‘Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family law, explain and comment on published family court judgments, and highlight other transparency news.’

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Transparency Project, 2nd October 2026

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk

‘The Supreme Court has granted ministers and HS2 Limited permission to appeal a ruling that certain tunnelling works did not have planning permission.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 5th October 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The Court of Protection has concluded that a 16-year-old boy is not being deprived of his liberty in the latest ruling in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the AGNI case earlier this year.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 5th October 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

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Nearly Legal, 6th October 2026

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

‘Paul Newman KC looks at three recent Supreme Court cases on the importance of purpose in construing statutes, and considers how they affect the future interpretation of pensions legislation.‘

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Pensions Barrister, 24th September 2026

Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com

‘This is a detailed investigation of what is on any view one of the most consequential, if now all too frequently disregarded, cases in family law. It is a much expanded account of some of the matters which I first explored in Some Sunlight Seeps In [2022] FRJ 79.’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 1st October 2026

Source: financialremediesjournal.com

‘Police forces are routinely failing to investigate complaints about the circulation of image-based abuse, previously known as “revenge pornography”, according to research that has triggered a super-complaint over the way such crimes are handled.’

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The Guardian, 7th October 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Three men who raped a 17-year-old girl before escaping from the UK to France in the back of a lorry have been sentenced to a total of 33 years in detention.’

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The Guardian, 6th October 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Two police officers who pepper-sprayed and Tasered a 92-year-old amputee at a care home have been sacked for gross misconduct.’

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BBC News, 6th October 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Ritchie v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2026] EWCC 50 concerned the effect of a lifetime settlement on a subsequent claim under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (‘FAA’) against a concurrent tortfeasor. HHJ Grimshaw granted summary judgment to the Defendant, holding that the Deceased’s earlier settlement with the manufacturer of a contaminated heater cooler unit (‘the Company’) had provided full satisfaction for the harm arising from his Mycobacterium Chimaera (‘MC’) infection. Applying Thompson v Arnold [2007] EWHC 1875 (QB) (‘Thompson’), and the principles concerning full satisfaction in Jameson & Anr v Central Electricity Generating Board [2001] 1 A.C. 455 and Heaton and Others v AXA Equity & Law Assurance Society PLC and Others [2002] 2 AC 329, the Judge concluded that the Deceased could not have maintained an action against the Defendant at the time of his death. The statutory condition in s1(1) FAA was therefore not satisfied, and the Claimant’s FAA claim could not succeed.’

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1 QMLR, 6th October 2026

Source: 1corqmlr.com

‘A man has been jailed for using a home-made bomb to destroy a newly installed Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) camera in southeast London. Kevin Rees, 64, placed the device next to the camera in Willersley Avenue, Sidcup, on 6 December 2023 before lighting the fuse and running away before the explosion.’

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Crown Prosecution Service, 2nd October 2026

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

‘The majority of barristers (63%) think the public does not have access to an acceptable level of justice with some describing being “ashamed” of the state of the justice system, a new Bar Council report has found.’

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Bar Council, 5th October 2026

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

‘A judge has criticised ‘intended’ parents for failing to undertake sufficient due diligence when considering surrogacy – and has issued a warning for others intending to do the same.’

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Law Society Gazette, 5th October 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The High Court has granted the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) permission to appeal the Carter-Ruck ruling and issued a leapfrog certificate to take it straight to the Supreme Court.’

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Legal Futures, 6th October 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘A failed asylum seeker who tried to break into the Israeli embassy in London to carry out a knife attack has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years.’

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BBC News, 5th October 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘An Afghan refugee who killed a dog walker and attacked two other people in a “frenzy of violence” has been given an indefinite hospital order and recommended for deportation.’

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BBC News, 5th October 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The number of children involved in care proceedings before they reach their first birthdays is at a persistently high level across England, according to experts who have published new figures.’

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BBC News, 6th October 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A prisoner took his own life after strict terrorism control measures imposed by the government had a “substantial impact” on his mental state, an inquest jury has concluded.’

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BBC News, 5th October 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of the Honourable Mrs Justice Morgan DBE as a Judicial Commissioner of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) for 3 years commencing 1 October 2026. The JAC is an independent body that selects candidates for judicial office in courts and tribunals in England and Wales, and for some tribunals with a UK-wide jurisdiction.’

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Ministry of Justice, 6th October 2026

Source: www.gov.uk