Nigel Farage is to to be interviewed by the parliamentary tandards watchdog over £5m gift. The Reform UK leader is facing scrutiny over money from the cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne and his links with George Cottrell. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

"The 6 men voted to allow licence to continue, while the 4 women voted against it". I know it's awful when people want women and non-white people in positions of responsibility rather than "the best person for the job", but the "best person" usually turns out to be a white man, who votes like this.

Four councillors who voted to allow a rapist taxi driver to keep his operator's licence have quit Highland Council's licensing committee. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A man who was falsely convicted and spent more than five years in prison, then spent £500,000 on clearing his name, has said he felt "sick" to learn that his compensation claim has been rejected again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Police leadership is not consistently of a high enough standard and requires a fundamental overhaul, a landmark independent review has warned. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Richard Tice has revealed he is being sued for defamation after criticising a £46m government contract for the training of Lebanese police officers. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07...

"Free, classroom-ready lesson plans on the rule of law are now available to every school in England and Wales, following a new partnership between the Attorney General's Office, Oak National Academy and the Association for Citizenship Teachers". www.gov.uk/government/n...

Two of the boys given non-custodial sentences for rape have been sentenced to 4 years' detention by Court of Appeal. The court has criticised media and politicians for misinformed, inaccurate and inappropriate reporting and remarks. Court particularly critical of CPS for inaccurate press release.

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Two police officers who arrested Henry Nowak as he lay dying are being investigated for gross misconduct. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07...

Great news! The US Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.

An 18-year-old has been sentenced to 47 months in jail for possession of an explosive substance, collecting information capable of being of use to a terrorist, possessing a blowpipe, making a threat to kill, and making a threat to destroy or damage property. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

Two more Metropolitan Police officers have been dismissed after making comments that glorified the use of force against detainees at Charing Cross police station in central London. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Migrants are set to have to pay back £10,000 towards their food and hotel costs before being eligible to settle in the UK. inews.co.uk/news/asylum-...

US Supreme Court rejects Donald Trump's appeal over the finding that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll. This decision means the president will now have to pay the magazine columnist $5 million. edition.cnn.com/2026/06/29/p...

Independent report: "In 2025, 47 of the 348 cases of grant decisions ... were sampled. Findings showed that 37 (78.72%) contained insufficient evidence on which to make a decision and were therefore likely to be incorrect". 78% of asylum decisions are "likely to be incorrect". 78%.

"Members of the public will be trained to determine asylum appeals involving human rights and foreign offenders under the government's immigration reforms". www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/trained...

British foreign correspondents could be at risk of prosecution if they use sources within state-backed groups in countries such as Iran under legislation being rushed through parliament, the current and a former reviewer of anti-terror legislation have warned. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A leading journalists' body in India has condemned what it says is the denial of voting and passport rights to a former editor. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Age of criminal responsibility should be raised from 10 to 14, says Bar Council. The law in England and Wales is out of step with other countries and increases the chances that children will reoffend, expert panel finds. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to announce safe and legal routes for refugees from overseas within months. The schemes will allow community groups to identify refugees to support. A third scheme will allow employers to sponsor refugees from next year.

US Supreme Court strikes down law requiring gun owners to obtain permission from private property owner before bringing gun onto property. Gun owners with concealed-carry permits may freely bring firearms onto private properties that are open to the public. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Nigel Farage has been referred to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over claims his cryptocurrency advocacy has benefited his billionaire backer, Christopher Harbone. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Three International Criminal Court judges have sued U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration over sanctions imposed on them last year, arguing the measures were unlawful. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

US Supreme Court: Inmate cannot sue prison officials who forcibly shaved his dreadlocks in breach of his Rastafarian faith. He showed the guards a previous judgment supporting his right to keep his dreadlocks, but the staff handcuffed him to a chair and shaved his head. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Deaths linked to air pollution fell by an estimated 40% in London over the five years from 2019, according to new analysis by Imperial College London. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Hundreds of mothers and babies died or suffered potentially avoidable harm because of "deeply embedded systemic failures" at a "toxic" hospital trust, major inquiry finds. Experts found cases where babies died from oxygen starvation, mismanaged labour and hospital-acquired infections.

