‘The biggest legal claim ever brought in the UK over environmental pollution in the country has been filed at the High Court.’
BBC News, 7th October 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Law firms should consider prohibiting non-authorised staff from being clients’ main point of contact in the wake of the Mazur ruling, a leading insurance broker has warned.’
Legal Futures, 9th October 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An engineering storeman sacked after saying to a colleague “top of the morning to ya” in a mock Irish accent has won more than £16,000 for unfair dismissal.’
BBC News, 8th October 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A high-powered Court of Appeal has overturned and completely rejected a High Court ruling that had opened a crack in advocates’ immunity.’
Legal Futures, 9th October 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The justice secretary, David Lammy, has ruled out reintroducing charges for employment tribunals after a backlash from unions over the proposals.’
The Guardian, 8th October 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who imprisoned and beat his partner, and forced her to wear a full face-covering to hide bruising, has been found guilty of coercive control, strangulation, unlawful wounding, actual bodily harm and fraud.
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BBC News, 8th October 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Prime Minister insists that the dropping of China-related espionage charges occurred for reasons entirely outwith the control of his government — but his argument that his hands were tied by the previous government’s position on China is, at best, highly contestable.’
Public Law for Everyone, 8th October 2025
Source: publiclawforeveryone.com
‘A British Transport Police officer who put a 15-year-old girl in a headlock during an arrest has been found guilty of assault.’
The Guardian, 9th October 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Paul Newman KC looks at a recent High Court case dealing with further issues arising from the enforcement of judgment debts against pension schemes.’
Pensions Barrister, 9th October 2025
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Chief Constable of Sussex Police & Anor v XGY [2025] EWCA Civ 1230 (08 October 2025)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Ardeleanu v Tribunal of Bacau, Romania [2025] EWHC 2562 (Admin) (08 October 2025)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Tattersall v Tattersall [2025] EWHC 2558 (KB) (08 October 2025)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A man has been found guilty of stalking TV and radio presenter Myleene Klass, after posting her items that included a gun, handcuffs, and a police uniform.’
BBC News, 7th October 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Victims of the UK’s car finance scandal are likely to receive compensation payouts averaging £700 resulting from 14m unfair loans, the City regulator said on Tuesday.’
The Guardian, 7th October 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Whilst work is leading to improvement, London remains an “outlier” in terms of the time it takes to determine care proceedings and the number of hearings it takes to do so, with “too many” incidences of non-compliance with the Public Law Outline (PLO), the Family Presiding Judge for London has warned.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th October 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Lord Wolfson’s advice was commissioned by the Conservative Party and is known as the Wolfson Report. It is important to note at the outset that, despite its title on the Party website, Lord Wolfson emphasises that this is “neither a policy paper nor a report. It is a legal analysis”, in other words, advice to the leader of the Conservative party. For reasons of economy in the following paragraphs I will refer to this 185 page document as a “report”.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th October 2025
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Robert Jenrick has hit out at “activist” judges, as he set out Conservative plans to hand ministers a bigger role in filling judicial vacancies.’
BBC News, 6th October 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A convicted paedophile who described himself as the “Kardashian of Cheshire” has been jailed for fraud after he used an elaborate luxury handbag scam to steal nearly £200,000.’
The Guardian, 7th October 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Robertson v Google LLC [2025] EWCA Civ 1262 (07 October 2025)
Hippodrome Casino Ltd v Revenue and Customs [2025] EWCA Civ 1259 (6 October 2025)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Fernandez v Fernandez & Ors [2025] EWHC 2530 (Ch) (06 October 2025)
Braunford LLP & Anor v Allain [2025] EWHC 2545 (Ch) (06 October 2025)
Malik v Malik & Ors [2025] EWHC 2485 (Ch) (03 October 2025)
High Court (Commercial Court)
K1 & Ors v B (Re An Arbitration Claim) [2025] EWHC 2539 (Comm) (07 October 2025)
Aston Martin Mena Ltd v Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd [2025] EWHC 2531 (Comm) (06 October 2025)
MHA Advisory Ltd v Wynter [2025] EWHC 2497 (Comm) (02 October 2025)
Spill Bidco Ltd & Ors v Wishart & Ors [2025] EWHC 2513 (Comm) (01 October 2025)
High Court (Patents Court)
Sandoz AG & Ors v Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH & Ors [2025] EWHC 2533 (Pat) (07 October 2025)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Watson v Chief Constable of Humberside Police [2025] EWHC 2544 (KB) (07 October 2025)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Family Court has ruled that the court does not have substantive welfare jurisdiction in respect of a 1-year-old French national who was visiting the United Kingdom with her parents when she came to the attention of social services following a visit to the hospital.’
Local government Lawyer, 6th October 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In light of a High Court ruling that has caused shockwaves in the legal sector, Geoff Wild considers how councils should set themselves up to conduct litigation lawfully and ensure the person authorised to conduct legal proceedings on behalf of the council is legally qualified and that any non-lawyers are properly authorised.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th October 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A criminal defence lawyer who was filmed by police advising the complainant in a domestic abuse case while acting for the person accused of headbutting her has been suspended from practice.’
Legal Futures, 7th October 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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