‘The Court of Appeal has reduced a drug dealer’s sentence after the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) found that his solicitors had provided inadequate advice on his guilty plea.’
Legal Futures, 22nd September 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Darlington Borough Council v AW & Ors [2025] EWCOP 33 (T3), decided in August 2025, but only published more recently, is another in a now near-continuous stream of cases grappling with complexities of applying the time-specific MCA 2005 in real life.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 23rd September 2025
‘The UK’s new “Hillsborough Law” could have significant implications for private bodies who are responsible for delivering public services and functions, an expert has warned.’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd September 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Making a claim to an insurance company can be worse than the distress of the original incident, according to Which?, as it launches a rare type of action against the sector.’
BBC News, 23rd September 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A disabled Nigerian man who has lived in the UK for almost 40 years has won an appeal to stay in the country despite the Home Office wanting to deport him.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two men who murdered a pair of e-bike riders they had mistaken for burglars have been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 22nd September 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than 450 neglected animals have been rescued from a farm in Nottinghamshire, with several having to be put to sleep to end their suffering.’
The Independent, 22nd September 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Shouting, leaving your spectacles in the sun and stroking a pony are among the rural activities outlawed by councils under the banner of managing antisocial behaviour this summer, according to campaigners.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Last week’s High Court ruling on unqualified fee-earners conducting litigation will cause “nationwide disruption”, it has been claimed, with firms urged to review their approach to supervision.’
Legal Futures, 22nd September 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Three Ofcom regulators with clipboards spent the weekend making their way around the exhibition floor of an international adult industry conference in Prague, trying to encourage the 1,700 delegates to comply with the UK’s new Online Safety Act.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In this episode, Lucy McCann is joined by Zelda Perkins, CEO of Can’t Buy My Silence UK and former PA to Harvey Weinstein, who broke her NDA and has since campaigned against the use of NDAs to silence workers speaking out against abuse, and Emma Darlow Stearn, a barrister practising from Cloisters Chambers, who specialises in employment and discrimination law and, in her previous role as Senior Legal Adviser for whistleblowing charity Protect, collaborated with Zelda to make the law on NDAs more accessible.’
Law Pod UK, 22nd September 2025
Source: audioboom.com
‘A high court judge has ruled that a vulnerable autistic man should not be extradited to the US on cybercrime charges, quashing a Home Office decision.’
The Guardian, 19th September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Fatolahzadeh v London Borough of Barnet (Rev1) [2025] EWCA Civ 1174 (18 September 2025)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Akwagbe v Ulrick (Re BL 634 Ltd) [2025] EWHC 2371 (Ch) (18 September 2025)
Klotho Brands Ltd v Stanford [2025] EWHC 2367 (Ch) (17 September 2025)
High Court (Family Division)
S v Q [2025] EWHC 2381 (Fam) (18 September 2025)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘An inspector has dismissed an appeal against an enforcement notice in relation to a Gypsy/Traveller caravan site despite there being no five-year supply of deliverable pitches. Claire Nevin explains why.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th September 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Following Walker v Chelmsford City Council [2020] EWHC 635 (Admin), the present position is that the s.108(4)(j) power under the Environment Act 1995 does not entitle an authorised person to require a person to answer written questions and provide written answers. Under the power is s.108(4)(j), the questions must be asked orally whilst in-person and on the premises.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th September 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Dr Charlotte Proudman applied for £353,017, arguing that she should be awarded costs on an indemnity basis as the charges against her were “so doomed to fail that they should never have been proceeded with”. She claimed her prosecution was “the equivalent of a malicious prosecution” and that she was “improperly pursued and harassed” by the Bar Standards Board “in a way that a man would not have been” had he been the author of the tweets that gave rise to her prosecution.’
Law Society Gazette, 18th September 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court in London has found in favour of a hotel room company in its challenge to a decision by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to reject evidence it had supplied to back up its input tax deduction claims.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th September 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Nearly a quarter (24%) of doctors found guilty of sexual misconduct were handed suspensions but allowed to continue working in medicine, according to analysis of fitness to practice tribunals by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS). This is despite the regulator, the General Medical Council (GMC), recommending they be struck off the medical register.’
The Guardian, 18th September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘When a supreme court judge is a household name, it’s either because they’re very outspoken on a hot topic, or because you’re living in choppy times, and there are so few grownups left among the legislators that the law has to put its hoof down.’
The Guardian, 18th September 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘On 1 September, then home secretary Yvette Cooper announced the suspension of new applications under the refugee family reunion (RFR) route. This was the dedicated category for those granted refugee or humanitarian protection in the UK to be joined by their partner and children, and imposed relatively few restrictions. This closure will carry significant legal and humanitarian consequences.’
Law Society's Gazette, 18th September 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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