‘Judicial review applications surged in the second quarter of 2026 with 1,300 received, a 42% increase on the same period in 2025.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 9th September 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The Court of Appeal’s decision in Sintes v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2026] EWCA Civ 752 is ostensibly a straightforward trip-and-fall case arising from an accident at Whitechapel Market. In reality, it is a significant authority on the modern law of negligence and nuisance as applied to public authorities. It also provides a powerful illustration of the courts’ increasingly restrictive approach to liability for omissions.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 9th September 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

’29 August 2026 marked the 80th anniversary of David Maxwell Fyfe’s affirmation of universal human rights in his speech at the Nuremberg Trials. In honour of the anniversary, Songs of the People staged Sue Casson’s Dreams of Peace and Freedom at St James’s Piccadilly and are launching a new podcast.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 9th September 2026

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com

‘The Immigration and Asylum Bill is the government’s third attempt to directly change how judges interpret and apply Article 8. Below I assess the likely impact of the proposed changes in the context of the previous reform efforts in 2012 and in particular 2014. I argue that (a) as previously the Bill does not require the courts to decide Article 8 cases differently; (b) the reform model employed has already failed to influence the courts in the intended direction, although (c) the reforms will successfully overturn Supreme Court decisions which held that the 2014 changes created new rights for foreign nationals.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 10th September 2026

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘Recently enacted clauses expressly include define a “determination” to include a “purported determination” or state that a court may not question a “determination or purported determination”. It is obvious what is happening. This drafting technique is a direct response to judicial decisions such as the landmark cases in Anisminic and Privacy International.  In this post, I argue that it would be a mistake to treat this new drafting technique—the insertion of the word “purported”—as excluding judicial review completely. A court faced with a challenge will have to determine whether a challenged thing is a “purported determination”. There may be cases where something might present itself to be a determination, but a court concludes that it does not answer the description of either a real or purported determination.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 9th September 2026

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘Draft legislation aimed at preventing the development of “artificial superintelligence systems” within the UK and beyond has been introduced into the UK parliament.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 9th September 2026

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘An employment judge would have been removed from office for inappropriately touching a female member of staff had he not retired, the judicial conduct office has found.’

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Law Society Gazette, 10th September 2026

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The use by social workers of AI transcription tools is “impacting the integrity of written documents”, with “significant risks” for family justice, legal charity JUSTICE has warned.’

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Legal Futures, 10th September 2026

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘The Vice Chair of the FRJ Editorial Board talks about his six years as a barrister member of the Family Procedure Rule Committee.’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 9th September 2026

Source: financialremediesjournal.com

‘The Crown Prosecution Service has today announced that a man has been charged under the National Security Act following contact with a representative believed to be from the GRU Volunteer Corps.’

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Crown Prosecution Service, 9th September 2026

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

‘A woman who falsely accused 10 men of raping her has had her prison sentence increased by two-and-a-half years after the Court of Appeal ruled her original term was “unduly lenient”.’

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BBC News, 9th September 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A man used artificial intelligence (AI) platforms to create indecent images of women and girls, Staffordshire Police said.’

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BBC News, 9th September 2026

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Convictions that imprisoned police officers were involved in obtaining should be automatically reviewed to correct miscarriages of justice such as those perpetrated by the corrupt and racist officer DS Derek Ridgewell, a report says.’

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The Guardian, 10th September 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Two firms have received fines exceeding £1 million after a worker was buried alive in a trench collapse.’

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The Independent, 9th September 2026

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘In DOL, R (on the application of) v Southampton City Council [2026] EWHC 2255 (Admin) (28 August 2026), Judge Barry Clarke concluded that by refusing for six months to implement the Attendance Provision of the claimant’s amended EHC plan as ordered by the FtT, on the ground that it had an undetermined application to the Upper Tribunal for suspension, the council acted unlawfully.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 9th September 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Lord Briggs of Westbourne is to become the Supreme Court’s fifth President since it was established in 2009.

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Local Government Lawyer, 9th September 2026

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘There have been several recent and important developments in the jurisprudence considering the procedural and other requirements for seeking and obtaining interim and final injunctions against defendants who are unnamed and whom the applicant seeks to pursue as “persons unknown”. The Supreme Court’s decision in Wolverhampton City Council v London Gypsies and Travellers & Ors [2023] UKSC 47; [2023] PLSCS 197 is now the most important case for practitioners to consult in this area.’

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Wilberforce Chambers, 1st September 2026

Source: www.wilberforce.co.uk

‘When property is fought over, it is not unusual for a document to surface which purports to answer the question of beneficial ownership conclusively. In such a situation, a disappointed party’s instinct to allege that it is all a sham is understandable, but the doctrine itself is not commonly invoked successfully. That is because what must be proved is (in substance) dishonesty, and dishonesty is a serious allegation which engages special professional obligations, and must be pleaded and proved properly.’

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Wilberforce Chambers, 4th August 2026

Source: www.wilberforce.co.uk

‘The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 represents one of the most significant reforms of residential letting law in England for a generation. The principal tenancy reforms came into force on 1 May 2026 and replaced most assured shorthold tenancies with assured periodic tenancies. They also abolished section 21 possession and substantially recast the statutory grounds on which landlords may recover possession.’

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Tanfield Chambers, 9th September 2026

Source: tanfieldchambers.co.uk