‘An advert by a Manchester bar that showed Barney the Dinosaur alongside the phrase “T-wrecked” has been banned for encouraging irresponsible and underage drinking.’
The Independent, 27th September 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The number of appeals against convictions involving music lyrics has more than tripled since drill music became popular in the UK in the past few years, according to research shared with the Guardian.’
The Guardian, 29th September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Upper Tribunal has dismissed a mother’s appeal against a decision by the First-tier Tribunal that she was not entitled, under section 405 of the Education Act 1996, to be provided with sex education teaching materials relating to a lesson after it had taken place.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th September 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A “lack of momentum” from the government is leaving “tens of thousands” of child victims without the support they need to recover from domestic abuse, a top advocate has warned.’
The Independent, 26th September 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A recent High Court decision in commercial litigation has generated significant interest in the expert witness community. It also has potential ramifications for civil litigators.’
Law Society's Gazette, 26th September 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Kulkarni v Gwent Holdings Ltd & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 1206 (26 September 2025)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Kapp [2025] EWCA Civ 1203 (26 September 2025)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Baniulyte v R. [2025] EWCA Crim 1205 (26 September 2025)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
JAK Property Jersey Ltd v Together Commercial Finance Ltd [2025] EWHC 2442 (Ch) (26 September 2025)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Varela v Buckswood School Ltd [2025] EWHC 2445 (KB) (26 September 2025)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Town and Country Planning Act 1932 (TCPA 1932) was the first planning Act in English law to include country within the legal scope of town planning. This transformed the scope of town planning, legally enabling planning and land administration on a local, regional and national level. Despite this, the TCPA 1932 has been overlooked by legal scholars, who mark the origins of modern planning with the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. This paper celebrates the legacies of the TCPA 1932, namely the inclusion of rural areas within planning legislation, and the centralised role of local authorities in effectuating planning practice, demonstrating how these principles continue to shape planning legislation into the present.’
Legal Studies, 22nd September 2025
Source: www.cambridge.org
‘This was Global 100’s appeal of a rent repayment order made by the First Tier Tribunal for a failure to licence a property. The property was owned by London Borough of Haringey. In 2013, Haringey had entered an agreement with Global Guardians Management Ltd (GGM) under which GGM could use the property for occupation by property guardians, for a payment by GGM of £980 per month. GGM then granted Global 100 Ltd (G 100) permission to grant licences to live-in guardians. G 100 did so, including, eventually, for the current respondents. The guardians paid a weekly fee to G 100.’
Nearly Legal, 28th September 2025
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A 22-year-old nursery worker has been sentenced to eight years in jail after being convicted of the “sadistic” abuse of 21 babies, including pinching and pushing children and kicking one little boy in the face.’
The Guardian, 26th September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Palestinians pursuing an apology from the UK over colonial-era war crimes allegations have urged the government to respond in light of its recognition this week of a state of Palestine.’
BBC News, 26th September 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The issue of indefinite leave to remain (ILR) has been a hot topic in the UK press. The Reform Leader Nigel Farage has suggested that his party would abolish the status and force people with ILR to return to some form of lesser immigration status which would block access to a range of rights which those who obtained the status acquire – access to welfare benefits, free NHS care and home student University fees for young people.’
Immigration Law Blog, 26th September 2025
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘Section 21 evictions enable private landlords to oust tenants, even if they have done nothing wrong.’
The Guardian, 27th September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh has been thrown out following a technical error in the way the charge against him was brought.’
BBC News, 26th September 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In the context of self-defence, successive governments have taken an inconsistent approach to using public opinion as a basis for reforming criminal law. In the case of householders acting in self-defence, reform was based on limited public opinion whereas in the case of the domestic abuse victim who uses force against their abuser reform proposals were rejected without considering public opinion. There is a limited evidence base of actual public perceptions in either situation and yet their value is substantial when considering the role of lay decision-makers in the criminal trial and the need to maintain public trust in the system. This paper explores theoretical justifications for the inclusion of public perceptions in the development of criminal defences. Using a social constructivist approach, the authors consider public perceptions, as found in a small-scale empirical study, towards self-defence claims in both a householder and domestic abuse context, concluding that the public can in some circumstances find that the latter is more deserving of a claim than the former.’
