Pensions tribunal decisions highlight need for procedural compliance – OUT-LAW.com

Posted February 6th, 2025 in news by sally

‘A number of recent UK First-tier Tribunal (FTT) rulings highlight the importance of following the tribunal’s rules, in particular to provide the documentation required in appeals against The Pensions Regulator, an expert has said.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 5th February 2025

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Axing apprenticeship funding “a disaster for the legal profession” – Legal Futures

Posted February 6th, 2025 in diversity, law firms, legal education, news, solicitors by sally

‘Scrapping government funding for Level 7 apprenticeships would be “a disaster for the legal profession and have a highly negative impact on social mobility and diversity”, the government has been told.’

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Legal Futures, 6th February 2025

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Nicholas Reed Langen: The Use and Abuse of Citizenship Deprivation: SSHD v Kolicaj UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted February 6th, 2025 in citizenship, ministers' powers and duties, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘Any British citizen that happens to hold citizenship for another country could find themselves in an invidious position. If the Home Secretary decides that it would be “conducive to the public good”, they can single-handedly strip a person of their citizenship, and with it, their right to remain in the country. So long as the deprivation would not make them stateless, the law offers few protections beyond a limited right of appeal and the need for the Home Secretary to have some reasons.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 6th February 2025

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After experts find ‘no medical evidence’ of murder, will Lucy Letby get a retrial? – The Guardian

‘Despite 14 leading experts concluding there was “no medical evidence” that Lucy Letby murdered babies, there is no guarantee that her case will be sent back to the court of appeal – let alone quickly.’

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The Guardian, 5th February 2025

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Foreign national offender claimant wins legal challenge against Home Office over accommodation, but fails in parallel claim against council – Local Government Lawyer

‘The Home Office has lost a case about the allocation of bail accommodation for a foreign national offender and has been ordered by the High Court to make various changes to this system as well as pay 85% of claimant BLZ’s costs.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 5th February 2025

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Holding the Charity Commission’s feet to the fire: Atwal – Law & Religion UK

Posted February 6th, 2025 in charities, Charity Commission, news, Sikhism, trusts by sally

‘Atwal & Anor v Charity Commission for England and Wales [2024] EWHC 3451 (Ch) was an application under s.115 Charities Act 2011 for the permission of the Court to bring charity proceedings relating to the Sikh Gurdwara in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, the Charity Commission having refused to do so.’

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Law & Religion UK, 4th February 2025

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Jamie Burton: When Is Guidance Unlawful on the Ground of Illegality? – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted February 6th, 2025 in illegality, interpretation, ministers' powers and duties, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘The seemingly ever-growing expanse of “soft-law”, “policy” or “guidance”, (referred to below as “guidance”) has been cautiously welcomed as aiding the business of government and enhancing good public administration. Unsurprisingly, as the textbooks and contributions to this symposium attest, this phenomenon has generated discrete legal problems. The status (not law “as such” (R(A) at [3]), purpose (to ensure consistency in the exercise of discretion – R (Lumba) v. SSHD [2011] UKSC 12), meaning (to be judged objectively – Mandalia v. SSHD [2015] 1 WLR 4546) and content (must be rational, proportionate etc) of these ‘soft law’ iterations have raised questions with varying degrees of significance in terms of the rule of law. One such question is the legitimacy of guidance, judged by reference to its effects, both intended and unintended. This reflects the fact that guidance is often directed towards the actions of persons other than its author(s), often with implications for third parties.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 5th February 2025

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Prevent closed Southport killer case ‘prematurely’ – BBC News

Posted February 6th, 2025 in attempted murder, murder, news, school children, terrorism by sally

‘The Prevent counter-terrorism scheme “prematurely” closed its case on Axel Rudakubana three years before he went on to murder three children in Southport, a government review has found.’

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BBC News, 5th February 2025

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Man loses sex discrimination claim after boss says ‘sorry boys’ at awards do – The Guardian

‘A marketing executive at a party balloon company has lost a sex discrimination claim lodged after his female boss said “sorry boys” as she revealed that a woman had won an award.’

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The Guardian, 5th February 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com