‘The government is set to announce plans to restrict the right to a jury trial in England and Wales in an attempt to turn around unprecedented backlogs and delays in justice.’

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BBC News, 2nd December 2025

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‘The UK public’s awareness of class actions and litigation funding is continuing to rise, new research has found.’

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Legal Futures, 2nd December 2025

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‘The UK’s independent reviewer of terrorism laws has criticised the government’s latest national security strategy for failing to take online threats more seriously, despite Keir Starmer claiming it would result in “a hardening and sharpening of our approach” in the face of Russian menace.’

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The Guardian, 2nd December 2025

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‘More than 100 lawyers who wrote to the Ministry of Justice expressing significant concerns about plans to severely restrict jury trials say representations by the legal profession are being ignored.’

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The Guardian, 30th November 2025

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‘An Albanian national who was deported from the UK twice in three years has been jailed after returning illegally for a third time.’

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BBC News, 29th November 2025

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‘The Court of Appeal hearing the Mazur case will have to decide between statutory interpretation and “the contextual argument”, the solicitor bringing the appeal said last week.’

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Legal Futures, 1st December 2025

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‘The family of a woman judged to have been unlawfully killed by her partner after she took her own life following years of domestic abuse has said “lessons have still not been learnt” after the government indicated it would not make changes to how officers use the police national database.’

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The Guardian, 30th November 2025

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‘After years trapped in an abusive marriage, Becky – not her real name – thought her horrific ordeal might start to be over the day she watched her ex-husband jailed for raping her twice.’

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BBC News, 1st December 2025

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‘The UK government has dropped its plans to provide employees in Britain with rights to claim unfair dismissal from “day one” of their employment.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 28th November 2025

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‘Asylum seekers will be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments after it was revealed the Home Office spends about £15.8m a year on the service.’

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The Guardian, 29th November 2025

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‘A mugger who murdered an 87-year-old man as he walked home with his shopping has been jailed for a minimum of 23 years.’

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BBC News, 28th November 2025

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‘The far-reaching impact of the Renters’ Rights Act, which received royal assent on 27 October 2025, on England’s private rental market has already been widely discussed’

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Kingsley Napley Real Estate Law Blog, 26th November 2025

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‘Two men have been found guilty of plotting a £1.38 million jewellery shop robbery which led its manager, a court heard, to take his own life.’

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The Independent, November 2025

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‘It’s common knowledge that people involved in family court proceedings held in private are very restricted in what they can say about what’s happening. There are well-established and accepted restrictions on naming children (under section 97 Children Act 1989). The confusing part comes in when someone might be in contempt of court just for talking or writing about their case, even when anonymised.’

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Transparency Project, 27th November 2025

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‘There has been a 24% spike in reports about barristers to their regulator this year, according to new figures from the Bar Standards Board (BSB).’

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Legal Futures, 28th November 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘A flagship policy that would have given workers the right to claim unfair dismissal after their first day on the job is to be ditched by the government in favour of a six month-threshold.’

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The Guardian, 27th November 2025

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‘A High Court judge has ruled that the family of a woman, who was kidnapped and murdered 56 years ago, cannot scan a back garden where they now believe she is buried.’

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BBC News, 25th November 2025

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‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will train its staff to recognise the “wide spectrum of abuse” in cases of violence against women, after new data found that domestic abuse was present in more than a third of rape cases, and in more than eight out of 10 cases of stalking and image-based abuse.’

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The Guardian, 25th November 2025

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