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‘The government has confirmed that the Crime and Policing Bill will contain provisions removing the three-year time limit for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse to bring personal injury claims. The new clause is at section 82 of the current draft bill. The bill was tabled for report stage on 17 and 18 June and is now at the committee stage in the House of Lords.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 3rd November 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘Porn featuring strangulation or suffocation – often referred to as “choking” – is due to be criminalised, with a legal requirement placed on tech platforms to prevent UK users from seeing such material.’

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The Guardian, 3rd November 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A junior solicitor at a leading City law firm who lied about his academic achievements on a pupillage application when trying to move to the Bar has been struck off.’

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Legal Futures, 4th November 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘Three Just Stop Oil activists who sprayed Stonehenge with orange powder have been cleared of causing a public nuisance.’

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BBC News, 31st October 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Both human rights law and discrimination law share a concern to ensure respect for the dignity and autonomy of individuals. Yet they pursue those shared values on parallel tracks through separate pieces of legislation – the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) and the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010). At the core of discrimination law is a comparison between the treatment of groups. The question is whether an individual suffered a disadvantage in comparison to others because of membership of a particular group. In contrast, human rights law asks whether there was an unjustifiable interference with an especially important protected interest of an individual. Because of this different focus and technique, they may reach opposite results.’

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UK Labour Law Blog, 31st October 2025

Source: uklabourlawblog.com

‘A man who threatened to kill the prime minister and sent a flurry of “menacing” messages to a Labour MP has been jailed for 23 months.’

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The Guardian, 31st October 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A man has been convicted of stabbing a female police officer in the face with intent in an attack that was described as something “from a Scream film”.’

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BBC News, 1st November 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A 39-year-old man has been jailed for three years after “ugly” disorder broke out when his arrest following a “paedophile sting” was streamed live on Facebook.’

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The Independent, 31st October 2025

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘A ruling by the UK’s Supreme Court that parking charges at NHS facilities are subject to VAT will have a significant impact on up to £100 million in disputed charges, an expert has warned.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 31st October 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘A man who murdered his pregnant girlfriend after being released from prison on licence has been jailed for 42 years.’

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The Guardian, 31st October 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘An ex-Army sergeant major has been jailed for six months for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old soldier who later took her own life.’

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BBC News, 31st October 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Ministers may have breached privacy laws when they suspended the child benefit of thousands of families on the basis of flawed Home Office information, legal experts have said.’

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The Guardian, 1st November 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Renters’ Rights Act 2025

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

‘This was a first instance judgment, by District Judge Cridge at Bromley County Court, on the vexed issue of whether the court has the power to amend an injunction order for a tenant to give access to give the landlord the right to force entry to the property. We have been here before, in the county court appeal in Sovereign Housing Association Limited v Hall. Bristol County Court. 10 July 2024 (our note) and we will return to Sovereign below.’

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Nearly Legal, 2nd November 2025

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

‘A small business owner is preparing to face down the cosmetics giant L’Oréal at a tribunal next week over a trademark dispute she says has had a devastating impact on her.’

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The Guardian, 2nd November 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A haulage firm has been fined £250,000 after a worker was fatally injured by falling metal frames in a shipping container.’

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BBC News, 2nd November 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The Competition Appeal Tribunal’s decision in Kent v Apple is an important landmark in the approach of UK courts to competition within tech ecosystems, showing how traditional tools can be used to police digital walled gardens.’

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Competition Bulletin, 30th October 2025

Source: competitionbulletin.com

‘At 740PM last night the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (“RRA”) received Royal Assent and passed into law. The Prime Minster declared:

“Every family deserves the dignity of a safe and secure home.”

“For too long, millions of renters have lived at the mercy of rogue landlords or insecure contracts, with their futures hanging in the balance. We’re putting an end to that.”

“A secure home isn’t just bricks and mortar – it’s the foundation for opportunity, safety, and a better life. No child should grow up without one.”

And while, at the time of writing, a consolidated version of the final legislative text does not appear on either the Parliamentary or Government legislation websites (and this post is to be read subject to that caveat), it nevertheless seems an apt time to take stock.’

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Falcon Chambers, 28th October 2025

Source: www.falcon-chambers.com

‘The courts are gradually working their way through various cases relating to the Insurance Act 2015, the latest being Delos Shipholding SA & Ors v Allianz Global Corporate and Speciality SE & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 1019. Delos Shipholding is of general interest to non-shipping insurance contracts with regard to the scope of the duty of fair presentation and the determination of whether an insured has actual or constructive knowledge of material circumstances requiring disclosure.’

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Farrar's Building, 13th October 2025

Source: www.farrarsbuilding.co.uk

‘Ministers have ruled out establishing a public inquiry into the IRA’s 1974 Birmingham pub bombings.’

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The Guardian, 30th October 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com