Gap in what prosecutors called a “moronic mission” are to be sentenced on Tuesday [15th July].’
The Independent, 15th July 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A gay man has been paid compensation from a Church of England parish after he was subjected to an “exorcism” to purge him of his homosexuality, it has been reported.’
The Guardian, 15th July 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Some of the country’s wealthy landowners and two charities who own the freehold leases of thousands of properties – predominately flats – argue that legislation brought in by the last Conservative government contravenes their human rights.’
BBC News, 15th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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