Legal Studies, 24th September 2025
Source: www.cambridge.org
‘Ministers are pushing through powers to photograph, name and shame offenders who have been ordered to complete unpaid community work in England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 26th September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Compulsory insurance for workplace injuries has been in place in the United Kingdom for more than five decades. The political pressure to introduce mandatory cover, and to criminalise failures to do so, followed notorious workplace fires. But politicians and academic commentators at the time noted that the legislation introduced did not correct the very issue in those fires: the business that was insured but where the conduct of the employer meant that the insurer had a defence to liability. The compulsion was entirely one-way: employers had to insure, but insurers were not subject to enhanced regulation on the payment of claims. This issue has returned to the forefront in light of recent litigation testing the modern position. The changes to liability insurance law since the 1970s are most clearly shown by three areas of parliamentary action. The rights of third parties claiming under liability insurance policies was altered by the Third Party (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 (replacing the 1930 Act of the same name). The remedies available to the insurer for non-compliance with key obligations was reformed by the Insurance Act 2015. Alongside this, the regulation of insurance was significantly enhanced by measures under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended). Each of these measures was the product of detailed consideration, often following extensive Law Commission analysis. Despite this, the issue that showed the weakness of compulsory insurance in the 1970s has re-emerged. None of the changes to substantive insurance contract law or the burgeoning regulatory state protect the injured worker where the conduct of the employer makes them uninsurable. In essence, what has been preserved is the freedom of contract and market choice of insurers, over any sense of regulation in the wider public good. This paper provides a range of regulatory and substantive corrections that would address this issue. In doing so, it builds on measures used elsewhere in English insurance law. The next step in the reform of insurance contract law is to deliver more fully on the promise of compulsory insurance, and that starts in the employment context.’
Industrial Law Journal, 18th September 2025
Source: academic.oup.com
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued an enforcement notice to Bristol City Council for failing to comply with its legal obligations to respond to subject access requests (SARs).’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th September 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The concept of beneficial ownership is extensively used in domestic tax legislation, but several decades of inconsistent case law have muddied the waters as to exactly what it means. With the leading cases stopping short of the apex court, it is difficult to reconcile the cases and come up with a clear definition of beneficial ownership. The recent Hargreaves decision by Falk LJ (with whom Nugee and Peter Jackson LJJ agreed) represents the most structured judicial attempt to rationalise the concept to date. This note suggests that, contrary to Falk LJ’s statement that the concept is “well established”, the law pre-Hargreaves was far from clear. This situation has since been greatly improved through the efforts of Falk LJ, though further questions remain for future judicial clarification.’
Legal Studies, 22nd September 2025
Source: www.cambridge.org
Pass rates on the legal practice course (LPC) slumped from 57% to 42% in the year to 31 August 2024, newly released figures from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have revealed.
Legal Futures, 26th September 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Michaela Community School in London made headlines in spring 2023 when it forbade students from engaging in prayer rituals on school premises. The school’s prayer ban was recently upheld by the High Court in R v Michaela Community Schools Trust, [2024] EWHC 843 (Admin). Over 10 years earlier, two students at a private high school in Calgary, Canada, were also prohibited from praying at school. The extended litigation that followed culminated in the 2023 judgment of Webber Academy Foundation v Alberta (Human Rights Commission), 2023 ABCA 194, which—unlike its UK counterpart—was decided in favour of the students. This article considers the common ground between the two cases, including the schools’ efforts to present themselves as “secular” to the outside world, and goes on to examine the courts’ opposing responses to the claims. We maintain that despite their different administrative and institutional contexts, a more fundamental difference concerns how the courts conceptualise religion: either as an expression of a person’s identity—the dominant framing in Webber Academy—or as an expression of autonomy and personal choice, adopted by the court in Michaela.’
Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 18th September 2025
Source: academic.oup.com
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