‘He [the victim] received the highest possible compensation pay-out – £500,000 – but this level was set in 1996, and campaigners believe if it had risen with inflation, people such as Craig would be getting around £1,015,000 today.’

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BBC News, 7th April 2026

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‘Two veterans who were forced to resign for being gay due to a ban on LGBT personnel in the armed forces have launched legal action against the Ministry of Defence (MoD) over a scheme set up to compensate them.’

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The Guardian, 7th April 2026

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‘A man has been jailed for 10 months after his drunken and aggressive behaviour on a Ryanair flight forced the pilot to abort a landing attempt.’

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The Independent, 7th April 2026

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‘The Bar Standards Board is to bring forward publication of disciplinary charges faced by barristers – but has rowed back from naming defendants at the point when charges are brought.’

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Law Society Gazette, 7th April 2026

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‘A tribunal judge has been issued with formal advice for misconduct after he issued a decision notice nearly four months after the hearing.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 7th April 2026

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‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has rejected a complaint made against a barrister by the Good Law Project (GLP) on behalf of a trans woman over multiple social media posts.’

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Legal Futures, 7th April 2026

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‘A dispute between a leading chambers and a barrister over £71,200 of contributions that he allegedly failed to make is set to go to trial later this month.’

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Legal Futures, 7th April 2026

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‘The Public Office (Accountability) Bill does more than simply introduce, reintroduce, establish, or strengthen provisions relating to candour. It also provides for a number of other changes to the way public bodies operate, or rather, codifies practices that should be embedded within existing policies, structures and frameworks.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 2nd April 2026

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‘Lamis Fahad and Caitlin Smithey round up the latest Court of Protection judgments of interest to practitioners.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 2nd April 2026

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‘[U]nder the law, self-catering holiday accommodation that is not let for 182 days a year can be treated as a second home and subject to council tax, in some cases at a premium rate.’

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BBC News, 6th April 2026

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‘More than 70 children from various conflict zones whose ages were disputed by the Home Office have been held in detention centres in the UK in preparation for forced removal to France under the government’s “one in, one out” scheme, research shows.’

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The Guardian, 5th April 2026

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‘A fraudulent funeral director who gave grieving families the wrong ashes while their loved ones’ bodies were left at his site for months has pleaded guilty to 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial.’

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The Independent, 2nd April 2026

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‘The details were revealed by the NASUWT union ahead of its annual conference in Birmingham later this week, and relate to successful claims for unfair dismissal, redundancy, discrimination, personal injury and health and safety.’

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The Guardian, 2nd April 2026

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‘The Forestry Commission, which carried out the investigation, said it was the highest ever fine imposed on a case of illegal tree felling by a court in England.’

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BBC News, 2nd April 2026

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‘Oxfordshire County Council has issued a formal legal notice to a group responsible for the continued placing of flags across the county, warning that it “won’t hesitate to take further legal steps where necessary”.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 1st April 2026

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‘A High Court judge has been issued with a formal warning for misconduct over significant delays in handing down judgments in two cases – but cleared of using AI in drafting one of them.’

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Legal futures, 2nd April 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was left without counsel for a serious prosecution after a “failure in communication” between a barrister and the chambers she had recently left, appeal judges have heard.

‘His Honour Judge Grout refused an adjournment as a result, but the Court of Appeal upheld an appeal against his decision.’

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Legal futures, 2nd April 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘Following a review and redesign of our end-to-end enforcement process, we conducted a public consultation between July and October 2025 which sought views on proposed “in principle” changes to our Enforcement Regulations in Part 5 of the BSB Handbook.

‘We have today published our full feedback statement on the outcome of the consultation, which summarises the responses received and our conclusions and next steps.’

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Bar Standards Board, 2nd April 2026

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk