‘MPs have voted against proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, bringing the latest effort to change the law to an end.’
BBC News, 11th September 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A cross-party group of MPs and peers has identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) which existing laws, they argue, are ill-equipped to cover.’
BBC News, 14th September 2026
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Padun v Dickinson & Anor (Re Interactive Media Group Ltd) [2026] EWHC 2308 (Ch) (11 September 2026)
Entain Operations Ltd & Ors v Liquidity Trading Ltd & Ors [2026] EWHC 2330 (Ch) (10 September 2026)
Richardson v Robertson & Ors [2026] EWHC 2286 (Ch) (09 September 2026)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Essex County Council v MH & Ors [2026] EWHC 2328 (Fam) (10 September 2026)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Shand v Mishcon de Reya LLP [2026] EWHC 2291 (KB) (11 September 2026)
Alame & Ors v Shell PLC & Anor [2026] EWHC 2332 (KB) (10 September 2026)
KDS v EUI Ltd (Rev1) [2026] EWHC 2329 (KB) (09 September 2026)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘In this article, Neil Hext KC considers Siem v Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP [2026] EWHC 1168 (Ch), and its wider implications for causation and solicitors’ duties to third parties.’
4 New Square, 8th September 2026
Source: www.4newsquare.com
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th September 2026
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A judge has ordered a group of Travellers to leave a site in Aldermaston as they lack planning permission from West Berkshire District Council to live there and it is dangerously near a nuclear warhead manufacturing plant.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th September 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A barrister who made improper and inaccurate submissions during his closing speech in the Crown Court has been suspended for his “alarmingly incompetent” behaviour.’
Legal Futures, 11th September 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘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
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