‘Peers in the House of Lords have backed plans to decriminalise abortions, which MPs voted in favour of last summer.’

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BBC News, 19th March 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The government has reneged on a pledge to make all prison cells fire-safe or take them out of use by the end of next year, meaning tens of thousands of prisoners in England and Wales will remain at risk.’

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The Guardian, 19th March 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A High Court judge has rejected claims that the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) owns land earmarked for a major expansion subject to a statutory trust.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 19th March 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The Privy Council has today given judgment in A and 6 others v C and 13 others [2026] UKPC 11 on the role of trust protectors. The reassuring news for pensions lawyers is that this is not a case that needs to go straight to the top of the reading pile. The Board was dealing with a specialised offshore trust structure, and considering whether fiduciary protectors asked to consent to trustee decisions are confined to a narrow supervisory role or may exercise their own independent judgment on the merits. In preferring the latter answer, the judgment stresses that “protector” is not a term of art and that everything depends on the proper construction of the trust instrument.’

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Pensions Barrister, 19th March 2026

Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com

‘A religious father has lost a “heartbreaking” High Court battle over the final resting place of his teenage son, who died by suicide in December after struggling with mental health issues.’

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The Independent, 20th March 2026

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘The Law Commission has published Burial and Cremation: Final Report. The full report is 386 pages long: there is also a 29-page summary.’

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Law & Religion UK, 20th March 2026

Source: lawandreligionuk.com

‘Since 11 November 2025, the UK Home Office has introduced Part Suitability into the Immigration Rules, replacing the previous Part 9. This framework now underpins nearly every immigration route, including work, study, family, and settlement applications. Its purpose is to provide a consistent, evidence-based approach to assessing character, conduct, and public interest, ensuring that decisions are fair, defensible, and aligned with the United Kingdom’s human rights obligations.’

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EIN Blog, 19th March 2026

Source: www.ein.org.uk

‘Peers in the House of Lords have backed plans to decriminalise abortions, which MPs voted in favour of last summer.’

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BBC News, 19th March 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A partner’s appeal against his year-long suspension from practice has been dismissed by the High Court, after the judge ruled that failure to act with integrity did not require an elevated standard of proof.’

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Law Society Gazette, 19th March 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘Domestic abuse victims are set to receive more support as their cases progress through the courts, following a government announcement of an additional £5 million in funding.’

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The Independent, 19th March 2026

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘Responding to criticism on the narrow profile of government-instructed counsel, Mel Nebhrajani CB describes the system-wide change at GLD to drive fairer distribution of work and broader development of talent.’

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Counsel, 16th March 2026

Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk

‘Tens of thousands of offenders will be released from prisons in England and Wales wearing tags that track their location in real time as part of the biggest expansion of electronic tagging in British history, ministers have announced.’

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The Guardian, 19th March 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A couple have been jailed for eight years each after they left their daughter to die in an emaciated state.’

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BBC News, 19th March 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Family members of post office operators affected by the Horizon IT scandal will be able to claim compensation under a new government scheme.’

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The Guardian, 19th March 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A family court case has hit the headlines over the past year, not so much for anything remarkable about the Family Law Act 1996 dispute in front of the judges, but because the husband (according to press reports) is friendly with prominent right wing politicians and was temporarily “ousted” from his post as Vice Chancellor of the University of Buckingham for being “anti-woke”. The husband has made successive applications to keep the family court case private and anonymous. Alongside this, the wife has applied for an order that The Guardian newspaper reveal the source of some information it received on a confidential aspect of the family court proceedings.’

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The Transparency Project, 18th March 2026

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk

‘In this case the Claimant seeks damages against a number of Defendants alleging failures of diagnosis and management of chronic rhinosinusitis. He saw a number of medical professionals between January and April 2018 complaining of increasing sinus problems, which appear not to have been escalated to secondary care. The Claimant collapsed on 5^th April 2018 and was taken to hospital, where a large abscess was found on his brain. This required treatment by several surgical procedures and it is claimed that the Claimant was left with a brain injury which would have been avoided with earlier intervention.’

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Quarterly Medical Law Review, 17th March 2026

Source: 1corqmlr.com

‘The Government said it plans to conduct a review of the statutory requirements on local councils to publish decisions on planning, road management and alcohol licensing in light of concerns over whether print newspapers are still an effective means of raising public awareness of this information.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 18th March 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Introducing artificial intelligence (AI) into tribunals should be “the next phase” of the HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) reform programme, the Administrative Justice Council (AJC) has said.’

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Legal Futures, 19th March 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘In this blog, I wish to set out the importance of considerations of epistemic (in)justice to labour law: the capacity of workers and employers as knowing subjects. This continues the tradition in labour law theory of thinking about the relevance of the unequal social positions of workers and their employers, but it does so in (I believe) novel ways. At the same time, thinking about epistemic justice and labour law allows us to challenge some of our most foundational assumptions about how we conceive justice in employment relationships: the autonomy of labour law as opposed to contract (law), the nature of employment injustice, the quality of workers and employers as persons, and ultimately how justice is meted out through the courts.’

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UK Labour Law, 18th March 2026

Source: uklabourlawblog.com