‘Jury trials in England and Wales for crimes that carry a likely sentence of less than three years will be scrapped, the justice secretary has announced.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Epping Forest District Council cannot challenge a decision to allow the Home Office to intervene in its unsuccessful bid to block asylum seekers staying at a hotel, the Supreme Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Upper Tribunal’s recent decision in Hassan & Osman -v- Heath [2025] UKUT 242 (LC) is a timely reminder of the oft-encountered tension between the grant of planning permission and the existence of restrictive covenants which prevent the intended development of a property.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 1st December 2025
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘British police are set to gain enhanced powers at ports, enabling officers to compel illegal migrants to remove outer garments and undergo mouth searches.’
The Independent, 2nd December 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government is set to announce plans to restrict the right to a jury trial in England and Wales in an attempt to turn around unprecedented backlogs and delays in justice.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK public’s awareness of class actions and litigation funding is continuing to rise, new research has found.’
Legal Futures, 2nd December 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The UK’s independent reviewer of terrorism laws has criticised the government’s latest national security strategy for failing to take online threats more seriously, despite Keir Starmer claiming it would result in “a hardening and sharpening of our approach” in the face of Russian menace.’
The Guardian, 2nd December 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than 100 lawyers who wrote to the Ministry of Justice expressing significant concerns about plans to severely restrict jury trials say representations by the legal profession are being ignored.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An Albanian national who was deported from the UK twice in three years has been jailed after returning illegally for a third time.’
BBC News, 29th November 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal hearing the Mazur case will have to decide between statutory interpretation and “the contextual argument”, the solicitor bringing the appeal said last week.’
Legal Futures, 1st December 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The family of a woman judged to have been unlawfully killed by her partner after she took her own life following years of domestic abuse has said “lessons have still not been learnt” after the government indicated it would not make changes to how officers use the police national database.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘After years trapped in an abusive marriage, Becky – not her real name – thought her horrific ordeal might start to be over the day she watched her ex-husband jailed for raping her twice.’
BBC News, 1st December 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK government has dropped its plans to provide employees in Britain with rights to claim unfair dismissal from ‘day one’ of their employment.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th November 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Asylum seekers will be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments after it was revealed the Home Office spends about £15.8m a year on the service.’
The Guardian, 29th November 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A mugger who murdered an 87-year-old man as he walked home with his shopping has been jailed for a minimum of 23 years.’
BBC News, 28th November 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The far-reaching impact of the Renters’ Rights Act, which received royal assent on 27 October 2025, on England’s private rental market has already been widely discussed’
Kingsley Napley Real Estate Law Blog, 26th November 2025
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘Two men have been found guilty of plotting a £1.38 million jewellery shop robbery which led its manager, a court heard, to take his own life.’
The Independent, November 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘It’s common knowledge that people involved in family court proceedings held in private are very restricted in what they can say about what’s happening. There are well-established and accepted restrictions on naming children (under section 97 Children Act 1989). The confusing part comes in when someone might be in contempt of court just for talking or writing about their case, even when anonymised.’
Transparency Project, 27th November 2025
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
‘There has been a 24% spike in reports about barristers to their regulator this year, according to new figures from the Bar Standards Board (BSB).’
Legal Futures, 28th November 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A flagship policy that would have given workers the right to claim unfair dismissal after their first day on the job is to be ditched by the government in favour of a six month-threshold.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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