‘Unauthorised car meet-ups will be banned in a north London borough for another year after the High Court extended an injunction.’

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BBC News, 20th January 2026

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‘Using a £16,000 private flight to extradite a TikTok influencer wanted on dangerous driving charges back to the UK was “not necessary or proportionate”, a judge has told Surrey police.’

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The Guardian, 16th January 2026

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‘A group of nurses who complained about a trans colleague using single-sex changing rooms at work suffered harassment, an employment tribunal judge has ruled.’

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The Guardian, 16th January 2026

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‘The High Court has quashed a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) decision to strike off a nurse following a review hearing.’

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Kingsley Napley Regulatory Blog, 16th January 2026

Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk

‘The government has pulled an amendment to its proposed Hillsborough law amid concerns from campaigners and MPs that the legislation was being watered down and had become a “car crash” for the government.’

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The Guardian, 18th January 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘In addition to challenging the role of the European Court of Human Rights in immigration issues, the current Secretary of State for the Home Department (“SSHD”) has proposed limits to the domestic judiciary’s role as regards immigration decisions. Despite this, the judiciary’s role overseeing the SSHD’s decisions in regard to detention of migrants remains significant. A recent case suggests that when the SSHD makes detention decisions, in certain cases she is under a more onerous duty of inquiry than previously thought. This highlights the extent to which the court’s oversight on detention decisions remains significant, even as its powers on immigration generally are being challenged. The case, R (AH and IS) v SSHD [2025] EWHC 3269 (Admin) (“AH”), clarifies the scope of the SSHD’s Tameside duty of inquiry when making the decision to detain individuals under immigration powers where there is prima facie evidence they have severe mental health issues.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 19th January 2026

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‘The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) has been ordered to reconsider part of its findings of poor service by a direct access barrister after it overlooked a key piece of evidence.’

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Legal Futures, 19th January 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘A woman who hunted an e-bike rider in her Range Rover, killing him in a case of mistaken identity, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 35 years for murder.’

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The Independent, 16th January 2026

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‘Clinical negligence defences frequently adopt a boiler plate approach of non-admissions and putting claimants to proof. In this article, Michael Rivelin of Clinical Negligence team, will be focusing on Man v St George’s [2024], and how claimants can capitalise on these defences.’

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St John's Chambers, 8th January 2026

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‘Sami Allan explores the decision in Stacks Living Limited & ors v The Official Receiver (as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Balvinder Shergill) & ors [2025] EWHC 2478 (Ch) and the potential to avoid the effects of a judgment debtor’s bankruptcy for the purposes of enforcing a judgment debt.’

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Tanfield Chambers, 9th January 2026

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‘An artist who claimed her ex-husband signed over their £1.5m home to her via WhatsApp after they split has lost a High Court “test case” fight to keep it.’

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The Independent, 15th January 2026

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‘Too often, limitation of liability clauses are treated as standard boilerplate – something to tidy up at the end of a negotiation once the “real” commercial points are agreed.’

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Kingsley Napley Corporate and Commercial Law Blog, 15th January 2026

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‘A gunman who shot an eight-year-old girl and her father while pretending to be a Deliveroo driver in north-west London has been jailed for 38 years.’

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BBC News, 15th January 2026

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‘A judge has rejected a Mazur-inspired attempt to throw out charges against a serial rail fare dodger on the basis that they were brought by lay prosecutors for the train company.’

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Legal Futures, 16th January 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘A driver who killed a young motorcyclist and tried to evade justice by claiming he had a brain injury has been jailed after a huge police operation uncovered footage of him playing rugby, dancing at a festival and smiling on holiday.’

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The Independent, 15th January 2026

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‘TUPE has a reputation for difficulty and complexity in some quarters, which the recent decisions reviewed in this note—Sean Pong Tyres Ltd v Moore1 and ABC v (1) Huntercombe (No. 12) Limited (2) Active Young People Limited (3) Dr Veerraju Banisetti (4) Dr Mark Tattersall2—may well do little to dispel. These decisions address the question of how the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE)3 engage with the vicarious liability of a transferor employer for the acts and omissions of one of its employees in circumstances where, subsequent to the events giving rise to the relevant claim, the employment of the tortfeasor employee transfers from the transferor to a transferee pursuant to a ‘relevant transfer’4 for the purposes of TUPE and either the employment of the claimant does not transfer to the transferee – because the claimant’s employment terminates for reasons unconnected with the transfer or the claimant is not “in scope” to transfer – or the claimant is a third party without an employment relationship relating to the transferor and therefore has a non-employment claim against the transferor. More specifically, on a relevant transfer, does a transferor’s vicarious liability for a transferring tortfeasor employee’s acts and omissions transfer with that tortfeasor employee to the transferee? This note seeks to assess, synthesise, and expand upon the reasoning adopted in, and the policy justifications for, the Pong and Huntercombe decisions, which, taken together, held that in such circumstances the transferor’s (vicarious) liability to the claimant did not transfer to the transferee. It also addresses the consideration in those cases of the prior decision in Doane v Wimbledon Football Club Ltd5 which, in contrast, held that a transferor’s vicarious liability for a transferring employee’s tortious acts pre-transfer did transfer to the transferee on a relevant transfer.’

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Industrial Law Journal, 12th January 2026

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‘A recent decision by the Upper Tribunal (UT) underlines the importance for UK taxpayers in carefully framing the proposed conditions when seeking suspension of an HMRC penalty, an expert has said.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 14th January 2026

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘Since the withdrawal of legal aid for private family law disputes post-LASPO (Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders), separating couples have increasingly been encouraged to resolve their own financial disputes through private ordering. Although over half of financial arrangements made by divorcees are settled by the couple themselves, limited empirical insight exists into how such agreements are negotiated and whether they achieve substantive fairness. This article draws on qualitative research with 32 divorced military wives to examine the role of legal myths in shaping privately negotiated settlements. Participants report relying on heuristic understandings of law – such as ‘fairness equals a 50:50 split’, ‘what’s mine, is mine’, and ‘his money, he decides’ – which diverge significantly from the legal principles of needs, sharing, and compensation. These myths serve to guide and constrain financial negotiations of separating couples, often at the expense of the financially weaker party. This article argues that such myths are symptomatic of broader neoliberal and gendered ideologies that underpin current family law practices. In light of current debates around reforming financial remedies law in England and Wales, this article calls for renewed scrutiny of informal settlements and considers whether privately negotiated financial settlements subject to greater judicial oversight might better promote fairness in family breakdown.’

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Law, Policy and the Family, 30th December 2026

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‘Recent policy rhetoric underlines the value of listening to those with first-hand experience of the family courts to better understand how the system could be adapted to benefit parents’ participation. This paper examines the participative experiences of 28 parents who were involved in recent care proceedings in England and Wales, with a focus on the procedural justice concept of voice. In-depth, narrative interviews highlight embedded, systemic barriers to parents’ participation, including the formality of legal language, procedure, and courtroom layout. Parents’ assessments of their legal representation and their interactions with the judge are important markers of whether they felt heard in the proceedings. The wider implications of findings are examined, including the gulf that exists in interpretations of ‘voice’ between professionals and parents as parties in legal proceedings. Adaptations to professional practice and court processes to better accommodate parent voice are considered.’

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Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 14th January 2026

Source: www.tandfonline.com

‘A shoplifter has been jailed and banned from all Aldi stores in an Essex district after stealing nearly £800 worth of meat, including premium wagyu steaks.’

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The Independent, 14th January 2026

Source: www.independent.co.uk