‘A man left his “best friend” to die alone on his kitchen floor after launching a fatal alcohol and cocaine-fuelled attack on him, a court has heard.’
BBC News, 18th December 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court
Revenue and Customs v Hotel La Tour Ltd [2025] UKSC 46 (17 December 2025)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for Judicial Review [2025] UKSC 47 (17 December 2025)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Abbott Diabetes Care Inc & Ors v Dexcom Incorporated & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 1633 (18 December 2025)
The Nursing And Midwifery Council v Ibrahim [2025] EWCA Civ 1631 (15 December 2025)
AGA Rangemaster Group Ltd v UK Innovations Group Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1622 () (15 December 2025)
C (A Child)(Interim Separation: Residential Care) [2025] EWCA Civ 1618 (15 December 2025)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Jenkins v R. [2025] EWCA Crim 1657 (18 December 2025)
Smith & Ors, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1623 (16 December 2025)
Vesey, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1642 (15 December 2025)
Younis, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1632 (15 December 2025)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Mginah v Health And Care Professions Council [2025] EWHC 3300 (Admin) (17 December 2025)
High Court (Commercial Court)
V Ships Limited v [2025] EWHC 3329 (Comm) (17 December 2025)
Borrelli & Ors v Otaibi & Ors [2025] EWHC 3263 (Comm) (15 December 2025)
High Court (Family Division)
FZ v MZ [2025] EWHC 3338 (Fam) (18 December 2025)
HF, KF and LF (Children) (Habitual Residence) [2025] EWHC 3306 (Fam) (17 December 2025)
LM (A Child) (Interim Welfare Arrangements) [2025] EWHC 3243 (Fam) (10 December 2025)
VW (Looked After Child: SMT: Need for Application), Re [2025] EWHC 3298 (Fam) (10 December 2025)
TS v AS & Ors [2025] EWHC 3169 (Fam) (05 December 2025)
High Court (Patents Court)
Acer Incorporated & Ors v Nokia Technologies OY [2025] EWHC 3331 (Pat) (18 December 2025)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Tates (Agents) Ltd & Anor v Nicholas & Anor [2025] EWHC 3318 (KB) (17 December 2025)
Ranaie v Warland [2025] EWHC 3320 (KB) (17 December 2025)
Aston v United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy [2025] EWHC 3288 (KB) (17 December 2025)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Project One London Ltd v VMA Services Ltd [2025] EWHC 3304 (TCC) (18 December 2025)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth remembering.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The son of a former police officer was “misled” by a force into accepting a community resolution for violence he did not admit to, an investigation has found.’
BBC News, 18th December 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Appeal court judges have backed a decision that dozens of asylum seekers were unlawfully detained on one of the world’s most remote islands, rejecting an appeal on Tuesday by the commissioner for the territory.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Paddy Power Betfair has agreed to pay £2m for failing to step in quickly enough when customers appeared to be problem gambling.
BBC News, 17th December 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Businesses are to benefit from an opt-out class action for the first time after the last two defendants in the car delivery charges case settled for £54m.’
Legal Futures, 18th December 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Espionage offences in the UK’s new National Security Act are so broadly defined that they “will result in cases of real harm” with people wrongly investigated, according to the first review of state threats legislation.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Convicted sex offenders will be forced to notify police with the details of any dating app and social media accounts or face up to five years in jail, under plans announced by Shabana Mahmood.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An advert which targeted weight-loss injections at new mums has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).’
BBC News, 17th December 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office has failed to protect vulnerable migrants it locks up in detention centres, a high court judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who used his car as a “weapon” to plough into more than 130 people at Liverpool FC’s victory parade has been jailed for 21 years and six months.’
BBC News, 16th December 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This case shows how claimants can convince the court that their version of the facts is right despite the contemporaneous record being silent and neither party recalling the detail.’
1 QMLR, 17th December 2025
Source: 1corqmlr.com
‘A woman who fled rape and torture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 18 years ago and was denied British citizenship because she entered the UK illegally has won her case after a government U-turn.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A children’s mentor has been convicted of 14 sexual offences against former students in a London school, police said after an investigation into two decades of child sexual abuse.’
The Independent, 15th December 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Thousands of drivers could have speeding fines cancelled after a fault saw some cameras falsely triggered on English A roads and motorways.’
BBC News, 16th December 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One of the world’s biggest providers of educational services has been fined more than £2m for a range of serious breaches related to examination standards that could have affected tens of thousands of students.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Supreme Court
Veale & Ors v Scottish Power UK Plc [2025] UKSC 45 (10 December 2025)
X v The Lord Advocate [2025] UKSC 44 (10 December 2025)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Watts v Revenue and Customs [2025] EWCA Civ 1615 (12 December 2025)
Cobden v Cobden [2025] EWCA Civ 1612 (12 December 2025)
B, Re (1980 Hague Convention: Article 13(A)/(B)) [2025] EWCA Civ 1603 (11 December 2025)
Mather v Rattan [2025] EWCA Civ 1596 (09 December 2025)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Cox, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1625 (12 December 2025)
Gordon v R. [2025] EWCA Crim 1611 (11 December 2025)
UDS, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1540 (02 December 2025)
Howarth, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1587 (27 November 2025)
Amini, R. v [2025 EWCA Crim 1621 (25 November 2025)
Dymeter, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1586 (25 November 2025)
Nazek, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1613 (21 November 2025)
Smith, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1610 (21 November 2025)
Toloui, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1599 (20 November 2025)
Cobley, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1592 (18 November 2025)
Hopcroft, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1598 (18 November 2025)
Muldoon, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1595 (18 November 2025)
LDJ, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1614 (18 November 2025)
Szczerbacz, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1576 (14 November 2025)
BD, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1575 (14 November 2025)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Borkowska v Regional Court in Radom, Poland [2025] EWHC 3272 (Admin) (12 December 2025)
Mentel v Regional Court of Poznan (Poland) [2025] EWHC 3223 (Admin) (10 December 2025)
Siewarga v Regional Court in Zielona Gora, Poland [2025] EWHC 3218 (Admin) (10 December 2025)
High Court (Chancery Division)
The Conditioning House Ltd v JBG Enterprises Ltd & Anor [2025] EWHC 3260 (Ch) (12 December 2025)
Riley v Aidiniantz & Anor [2025] EWHC 3222 (Ch) (11 December 2025)
Atherton v Atherton & Ors [2025] EWHC 3229 (Ch) (10 December 2025)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Fibula Air Travel SRL v Just Us Air SRL [2025] EWHC 3259 (Comm) (12 December 2025)
EMIS Finance BV v ICU Trading Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 3232 (Comm) (10 December 2025)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Khan v Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall Police [2025] EWHC 3258 (KB) (10 December 2025)
Thomas v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 3274 (KB) (10 December 2025)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
GSY Hospitality Ltd v Gladstone Court Developments Ltd [2025] EWHC 3231 (TCC) (11 December 2025)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘In this case, the High Court considered the appropriate legal test for leaving findings of fact to juries in Article 2 inquests. Is it that such findings are arguable? Or is it that there is sufficient evidence to support them? The answer, quite firmly, is the latter.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th December 2025
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The bill was passed by parliament following months of scrutiny and takes aim at barriers to the development of national infrastructure, which the UK government consider stifles economic growth. The government has set a target of fast-tracking 150 planning decisions on major infrastructure projects by the end of the current parliament.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th December 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
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