‘A professional footballer who imported £600,000 worth of cannabis from Thailand to the UK has been jailed for four years.’

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BBC News, 5th June 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The High Court rejected an application for judicial review in the case of O’Brien v HM Assistant Coroner for Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens which limited the scope of the inquest into the death of Linda O’Brien. Linda’s family contended that had her ex-partner, who was subject to a restraining order but present at her flat on the day of her death, been arrested one month prior, her death might have been prevented. The judicial review was of a decision taken by Mr Graham Jackson, HM Assistant Coroner, on 15 March 2023 that there was no coronial causation established linking previous conduct by officers of the Merseyside Police and the events resulting in Linda’s death.’

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Parklane Plowden, 3rd June 2025

Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk

‘Snack manufacturers should carefully consider a recent decision that held mini poppadoms do not benefit from a value added tax (VAT) zero rating to determine whether it impacts any of their VAT positions, experts have said.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 5th June 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘The Lord Chancellor has introduced a circa 15% uplift to the tariffs set out in the Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021, which will apply to all claims for whiplash injury lasting up to 2 years, where the cause of action accrues on or after 31 May 2025.’

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Pump Court Chambers, 3rd June 2025

Source: www.pumpcourtchambers.com

‘Barrister Adam Pipe presents a comprehensive, hour-long webinar (originally for the Association of Interpreters and Translators) covering key updates in UK immigration law, including the new Immigration White Paper, changes to the nationality ‘good character’ policy, recent Immigration Rules and case law developments, and best practice for appeals under the FTT (IAC) Practice Direction.’

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EIN Blog. 5th June 2025

Source: www.ein.org.uk

‘On 5 June 2025, the Church of England issued the following Press Release on the initiation of proceedings under the Clergy Discipline Measure.’

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Law & Religion UK, 5th June 2025

Source: lawandreligionuk.com

‘Criterion Group – the landlord of c. £4bn of property in central London – has been required by Mr Justice Richards to repay hundreds of thousands of pounds of overcharged insurance rent to one of its tenants, Picturehouse Cinemas.’

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Wiberforce Chambers, 29th May 2025

Source: www.wilberforce.co.uk

‘Thousands of criminal cases – including some of the most serious violent and sexual offences – are collapsing every year because of lost, damaged or missing evidence, the BBC has found.’

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BBC News, 6th June 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘It’s the return of our popular Remind Me About series, summarising particular areas of pensions law for newly-qualified practitioners or those wanting to brush up on the subject. This week, Daniel Jukes of Wilberforce Chambers considers the topical issue of winding up DB schemes.’

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Pensions Barrister, 5th June 2025

Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com

‘It’s late evening, and your phone vibrates with some banter from colleagues. You join the conversation and go to bed feeling part of the work community. You then wake up and have a feeling of apprehension as to how the messages will be perceived.’

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The Independent, 4th June 2025

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘Victims of rape and serious sexual assault who face their cases being dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service will be given the right to request a review under a government pilot.’

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The Guardian, 5th June 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The decision of the UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2025] is one that has generated a rapid response, from the photos of those celebrating the decision on the steps of the UKSC, to the massive wave of protest from trans people and allies. Within the legal world, it has unleashed a flurry of commentary, the excellent analysis by Crash Wigley being a notable example. As such, this post will not replicate Wigley’s analysis, but will instead draw upon and develop the point that she makes in her work: that there are a series of silences in the judgment. This is interesting when considered with the work of Louis Althusser, for whom silences are not accidental but reveal important tensions about the text.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 5th June 2025

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘The high-profile founder of a private animal sanctuary has won an appeal against a decision by Uttlesford District Council to refuse her application to keep ring-tailed Lemurs.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 4th June 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘A toddler who was starved by his parents and buried in their garden was “invisible and lost” to child services, a review has said.’

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The Guardian, 4th June 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The new interim chairwoman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has told the BBC she will do “whatever it takes” to reform the embattled legal appeals body.’

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BBC News, 4th June 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘This Consultation Paper is about new funerary methods in England and Wales. It is part of the Law Commission’s wider project on Burial, Cremation and New Funerary Methods. New funerary methods are ways of dealing with the bodies of deceased people that are potential alternatives to burial, cremation and burial at sea.’

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Law Commission, 4th June 2025

Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk/

‘A scheme aiming to turn children arrested for violence away from crime has claimed staggering success, with up to nine out of 10 diverted from further offending, according to a report.’

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The Guardian, 4th June 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘In limited circumstances solicitors have a duty to advise their client that they may have been negligent. Allegations of breach of that duty normally arise in the context of claims which are brought after the normal six-year limitation period, and after three years from the date of knowledge. One may think that such claims would be rare, but in my experience they are not that unusual. There are, though, limited reported cases on the issue, and the recent case of Evans v Hughes Fowler Carruthers [2025] EWHC 481 (Ch) is therefore of some interest.’

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4 New Square, 22nd 22nd May 2025

Source: www.4newsquare.com

‘This week we cover:

– Thames Water – OfWat imposes its largest ever penalty;
– OfWat’s attack on Thames Water’s dividends.
– Climate protest – the 4 appeal cases about sentencing.
– Get ready for the Infrastructure Strategy: “NISTA” and Beyond.’

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Six Pump Court, 29th May 2025

Source: 6pumpcourt.co.uk

‘In Part 1 of this two-part blog series on recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, Alex Cornelius outlines the recent decision of Kerr J in Olsen v Finansiel Stabilitet A/S [2025] EWHC 42 (KB). Part 2 will provide a helpful practical guide to the main avenues for enforcing foreign judgments in England and Wales.’

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12 King's Bench Walk, 2nd June 2025

Source: 12kbw.co.uk