‘The smarter the machines, the more vital the human advocate. As AI reshapes the profession, Lynda Gibbs KC (Hon) and Wendy Showell Nicholas show why empathy, judgement and persuasion are the barrister’s greatest strengths.’
Counsel, 20th July 2026
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A prominent barrister and academic has put forward plans to create two new institutes – one for civil justice reform and the other for access to justice – to help remove the barriers that prevent 3.5m people each year from getting the legal support they need.’
Legal Futures, 20th July 2026
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The House of Commons adjourned on Thursday for the summer recess and will not sit again until Tuesday 1st September. It rose with the Immigration and Asylum Bill, debated at second reading the previous Monday, fresh in its wake, and with the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ (‘JCHR’) legislative scrutiny of the Bill under way.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th July 2026
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A review into UK insolvency rules reflects the need to ensure that the rules remain fit for purpose, improve efficiency, and adapt to changing economic and technological conditions, in particular developments in artificial intelligence (AI), digital assets and cryptocurrencies, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th July 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The focus of this article is on the criticality of legal professional expertise in the evolution of the regulation of the legal professions in England and Wales. In tracing the history of the regulation of the English legal professions from its earliest antecedents to date, it is shown that legal professional expertise was originally a matter of professional self-interest and within the domain of the legal professions themselves, but was also always a matter of public interest; in that it informs those legal services upon which the functioning of society depend, and is also a normative necessary foundation for citizenship and the realization of fundamental human rights.’
Southern University Law Review, June 2026
Source: www.researchgate.net
‘On Thursday, the Government published Tying the knot: reforming weddings law in England and Wales: consultation document. Its proposals follow the Law Commission’s 2022 report, Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law and the Government’s announcement of its intention to reform the law.
Law & Religion UK, 19th July 2026
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Windhorst v ADS Securities LLC [2026] EWCA Civ 905 (17 July 2026)
T and F (Placement Orders: Child’s Permanence Reports) [2026] EWCA Civ 902 (16 July 2026)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
X & Ors, R. v (Follow On Judgment) [2026] EWCA Crim 913 (17 July 2026)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Girboiu v Vrancea Tribunal, Romania [2026] EWHC 1816 (Admin) (17 July 2026)
Kluz-Burton v Regional Court in Warsaw [2026] EWHC 1804 (Admin) (17 July 2026)
Ijaz v Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd [2026] EWHC 1810 (Admin) (16 July 2026)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Stock & Ors v Neal & Anor [2026] EWHC 1823 (Ch) (17 July 2026)
Tangent Properties (North) Ltd v Evans Homes (Skelton) No 2 Ltd [2026] EWHC 1814 (Ch) (17 July 2026)
Payne Hicks Beach Trust Corporation Ltd v Nielsen & Anor [2026] EWHC 1813 (Ch) (17 July 2026)
Trinsic Collagen Ltd v Procoll Ltd [2026] EWHC 1793 (Ch) (17 July 2026)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Together Commercial Finance Ltd & Ors v Slack & Anor [2026] EWHC 1732 (Comm) (17 July 2026)
High Court (Family Division)
Lloyd-Bagrationi v Attorney-General [2026] EWHC 1801 (Fam) (14 July 2026)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Emerging Media Ventures Ltd & Anor v Kundra & Anor [2026] EWHC 1803 (KB) (16 July 2026)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The proposals in this consultation follow our 2022 report on weddings law, where we published our final recommendations proposing a fairer system that gives couples more choice over where and how their wedding takes place. The Government responded to our report in October 2025 giving its intention to modernise wedding law.’
Law Commission, 16th July 2026
Source: lawcom.gov.uk
‘In B and G (Fact-Finding) [2026] EWCA Civ 860, Lord Justice Baker, with whom Lady Justice Andrews and Lord Justice Holgate agreed, concluded that the judge’s decision to deliver the judgment ex tempore from notes was “unwise […] in a case of this complexity”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th July 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Research based on reports from barristers has shown the “endemic” and “routine” nature of delays caused by the late delivery of prisoners to court, casting doubt over the validity of official data.’
Bar Council, 16th July 2026
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘“Impact Assessments should be published when decisions are made.” That is the recorded position of the Minister for Migration and Citizenship, given to a Lords committee this spring. It is the settled position of the Court of Appeal that the duty to have regard to a policy’s impacts must be performed before and at the time the policy is under consideration. This post is about the space between those two statements — and a set of dates, already in the diary, that will determine whether it closes or widens. None of this is, at bottom, about immigration: it concerns the relationship in time between ministerial decision-making and the evaluative duties Parliament and the common law attach to it.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 17th July 2026
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A recent ruling by the High Court in London on fraudulent breach of warranty claims has reaffirmed that fraud requires conscious dishonesty on the part of an identifiable individual – and inference is not enough.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th July 2026
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘“The consistory court is amongst the most nimble and efficient of the courts of this realm. The registry is well equipped, accessible and responsive: it can move with speed and expedition in cases of urgency” Hill Ch, Re All Saints, Featherstone [2025] ECC Lee 1
‘However, it is not always well-served by those providing it with information, as demonstrated in three cases circulated this week: Re St. Peter Wrecclesham [2026] ECC Gui 1, Re St. Peter Wrecclesham [2026] ECC Gui 2, and Re St. Andrew Compton Dundon (Number 2) [2026] ECC B&W 2.’
Law & Religion UK, 17th July 2026
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘A key factor driving the UK’s perennial interest in the ECHR and the associated European Court of Human Rights has been press coverage. In our recent research, we developed the first systematic analysis of how British press coverage has supported or undermined the legitimacy of the ECHR over 25 years.’
EIN Blog, 16th July 2026
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘The lord chancellor is failing in his statutory duty on legal aid, MPs have concluded in a damning report that paints the bleakest picture to date of the sector which also warns of an ‘unacceptably high risk’ of miscarriages of justice.’
Law Society Gazette, 17th July 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘In a damning report into the regulatory framework, the Legal Services Consumer Panel says the current way of prosecuting misconduct, with separate pathways for solicitors and barristers, “defies coherent governance”.’
Law Society Gazette, 16th July 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Judicial reviews could be curbed for major homes and infrastructure projects to ‘get Britain building’, the government announced today – embarking on a snap consultation.’
Law Society Gazette, 16th July 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A family court judge has described the approach taken by a reporter for the Children and Family Court Advisory Service (CAFCASS) as ‘entirely inappropriate’ after she ‘unilaterally chose to depart from the clear court direction’ in her welfare assessment.’
Law Society Gazette, 17th July 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘HHJ Hess (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Committal proceedings following husband’s non-compliance with a financial remedy order made almost four years ago. Six months immediate term of imprisonment.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 15th July 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
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