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June 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Current Awareness - Hospital worker guilty of child sex offences – BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff: Hospital worker guilty of sex offences against children
Tracy Turner admitted six charges of arranging the commission of child sex offences and two charges of making indecent images of a child.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Current Awareness - SRA decides against changing who pays for compensation fund – Legal Futures www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/...
SRA decides against changing who pays for compensation fund
There was little support for a SRA proposal to reapportion contributions to the compensation fund so that individual solicitors pay more than firms, it has emerged.
www.legalfutures.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Current Awareness - Boosting cybersecurity: New Software Security Code of Practice for software vendors – Kingsley Napley Corporate and Commercial Law Blog www.kingsleynapley.co.uk/insights/blo...
Boosting cybersecurity: New Software Security Code of Practice for software vendors | Corporate and Commercial Law Blog | Kingsley Napley
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www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Current Awareness - Three child sex abusers have sentences increased after solicitor general’s intervention – The Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Three child sex abusers have sentences increased after solicitor general’s intervention
Men who raped vulnerable teenager in 1990s have prison terms extended after original sentences ruled ‘unduly lenient’
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Current Awareness - GMC challenged in High Court after embolism death – BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emily Chesterton: GMC at High Court over physician associate role
Brendan and Marion Chesterton's daughter Emily died after a misdiagnosis by a physician associate.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Current Awareness - NHS medical negligence liabilities hit £58.2bn amid calls to improve patient safety – The Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS medical negligence liabilities hit £58.2bn amid calls to improve patient safety
Public accounts committee called the record sum ‘jaw-dropping’ and criticised inaction to reduce errors in a damning report
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Current Awareness - Anyone who assists self-harm could face five-year jail term under new plan – The Independent www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Anyone who assists self-harm could face five-year jail term under new plan
Ministers are seeking to broaden the law to criminalise assisting self-harm online or in person
www.independent.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Current Awareness - The convictions of Lucy Letby: should they be overturned? – The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The convictions of Lucy Letby: should they be overturned?
When the former nurse was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others, a 1980s research paper was key to the prosecution’s case. But the author of the paper himself be...
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Current Awareness - High Court finds defamatory paedophile meanings in Paisley v Linehan judgment – Doughty Street Chambers www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/high-co...
High Court finds defamatory paedophile meanings in Paisley v Linehan judgment
The High Court has handed down a preliminary trial judgment in Paisley v Linehan dealing with three statements published as comments written by subscribers on the Defendant’s Substack
www.doughtystreet.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Current Awareness - Peter Sullivan has murder conviction quashed after 38 years in jail – The Guardian www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may...
Peter Sullivan has murder conviction quashed after 38 years in jail
Hearing told that DNA evidence found at the scene of Diane Sindall’s murder was not that of the 68-year-old
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Current Awareness - Capacity to enter into a prenuptial agreement – Kingsley Napley Family Law Blog www.kingsleynapley.co.uk/insights/blo...
Capacity to enter into a prenuptial agreement | Family Law Blog | Kingsley Napley
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www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Current Awareness - Overview of the Family Justice Council Guidance on Neurodiversity – Garden Court Chambers gardencourtchambers.co.uk/overview-of-...
Overview of the Family Justice Council Guidance on Neurodiversity | Garden Court Chambers
Will Bulman of the Garden Court Family Law Team provides an overview of The Family Justice Council (FJC) Guidance on Neurodiversity in the Family Justice System for Practitioners.
gardencourtchambers.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Current Awareness - Provision of child play spaces should be duty in English planning law, MPs say – The Guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Space for children to play should be a requirement in planning law, say MPs
Parliamentary group launched alongside campaign for ‘play sufficiency duty’ that matches those in Wales and Scotland
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Current Awareness - The risks of internal social media – Blackstone Chambers www.employeecompetition.com/the-risks-of...
The risks of internal social media
www.employeecompetition.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Current Awareness - Immigration White Paper: A Summary of the Key Proposals – EIN Blog www.ein.org.uk/blog/immigra...
Immigration White Paper: A Summary of the Key Proposals
Written by Adam Pipe, No.8 Chambers
www.ein.org.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Current Awareness - Bratt v Jones [2025] EWCA Civ 562 – Hailsham Chambers www.hailshamchambers.com/images/uploa...
www.hailshamchambers.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Current Awareness - High Court Finds West Dulwich Low Traffic Neighbourhood Unlawful: WDAG v LB Lambeth – Francis Taylor Building www.ftbchambers.co.uk/news/news-vi...
High Court Finds West Dulwich Low Traffic Neighbourhood Unlawful: WDAG v LB Lambeth
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www.ftbchambers.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Current Awareness - Placement of children abroad: consultation and consent – Garden Court Chambers gardencourtchambers.co.uk/placement-of...
Placement of children abroad: consultation and consent | Garden Court Chambers
Blog by Laura Williams of the Garden Court Family Law Team.
gardencourtchambers.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Curent Awareness - Bilta (UK) Ltd v Tradition Financial Services Ltd [2025] UKSC 18 – Exchange Chambers www.exchangechambers.co.uk/bilta-uk-ltd...
Bilta (UK) Ltd v Tradition Financial Services Ltd [2025] UKSC 18 - Exchange Chambers
Summary By a Judgment given on 7 May 2025, the Supreme Court has clarified that the persons who may be held liable for fraudulent trading are not limited to those exercising management or control over...
www.exchangechambers.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Current Awareness - More miscarriages of justice ‘inevitable’, says CCRC review lawyer after Peter Sullivan freed – The Guardian www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may...
More miscarriages of justice ‘inevitable’, says CCRC review lawyer after Peter Sullivan freed
Chris Henley says he expects more wrongful convictions to come to light after 1987 murder case ruling overturned
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Current Awareness - Clarity and guidance on parental alienation/ alienating behaviours-The Family Justice Council – Becket Chambers becket-chambers.co.uk/articles/cla...
Clarity and guidance on parental alienation/ alienating behaviours-The Family Justice Council. - Becket Chambers
Lavinia Glover discusses the issue of parental alienation which remains one of the most disputed and prevalent topics within the family courts.
becket-chambers.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Current Awareness - Two men found guilty of ‘mindless, moronic’ felling of Sycamore Gap tree – The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Two men found guilty of ‘mindless, moronic’ felling of Sycamore Gap tree
Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, found to have criminally damaged tree and Hadrian’s Wall
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM