‘The senior judiciary has warned the government not to extend the whiplash tariff to larger or different types of claims, it emerged yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 3rd April 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The provisions of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill (“the Bill”) relating to nature recovery represent some of the Government’s most ambitious planning reforms in the Bill.’
Francis Taylor Building, 27th March 2025
Source: www.ftbchambers.co.uk
‘This is an interesting Court of Protection case where the English Courts ruled that it retains jurisdiction even when an individual moves abroad.’
Park Square Barristers, 18th March 2025
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has recently handed down judgment in The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (Cultural Bureau) (Appellant) v Costantine (Respondent) [2025] UKSC 9, providing authoritative guidance on:
1. The duty on courts and tribunals to determine the issue of State immunity of their own motion;
2. The test for determining State immunity in employment claims brought by a foreign State’s administrative and technical employees; and
3. The effect of the State Immunity Act 1978 (Remedial) Order (SI 2023/112).’
Littleton Chambers, 25th March 2025
Source: littletonchambers.com
‘In this article, Anna Wright discusses the recent debate on racial bias as a result of the updated guideline for the imposition of community and custodial sentences.’
Mountford Chambers, 13th March 2025
Source: www.mountfordchambers.com
‘A grounding in the queer history of the legal system in the United Kingdom reveals striking parallels between the moral panic leading to the enactment of Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, and the current moment’s discourse surrounding the inclusion of transgender people in social spaces and their potential right to self-identification of gender in law. Through use of moral panic theory, this article examines and contextualizes the historical forces at play in the formation of laws around queer and trans lives in the UK, and in particular the instrumentalization of fears over the safety of children and cisgender women. The article also provides a practical example of the influence of the trans moral panic on law reform, by evaluating the debate surrounding the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill 2022. It concludes that there is no ‘gender crisis’ in the UK, but there are powerful social forces at work to stoke a moral panic and, in doing so, stigmatize and alienate trans people in a similar manner to the stigmatization of homosexuality as an illegitimate way of life under Section 28.’
Gender and Justice, 4 March 2025
Source: doi.org
‘Fatima Jama provides a synopsis of the Financial Conduct Authority’s decision to step back from proposed changes to its investigation disclosure policy.’
Mountford Chambers, 18th March 2025
Source: www.mountfordchambers.com
‘Given the consultation on reforming the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, it seems appropriate to consider a recent case in which the landlord of a business tenancy successfully obtained possession on the basis that it intended to occupy the premises for the purposes of carrying out a business therein.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 28th March 2025
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘Decisions from the Tribunals have shown that when there are entities which manage buildings without owning any legal estate in them, some parties do not fit neatly into the relevant definitions in the Building Safety Act 2022.’
Falcon Chambers, 27th March 2025
Source: www.falcon-chambers.com
‘This article looks at the lessons about law, justice and morality conveyed by jurisprudence textbooks published and sold in the UK. Through a detailed statistical analysis of which legal theories appear and the depth in which they are covered, it shows that these textbooks by and large have a standard content. Based on this analysis, the article argues that this canonical content fails to fulfil the full potential legal theory offers in enabling students to gain a comprehensive and critical understanding of the law they study, and to prepare them for the value choices they might need to make in practice. In particular, it argues that the focus of the theories and jurisprudential issues discussed fails to sufficiently challenge the view of law as a valuable protector of individual freedom and as applying more or less in the way portrayed in the book. In fact, a detailed analysis of the way jurisprudential content is structured and presented through various rhetorical techniques suggests that in some cases textbook content stems from subconscious or even conscious political choices about what law students should learn. But whether this is the case or not, it can be concluded that there is a need for jurisprudence textbooks to diversify and rethink their focus and emphasis in the theories and issues they cover if they are going to fulfil their potential as an essential form of legal education.’
The Law Teacher, 19th March 2025
Source: www.tandfonline.com
‘Where a solicitor represents a protected party, the Court, subject to certain exceptions (CPR 46.4(3) and Practice Direction 46 at paragraph 2.1 – inapplicable on the facts of this case) must assess the costs payable by that protected party to that party’s own solicitor out of their damages: CPR 46.4(2)(a). The costs will be assessed in accordance with the indemnity principle as is usual for a client-solicitor assessment: see CPR 46.9.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 27th March 2025
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘The Local Authority’s application concerned three children: O (age 9), G (age 3) and L (age 1). M had two older children, T who was living independently in supported accommodation, and Ta who was living with her father. At the time of the Final Hearing all three children were in separate foster placements.’
Pump Court Chambers, 31st March 2025
Source: www.pumpcourtchambers.com
‘When must legal aid be provided to trafficking victims seeking compensation from the state relating to their ill treatment? This was the question for Calver J in R (HJK and Others) v Director of Legal Aid Casework [2025] EWHC 774 (Admin) (1 April 2025). The four claimants in this case were each victims of criminal trafficking. Since 2012, trafficking victims have been eligible to make a claim for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. Each of the four claimants applied for legal aid for assistance with their applications, but each application was denied (in fact, each claimant had their applications denied twice, after the defendant re-made decisions following review requests). The claimants sought judicial review of these refusals, and asked the High Court to declare that they were unlawfully made.’
Administrative Court Blog, 1st April 2025
‘Three days ago, the head of the Prevent counter-terrorism scheme left his role following a review into failings that led to the Southport stabbings on 29 July 2024.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 1st April 2025
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘When a no-nonsense lecturer set up a radical solution to help free the wrongfully convicted in the UK, he was hopeful he could change the justice system. But what started as a revolution ended in acrimony.’
The Guardian, 3rd April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Political attacks on judges are “dangerous” and “a huge threat to the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary”, the attorney general has said in a direct rebuke to the shadow justice secretary.’
The Guardian, 2nd April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘There is no overt reference in the Equality Act 2010 to the protection that exists (per Article 9.1 ECHR) for those seeking to manifest (in some way) their religion/belief. In light of the recent decision in Higgs v. Farmor’s School [2025] EWCA Civ 109 the question arises: is it time for a new form of religious/belief discrimination, equivalent to the protection that is provided to those with a disability pursuant to s.15 EqA 2010?’
No. 5 Chambers, 31st March 2025
Source: www.no5.com
‘The respondent (B) had been the registered proprietor of an area of land since September 2002. The appellants (Rs) had been the registered proprietors of adjoining land since July 2004. A dispute arose between them over a strip of land that formed part of B’s registered title but had been used by Rs as part of their garden and, later, for the erection of a new property.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 25th March 2025
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘Father who shook eight-week-old daughter jailed for her murder after she succumbed to injuries six years later
A “volatile” father whose eight-week-old daughter was left profoundly disabled after he fractured her skull has been jailed for life with 17 years for her murder after she died from her injuries six years later.’
The Independent, 2nd April 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Paul Newman KC explains the issues arising in the recent The Pensions Trust trial, which will be of general interest to the profession. The trial finished last week and judgment is expected in due course.’
Pensions Barrister, 3rd April 2025
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
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