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February is LGBT+ History month, and to mark the occasion we’ve put together a timeline of LGBT+ legal history. Up to date to 2021, it certainly isn’t comprehensive, but it does give some shocking insights into the long and arduous process of fighting for equality and justice.
February 4, 2026 at 11:25 AM
We are recruiting for a Training Librarian, come and work with us! Details at the link in our bio.

Closing date is 16 February 2026.
February 2, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Today is Blue Monday! Falling on the third Monday of January, Blue Monday supposedly marks the most depressing day of the year. Although a very complicated-looking formula exists to calculate it, Blue Mondays origins seem to stem less from mathematics and more from covert PR for holiday companies...
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM
If you haven't already spotted over on our instagram, the mini books are back! Swing by the library to grab your own, and don't forget to pass on your special requests. The elves are working hard 😀🎄📖
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Barristers! Got a dubious citation? Unsure whether a case actually exists?

Don’t let inaccurate or AI-generated case citations
make their way into your bundles.

Today we begin trialling a new service. It's called 'Check My Citation'. www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk/check-my-cit...
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
When it Matters Most.
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
When it Matters Most.
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 - The reality of court accessibility for wheelchair users – Farrar’s Building www.farrarsbuilding.co.uk/the-reality-...
The reality of court accessibility for wheelchair users - Farrar's Building Barristers Chambers
In January 2024, after several years of extensive planning and renovations, Farrar’s Building became one of the first sets in the Temple with wheelchair access to all floors and facilities suitable fo...
www.farrarsbuilding.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:51 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 - Part 3 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 Now in Force – Henderson Chambers www.hendersonchambers.co.uk/2025/05/13/a...
ALERTER Part 3 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 Now in Force By William Hibbert, Nazeer Chowdhury & Thomas Samuels
Click here to download this Alerter by William Hibbert, Nazeer Chowdhury & Thomas Samuels. Part 3 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (the “Act”) came into force on 6 April 2025...
www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:49 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