‘New measures will stop the “profound injustice” of victims being questioned, sometimes without warning, about past rapes that they have reported to the police, said David Lammy, the justice secretary.’

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The Guardian, 2nd December 2025

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‘Trans girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding, the organisation has announced, saying it has made the decision after seeking legal advice as a result of the supreme court ruling on gender earlier this year.’

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The Guardian, 2nd December 2025

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‘Lady Elish Angiolini KC’s latest report, looking at the prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public, said the crimes remained widespread, criticised limited data on them and called for urgent action to prevent predators from offending.’

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BBC News, 2nd December 2025

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‘Jury trials in England and Wales for crimes that carry a likely sentence of less than three years will be scrapped, the justice secretary has announced.’

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BBC News, 2nd December 2025

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‘Epping Forest District Council cannot challenge a decision to allow the Home Office to intervene in its unsuccessful bid to block asylum seekers staying at a hotel, the Supreme Court has ruled.’

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BBC News, 2nd December 2025

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‘The Upper Tribunal’s recent decision in Hassan & Osman -v- Heath [2025] UKUT 242 (LC) is a timely reminder of the oft-encountered tension between the grant of planning permission and the existence of restrictive covenants which prevent the intended development of a property.’

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Gatehouse Chambers, 1st December 2025

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‘British police are set to gain enhanced powers at ports, enabling officers to compel illegal migrants to remove outer garments and undergo mouth searches.’

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The Independent, 2nd December 2025

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‘The government is set to announce plans to restrict the right to a jury trial in England and Wales in an attempt to turn around unprecedented backlogs and delays in justice.’

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BBC News, 2nd December 2025

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‘The UK public’s awareness of class actions and litigation funding is continuing to rise, new research has found.’

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Legal Futures, 2nd December 2025

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‘The UK’s independent reviewer of terrorism laws has criticised the government’s latest national security strategy for failing to take online threats more seriously, despite Keir Starmer claiming it would result in “a hardening and sharpening of our approach” in the face of Russian menace.’

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The Guardian, 2nd December 2025

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‘More than 100 lawyers who wrote to the Ministry of Justice expressing significant concerns about plans to severely restrict jury trials say representations by the legal profession are being ignored.’

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The Guardian, 30th November 2025

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‘An Albanian national who was deported from the UK twice in three years has been jailed after returning illegally for a third time.’

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BBC News, 29th November 2025

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‘The Court of Appeal hearing the Mazur case will have to decide between statutory interpretation and “the contextual argument”, the solicitor bringing the appeal said last week.’

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Legal Futures, 1st December 2025

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‘The family of a woman judged to have been unlawfully killed by her partner after she took her own life following years of domestic abuse has said “lessons have still not been learnt” after the government indicated it would not make changes to how officers use the police national database.’

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The Guardian, 30th November 2025

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‘After years trapped in an abusive marriage, Becky – not her real name – thought her horrific ordeal might start to be over the day she watched her ex-husband jailed for raping her twice.’

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BBC News, 1st December 2025

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‘The UK government has dropped its plans to provide employees in Britain with rights to claim unfair dismissal from “day one” of their employment.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 28th November 2025

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‘Asylum seekers will be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments after it was revealed the Home Office spends about £15.8m a year on the service.’

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The Guardian, 29th November 2025

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‘A mugger who murdered an 87-year-old man as he walked home with his shopping has been jailed for a minimum of 23 years.’

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BBC News, 28th November 2025

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‘The far-reaching impact of the Renters’ Rights Act, which received royal assent on 27 October 2025, on England’s private rental market has already been widely discussed’

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Kingsley Napley Real Estate Law Blog, 26th November 2025

Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk