Current Awareness

‘An influential group of MPs has delivered a damning verdict on the Courts and Tribunals Bill – telling the government that the magistrates’ court will not be able to cope with the volume of cases generated by curbs on jury trials, sounding the alarm over doubling magistrates’ sentencing powers and questioning the time that judge-only trials will save.’

Current Awareness

BAILII: Recent Decisions

MPs deliver damning verdict on jury trial reforms – Law Society Gazette

London borough loses High Court bid against police front counter closure – Local Government Lawyer

Running a sweepstake at work: the law – OUT-LAW.com

Sara Closs-Davies, Dominic de Cogan and Amy Lawton: Devolving Power, Dividing Outcomes – The Social Consequences of UK Fiscal Devolution – UK Constitutional Law Association

New family law service tackles misunderstanding around neurodivergency – Legal Futures

Mind the Gap: A Chancery Barrister’s Preliminary Thoughts on the Cohabitation Reform Consultation – Financial Remedies Journal

Maybe Compensation Isn’t What You Think – Financial Remedies Journal

Grim reality of prison conditions laid bare in damning report – The Guardian

Carer ‘who couldn’t go on’ jailed for killing her mother – BBC News

Passenger on train to London given first sentence for harassment under new law – The Guardian

Electrician jailed for life for stabbing partner to death and blowing up London home – The Independent

Calls to review ‘unduly lenient’ sentence for rapist in Andrew Malkinson miscarriage of justice – The Guardian

HOKA shoes ruling can help brand owners avoid running into trouble – OUT-LAW.com

Adrian Kreutz: Dualism, Constitutional Conservatism, and Politically Sensitive Judicial Review – UK Constitutional Law Association

Family courts show ‘widespread’ gender bias and victim-blaming, report finds – The Guardian

Government to introduce AI ‘legal assistants’ in courts to cut rising case backlog – The Independent

Care worker who helped boss with child abuse jailed for 25 years – BBC News

Child sexual abuse victims in England and Wales to get help to remove online images – The Guardian

A new era for detention in care: Cheshire West Overturned – UK Human Rights Blog

Guarantees, conditions and sinking claims (SLB v Pak) – Gatehouse Chambers

Push to regulate UK bailiffs too slow, warns supervisory body – The Guardian

Conor McCormick: Monitoring the Judiciary – UK Constitutional Law Association

Court clarifies what counts as a ‘building’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Consultation on cohabitation rights: a welcome development – Law & Religion UK

When does a duty to consult arise in public law?

BAILII: Recent Decisions

What to do if a party to financial remedy proceedings dies – St John’s Chambers

90 Year Lease or Contractual Licence? – Wilberforce Chambers

Two brothers jailed for killing 16-year-old boy with car in Sheffield – The Guardian

What Kroupeeva v Kroupeev tells us on orders for variation of nuptial settlements and adverse inferences in trust and divorce cases – Wilberforce Chambers

Upper Tribunal hands down ruling on costs awards in cases involving tree preservation orders – Local Government Lawyer

ADASS calls for cautious approach to implementing Supreme Court ruling on deprivation of liberty, but warns of potential for litigation – Local Government Lawyer

Refusal to take planning enforcement action – Local Government Lawyer

Building Liability Orders (BLOs) – Crest Nicholson v Ardmore – Local Government Lawyer

County court delays continue to fall, figures show – Legal futures

What is a deprivation of liberty? – Administrative Court Blog

Judge sacked for sending ‘highly sexualised image’ to court staff – The Independent

MoJ unveils family law reforms to protect unmarried couples – Law Society Gazette

Decades of reviews have failed to fix civil justice crisis, says new report – Law Society Gazette

Gohil v Gohil & Ors [2025] EWHC 3646 (Fam) – Financial Remedies Journal

Family of girl left brain-damaged at birth accept £28m NHS payout – The Guardian

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Secondary victims: once again the Court declines to distinguish Paul – Quarterly Medical Law Review

Government acted unlawfully when changing policy on allocation of asylum accommodation: High Court – Local Government Lawyer

Can Part 6 housing services be personalised? – Local Government Lawyer

New funerary methods get legal framework for the first time – Law Commission

Jurisdictional guidance for Remote Participation – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Another cautionary tale about AI “hallucinations” in legal research – UK Human Rights Blog

Time limits, discretions and the Ombudsman – Pensions Barrister