‘National firm Irwin Mitchell has shed its asset management business one year after a damning ruling on a potential conflict of interest.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 22nd April 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The proportion of consumers using solicitors for their wills has dropped below half for the first time, a report has found, with unbundling growing in popularity.’

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Legal Futures, 22nd April 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘A recent decision of the UK Pensions Ombudsman (PO) confirmed that there was no unreasonable delay by an administrator where a member had not communicated the actual deadline by which he required the transfer to take place.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 23rd April 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘In a significant development for cross-border legal proceedings, it was recently announced that the Hague Judgments Convention 2019, due to come into force in the UK this summer but previously limited to England and Wales, will be extended.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 23rd April 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘Under a regulation known as the “80/20 rule”, no more than 20% of the terminals in arcades and bingo premises can be category B3, a class of slot machine that allows stakes of up to £2, promising prizes of up to £500.’

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The Guardian, 23rd April 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘When neighbours Ele Weeks-Bell and Maggie Coles were setting up their commonhold flats 15 years ago, they struggled to find a lawyer who could help them.’

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The Guardian, 23rd April 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Prison officers are expected to be allowed to use pepper spray to incapacitate children under plans to curb an increase in violence at young offender institutions.’

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The Guardian, 22nd April 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Police chiefs will be able to automatically sack officers who fail background checks, under new government measures to boost confidence in policing.’

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BBC News, 23rd April 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A man who posed as a group property manager for Greggs has been jailed for four years after fraudulently claiming more than £710,000 from Leeds City Council in Covid-19 support grants intended for small businesses.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 22nd April 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Fergus McCombie and Louisa Simpson consider a recent Court of Appeal case concerning whether job applicants are entitled to whistleblower protection.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 18th April 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Relatives of two of the four people who died in a paddleboarding tragedy on a swollen river have fiercely criticised a former police officer who led the tour over a weir despite having only basic qualifications.’

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The Guardian, 22nd April 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Almost 250 people have been imprisoned for breaching antisocial behaviour injunctions (asbis) since 2020, with people being jailed for sleeping rough, begging, feeding birds and making a noise.’

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The Guardian, 21st April 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Former Supreme Court judge Jonathan Sumption has warned that organisations are potentially misinterpreting the landmark ruling that defined women by biology earlier this week.’

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The Independent, 18th April 2025

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘The NHS will be pursued if it doesn’t follow new guidance on single-sex spaces the chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has said. Currently the NHS guidance says trans people should be accommodated according to the way they dress, their names and their pronouns. Under the ruling this would be scrapped.’

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BBC Newa, 17th April 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A police chief superintendent has been dismissed after he had sexual contact with a woman while on duty, the complaints watchdog has found.’

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The Guardian, 18th April 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Behind the different responses lie many of the often bitter and vitriolic arguments that set the country on a long, tricky road towards Wednesday’s unambiguous judgement.’

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BBC News, 19th April 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘On 17 January 2025, Mr. Justice Miles handed down judgment in Djanogly v Djanogly [2025] EWHC 61 (Ch), a case involving a long and bitter family dispute between a son, Saul Djanogly (“Son”), and a father, David Djanogly (“Father”). The dispute was referred by ad hoc agreement to the Golders Green Beth Din (“the Tribunal”).’

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Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 11th April 2025

Source: arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com

‘Public Law Newsletter April 2025; with case updates within the Court of Protection and other Public Law matters.’

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Spire Barristers, 14th April 2025

Source: www.spirebarristers.co.uk

‘On 10 April 2025 the Court of Appeal handed down judgement in Re M (A Child: Intermediaries) [2025] EWCA Civ 440 in respect of an appeal arising from the refusal of a Mother’s application for intermediary assistance in care proceedings. For the purposes of the appeal, the Association of Lawyers for Children and the Family Law Bar Association were intervened.’

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St Ives Chambers, 10th April 2025

Source: stiveschambers.co.uk