Leaders of the nationalist group Raise the Colours have agreed to stop hoisting England flags on lamp-posts in Oxfordshire after the local authority secured a high court injunction against the campaign. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza, an ⁠independent UN inquiry has found. The report said about 30% of the people killed by Israeli forces have been children. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

"Everybody’s sick of you, Bibi. All the Jews are sick of you. Even the two Jews on this call are sick of you,” Mr Trump reportedly told him, an apparent reference to Mr Kushner and Mr Witkoff, who are both Jewish and were also on the call. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...

In a report published today, the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee has warned that, in the absence of good data, misinformation on migration and settlement flourishes, hampering people’s ability to understand the situation, and to make informed policy decisions.

Israel has deliberately and intentionally targeted Palestinian children during its military campaign in Gaza, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, a UN commission of inquiry has said. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

"When history turns gaze to Starmer’s relationship with Britain's Muslim communities, it will be a heavy ledger. Not any single failure, but more ambient: during his tenure, Overton window of acceptable hatred toward British Muslims shifted dramatically rightward". hyphenonline.com/2026/06/23/k...

"When history turns gaze to Starmer’s relationship with Britain's Muslim communities, it will be a heavy ledger. Not any single failure, but more ambient: during his tenure, Overton window of acceptable hatred toward British Muslims shifted dramatically rightward". hyphenonline.com/2026/06/23/k...

"Incredible pressure on artists and institutions to bend to external pressure; to be benign at best & silent at worst": artist on her installation being taken down from the National Portrait Gallery after a row over its claim about Churchill's role in the Bengal famine. news.sky.com/story/artwor...

Former Spanish Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos sentenced to 24 years prison for corruption in COVID-era PPE procurement contracts, including awarding contracts in exchange for personal benefits Interesting to see some countries taking action on such cases. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Judge's direction to jury in case of protesters at Elbit Systems: "If defendant believed they were morally justified in doing what they did to prevent what they thought was genocide, that would not amount to lawful excuse. No evidence in this case is capable in law of amounting to lawful excuse".

High Court dismisses legal challenge to the govt's decision to approve a second runway at Gatwick Airport. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...

European Convention on Human Rights Working Group. The Law Society is setting up an ECHR Working Group, and solicitors interested in human rights are encouraged to get involved. If you care about the future of human rights in the UK, please consider joining: www.lawsociety.org.uk/myls/dashboa...

A Derbyshire police officer is being investigated over accusations they used AI to "create evidence". news.sky.com/story/derbys...

The NHS trust at the centre of Britain’s largest maternity scandal hid staff blunders and dismissed mothers’ concerns during an institutional cover-up of baby deaths, an inquiry will reveal this week. www.thetimes.com/article/95f9...

"I have accepted that there have been occasions where I exercised poor judgement and made attempts at humour that were inappropriate and caused offence": John Edwards, the UK's information commissioner, has resigned following a workplace investigation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Karim Khan, International Criminal Court prosecutor who applied for arrest warrant against Netanyahu, has been suspended from practising as a barrister in England and Wales by the Bar Standards Board. He was suspended by ICC after sexual abuse claims against him. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jun...

Court of Session: Prison Service’s transgender prisoner guidance is unlawful. It permitted trans women to be housed in female prisons. This is unlawful; sex in the Equality Act and prison rules means biological sex. Females must be housed separately from males. www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/pnbpzg...

"Reform’s attempt to strike out Good Law Project’s High Court claim has comprehensively failed, the High Court has today ruled. Each and every one of the arguments advanced by Reform UK Party Limited was rejected". goodlawproject.org/high-court-r...

The attorney general has become the first minister to order his department to leave X, amid growing concerns that the social media platform is being used to incite violence and racism. The attorney general’s office has stopped posting, with exception of legal warnings. observer.co.uk/news/politic...

After more than 17 hours of deliberation, a jury at Birmingham Crown Court has failed to reach a verdict over whether four pro-Palestine activists committed criminal damage at an arms factory. www.declassifieduk.org/jury-fails-t...

Police who arrested an innocent Black teenager for the attempted murder of his mother, moments after she attempted to take her own life, will pay up to £130,000 compensation. A jury concluded the officers discriminated against the 16-year-old due to his race. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

The state of this country. "A barrister is being probed by environment officials after he pulled 200 bags of rubbish from a river. The offence, which could see Mr Powlesland lose his job as an environmental lawyer, carries a maximum punishment of 2 years' prison." www.dailymail.com/news/article...

Home Office knew AI tool used to check asylum-seekers' age was flawed but pressed ahead with it anyway. The tool, which predicts age based on facial features, judges teenagers to be adults in error, according to a leaked report the Home Office tried to withhold. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...