‘The scale of the growing divergence between English and Welsh law is starkly illustrated in a document published by the Law Society today. A practice note on Differences in English and Welsh law runs to 38 pages – a statistic likely to be used by those lobbying for a formal separation of jurisdictions.’
Law Society Gazette, 10th September 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The staggering rise in employment tribunal backlogs reached new heights this week, with the open caseload for single claims surging past 70,000 and lawyers saying hearings are being allocated for 2029.’
Law Society Gazette, 11th September 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Four in 10 low-level offenders subject to supervision orders would have been locked up immediately if problem-solving courts had not been introduced for criminal behaviour, according to new Ministry of Justice data.’
Law Society Gazette, 11th September 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A chaplain who used a sermon to tell pupils they did not have to believe in “LGBT stuff” has reached a legal agreement with the school that dismissed him.’
BBC News, 10th September 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 75-year-old man who strangled a woman after she started to sing along at a West End show has been jailed for two years.’
BBC News, 10th September 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The legalisation of assisted dying in England and Wales could move a step closer on Friday when MPs vote on a proposal to introduce it. The bill would allow adults with fewer than six months to live to apply to be given help to end their own life, subject to certain safeguards.’
BBC News, 11th September 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teacher has been found guilty of sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy after previously admitting offences against two teenage girls.’
BBC News, 10th September 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court
DM, In the Petition Of [2026] UKSC 32 (09 September 2026)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bourlakova & Ors v The Estate of Oleg Bourlakov & Ors [2026] EWHC 2293 (Ch) (10 September 2026)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Conex Oil & Gas Holdings Ltd v PSTV Energy FZCO [2026] EWHC 2325 (Comm) (10 September 2026)
High Court (Family Division)
Ofori-Kuma v Ofori-Kuma [2026] EWHC 2327 (Fam) (09 September 2026)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘It’s been one year since the Harman Report was published, so where are we on tackling harassment and bullying at the Bar? Nadia Motraghi KC meets Dame Maria Miller, the Bar’s first Commissioner for Conduct, to find out.’
Counsel, 9th September 2026
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘The Law Commission has today published its final report following a review of the Friendly Societies Acts of 1974 and 1992.’
Law Commission, 10th September 2026
Source: lawcom.gov.uk
‘Max Konarek reviews Jo Delahunty KC’s book on legal aid, ADHD, dyslexia, and what the legal profession still gets wrong about neurodivergent lawyers.’
Neurodiversity in Law, 3rd September 2026
Source: neurodiversityinlaw.substack.com
‘Judicial review applications surged in the second quarter of 2026 with 1,300 received, a 42% increase on the same period in 2025.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th September 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal’s decision in Sintes v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2026] EWCA Civ 752 is ostensibly a straightforward trip-and-fall case arising from an accident at Whitechapel Market. In reality, it is a significant authority on the modern law of negligence and nuisance as applied to public authorities. It also provides a powerful illustration of the courts’ increasingly restrictive approach to liability for omissions.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th September 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
’29 August 2026 marked the 80th anniversary of David Maxwell Fyfe’s affirmation of universal human rights in his speech at the Nuremberg Trials. In honour of the anniversary, Songs of the People staged Sue Casson’s Dreams of Peace and Freedom at St James’s Piccadilly and are launching a new podcast.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th September 2026
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Immigration and Asylum Bill is the government’s third attempt to directly change how judges interpret and apply Article 8. Below I assess the likely impact of the proposed changes in the context of the previous reform efforts in 2012 and in particular 2014. I argue that (a) as previously the Bill does not require the courts to decide Article 8 cases differently; (b) the reform model employed has already failed to influence the courts in the intended direction, although (c) the reforms will successfully overturn Supreme Court decisions which held that the 2014 changes created new rights for foreign nationals.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 10th September 2026
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Recently enacted clauses expressly include define a “determination” to include a “purported determination” or state that a court may not question a “determination or purported determination”. It is obvious what is happening. This drafting technique is a direct response to judicial decisions such as the landmark cases in Anisminic and Privacy International. In this post, I argue that it would be a mistake to treat this new drafting technique—the insertion of the word “purported”—as excluding judicial review completely. A court faced with a challenge will have to determine whether a challenged thing is a “purported determination”. There may be cases where something might present itself to be a determination, but a court concludes that it does not answer the description of either a real or purported determination.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 9th September 2026
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Draft legislation aimed at preventing the development of “artificial superintelligence systems” within the UK and beyond has been introduced into the UK parliament.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th September 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘An employment judge would have been removed from office for inappropriately touching a female member of staff had he not retired, the judicial conduct office has found.’
Law Society Gazette, 10th September 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The use by social workers of AI transcription tools is “impacting the integrity of written documents”, with “significant risks” for family justice, legal charity JUSTICE has warned.’
Legal Futures, 10th September 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Vice Chair of the FRJ Editorial Board talks about his six years as a barrister member of the Family Procedure Rule Committee.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 9th September 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
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