‘Shabana Mahmood has accused asylum seekers of making “vexatious, last-minute claims” to avoid removal to France as the Home Office said it would review modern slavery laws to save Keir Starmer’s returns deal.’

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The Guardian, 17th September 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The decision by a high court judge to block the deportation of a man under Labour’s “one in one out” agreement with France has cast doubt on the future of the policy. Here, the Guardian examines the significance of the court’s decision and what it means for the removal scheme.’

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The Guardian, 17th September 2025

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‘There has been some debate as to the role of the House of Lords in scrutinising this Bill, especially over whether it is appropriate for the House to debate the principle of assisted dying which has now been accepted by the Commons.’

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Law & Religion UK, 17th September 2025

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‘The president of the family division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, informed representative bodies this week that 13% of family court sitting days for 2025/26 was allocated to the London Financial Remedies Court under a concordat agreed between the lord chancellor and lady chief justice, but this has not proved enough. As a result, planned financial remedies sitting days will have to be cancelled.’

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Law Society Gazette, 17th September 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The Law Commission has U-turned on a proposal to create a separate legal framework for disabled children to ensure their social care needs are met, amid warnings that the proposal could lead to disabled children being deprioritised.’

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Law Society Gazette, 16th September 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The policy document proposes to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), replacing it with a “British Bill of Rights”, and withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as well as “disapply” various international conventions. This is meant to enable deportations and removals. Notwithstanding the objectives of the plan to “identify, detain, and deport illegal migrants”, the terms “illegal migrant” and “illegal migration”, are not defined in Reform UK’s plan, and neither are they terms of art in domestic law.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 15th September 2025

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘The Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Prudential’s appeal over whether it was liable for VAT on performance fees, bringing to a close a long-running dispute between the insurance giant and His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over whether VAT was due on performance fees it had to pay.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 15th September 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘Neither of these are housing law cases, but sometimes judgments come along at which you can only stare in horrified (or amazed, or amused) fascination. These are two such judgements, in case you are in need of diversion, or a cautionary tale, or lessons in the multifaceted, boundless and ever creative human capacity for stupidity.’

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Nearly Legal, 15th September 2025

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

‘In the first legal challenge against the deal, in the High Court in London, his lawyers argued he needed more time to present evidence that he might have been the victim of modern-day slavery – and the decision to remove him had been rushed.’

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BBC News, 16th September 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘In Rickards, R (On the Application Of) v East Hertfordshire District Council [2025] EWHC 2278 (Admin), Mr Tim Smith, sitting as a deputy High Court judge, said he was “left in doubt” as to whether the planning officer handling the application “was even aware” that protective designations for the surrounding areas existed.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 16th September 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘A doctor who left a patient midway through an operation to have sex with a nurse is at “very low risk” of repeating his serious misconduct, a medical tribunal has ruled.’

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The Guardian, 15th September 2025

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‘A coroner has called for scenes of disaster to be preserved more carefully after an inquest jury concluded it was not possible to say what caused a fatal explosion at a terrace house in south Wales.’

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The Guardian, 15th September 2025

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‘Following the news that an agreement has been reached on the long-awaited introduction of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, external on Tuesday [16 September] – commonly referred to as Hillsborough Law – here’s a reminder of how we got here.’

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BBC News, 15th September 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The Guardians of Whitewebbs group has successfully crowdfunded £26,000 to seek a judicial review of Enfield council’s granting of planning permission for the Spurs academy, which will include all-weather pitches, floodlights and a turf academy built on 53 hectares (130 acres) of Whitewebbs Park.’

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The Guardian, 15th September 2025

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‘Constance Marten and her partner, a convicted rapist, have been admonished for passing notes and talking to each other as they were being sentenced over the death of their newborn baby girl.’

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The Independent, 15th September 2025

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‘Two parents who caused the death of their newborn baby after taking her to live in a tent in wintry conditions to evade social services have each been sentenced to 14 years in prison.’

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The Guardian, 15th September 2025

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‘The London Borough of Redbridge has been recommended to pay £6,950 by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman after it failed to properly assess the capacity of three family members to make a homelessness application when they told the council they were suffering domestic abuse.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 12th September 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The Family Court has discharged a “phalanx of orders” secured by a local authority to prohibit a mother and father taking their four children to a country deemed unsafe by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, describing the unnamed local authority’s approach as “dictatorial”.’

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Local government Lawyer, 11th September 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk