‘A High Court judge has refused civil liberties organisation Liberty permission for a legal challenge against the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) over the lawfulness of its consultation on an updated Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 9th June 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Two MPs have called for a review into “unduly lenient” sentences given to two teenagers convicted of killing an 80-year-old man at a park.’

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BBC News, 9th June 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘In arbitration, the parties are free to choose the law to determine the substantive issues in dispute (the substantive law). This freedom is recognised by section 46(1)(a) of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the 1996 act) which requires the arbitral tribunal to decide the issues in dispute in accordance with the law chosen by the parties or, under section 46(1)(b), ‘if the parties so agree, in accordance with such other considerations as are agreed by them or determined by the tribunal’. This latter provision allows the parties to choose a substantive law which may include religious law, such as sharia law or Jewish law. However, as illustrated by the recent decision of the English High Court in Djanogly v Djanogly [2025] EWHC 61 (Ch), the parties’ choice of substantive law may be restricted by any mandatory laws to which the parties and the arbitral tribunal must adhere.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 6th June 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘A vulnerable black man who died after police dragged him across a bathroom floor by his collar and handcuffed him had a medical emergency that was worsened by his interactions with the officers, an inquest jury has concluded.’

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The Guardian, 6th June 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A 46-year-old teacher who posed as a teenager online to ask girls for indecent images of themselves has been jailed for eight years.’

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BBC News, 6th June 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) has long enforced the time limit for appealing from the Employment Tribunal (‘ET’) strictly. The EAT’s general power to extend the time for appealing is contained in Rule 37(1) of the Employment Appeal Tribunal Rules 1993 (‘Rules’). It is only exercised in rare and exceptional cases, although, following Ridley & Others v HB Kirtley t/a Queen’s Court Business Centre & Others [2024] EWCA Civ 884, the discretion may now be more liberally exercised than previously.’

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3PB, 27th May 2025

Source: www.3pb.co.uk

‘Residents of a multistorey development in London have received £550,000 in compensation from a housing association for cladding defects in a case they hope will set a precedent for other claims.’

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The Guardian, 7th June 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The forensic science sector is in a “graveyard spiral”, according to a parliamentary inquiry that has warned of biased criminal investigations, a rising risk of wrongful convictions, and murder and sexual offence cases collapsing due to missing evidence.’

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The Guardian, 9th June 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Lenders making joint loans for non-commercial purposes should now identify all loans where one borrower receives an exclusive benefit and then ensure that the other borrower receives independent legal advice, an expert has said, after the UK’s highest court ruled that the existence of an exclusive benefit for one joint borrower raises a presumption that the other borrower may be under undue influence from the borrower receiving the exclusive benefit.’

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OUT-LAW,com, 6th June 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘Parents are demanding answers over how a paedophile was able to abuse potentially dozens of disabled and special educational needs children while working as a teaching assistant.’

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BBC News, 9th June 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘We have all heard the stories about AI-hallucinated cases finding their way into skeleton arguments and written submissions, but until relatively recently spotting one in the wild was a rarer occurrence.’

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Counsel, 9th June 2025

Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk

‘The high court has told senior lawyers to take urgent action to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence after dozens of fake case-law citations were put before the courts that were either completely fictitious or contained made-up passages.’

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The Guardian, 6th June 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Hartlepool Borough Council has been criticised by a judge for an “utterly contemptuous” response to a case brought by a resident over the positioning of a dustbin.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 6th June 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Judges have failed to acknowledge the “clear” problem of bullying and harassment among some on the bench, a former Labour solicitor-general has said.’

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Legal Futures, 9th June 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘This was an application for judicial review brought by an animal welfare charity challenging North East Lincolnshire Council’s decision to grant planning permission for the UK’s first full commercial scale onshore salmon farm proposed by AquaCultured Seafood Ltd. The farm, to be built in Cleethorpes, is designed to produce 5,000 tonnes of salmon per year.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 6th June 2025

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com

‘The watchdog charged with holding MI5 to account rewrote a report into the handling of a violent neo-Nazi agent after the Security Service gave it false information, the BBC can reveal.’

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BBC News, 7th June 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A BBC Bargain Hunt art expert who failed to report a series of high-value art sales to a man suspected of financing the militant group Hezbollah has been jailed for two and a half years.’

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The Guardian, 6th June 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The Appellant, Great Jackson St Estates Limited, is the tenant of two redundant warehouses in Manchester. The Respondent, the Council of the City of Manchester, is the freehold owner and the relevant planning authority. At the date of the hearing before the Upper Tribunal, 61 years of that term remained unexpired.’

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Gatehouse Chambersm 30th May 2025

Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk

‘Digital accessibility is a fundamental aspect of inclusive design, ensuring that digital products and services can be used by everyone, regardless of their abilities, health conditions, or impairments. Far beyond a compliance obligation, accessibility opens the door to a broader market reach — often referred to in the UK as unlocking the value of the “purple pound”.’

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Henderson Chambers, 4th June 2025

Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk