Reform UK urged to sack the party’s housing spokesman over his “disgraceful” comments about the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Simon Dudley said “everyone dies in the end” and “fires happen”, as he said there was now too much regulation in the building industry. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...

A Los Angeles jury has handed down an unprecedented win for a young woman who sued Meta and YouTube over her childhood addiction to social media. Jurors found that Meta and Google intentionally built addictive social media that harmed her mental health. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"The UK’s border chief who was tasked with stopping the small boats crisis has quit after failing to bring the numbers down. Martin Hewitt, the border security commander, will be out of the role by the end of the month". www.thesun.co.uk/news/3857940...

The Government’s “stay-at-home and protect the NHS” message during the Covid pandemic may have cost thousands of lives, an inquiry has found. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...

ECtHR: France breached ECHR Article 6 (Right to Fair Trial) in its treatment of a 16-year-old rape complainant who, once the rape case was not made out, was issued a caution for making a false accusation, without her having admitted guilt or the usual fair trial safeguards being applied.

A Palestinian woman has been released on bond from a U.S. immigration detention center in Texas after a judge's order. She was the last pro-Palestinian activist held under the Trump administration's crackdown on protests against Israel's war in Gaza. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Reform’s Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax. The deputy leader’s property company paid nothing in corporation tax on multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018-21. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Australian designer Katie Perry has won her High Court appeal against pop megastar Katy Perry in a years-long trademark case. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An employment judge demonstrated ‘apparent bias’ in his conduct toward a barrister when rejecting both his applications at the tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has found. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/employm...

The legendary Sir Quentin Blake has provided the wonderful illustrations for Refugee Week's Simple Acts project this year. Have a look, and share with others: refugeeweek.org/simple-acts/

Under a Home Secretary who is the child of immigrants, "Those who refuse the offer [to take money and leave the country] will be left vulnerable to forcible removal from the UK – including children, with new laws giving Home Office workers the power to physically restrain them".

Broadcast journalists from ethnic minorities are still locked out of top jobs and face a backlash after being perceived as “diversity hires”, according to a survey of UK television newsrooms. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

Calls to quit the European Convention on Human Rights are ‘troubling’ and ‘unnecessary’, former Supreme Court president Lady Hale said last night - suggesting that the government listen to the Green Party on 'concerns of real people'. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/hale-la...

Iceland the supermarket has abandoned its decade-long trademark battle with Iceland the country. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood just announced they will "open new capped safe and legal routes to provide safety to those fleeing war and persecution". Obviously, it depends on details, but this is a rare and unusually progressive, humane and sensible immigration announcement by a UK government.

Rare honesty from the Telegraph about the economic benefits of migrants. "Much lower numbers of migrants would cost the Treasury billions". Billions. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Foreign students and workers from four countries - Afghanistan, Sudan, Cameroon and Myanmar - are to be barred from coming to the UK by Shabana Mahmood. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...

The chief executive officer of the Police Federation of England and Wales has been arrested on suspicion of corruption. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...

Independent Press Standards Organisation: Telegraph breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice by publishing an article headlined “We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays”, on 25 May 2025. www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...

US government appears to aband its effort to enforce executive orders punishing law firms perceived as hostile to President Trump. The US Justice Department has dropped efforts to appeal court rulings in favour of four firms that challenged the executive orders. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/trump-a...

Shabana Mahmood’s decision to tell every person applying for asylum that their status is temporary could undermine the refugee convention, the Law Society has said. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

India's Supreme Court has threatened legal consequences after a judge was found to have adjudicated on a property dispute using fake judgements generated by artificial intelligence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A council's deputy leader, a Reform councillor, has admitted to using an AI-generated photo in a post about local authorities "shipping" families to the region. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Migrants’ right to permanent asylum in the UK will be scrapped from today in the most significant overhaul of immigration policy in a generation". www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

CPS loses High Court bid to challenge acquittal of man who burned Koran in public. "While burning a Koran might be something Muslims find desperately upsetting and offensive, freedom of expression must include the right to express views that offend, shock or disturb". www.lbc.co.uk/article/man-...

Immigration officers allegedly stole cash and property worth hundreds of thousands of pounds from small-boat migrants as they arrived in the UK. The officers have been charged with money laundering, misconduct in public office, and conspiracy to steal. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jeremy Corbyn expected to become parliamentary leader of Your Party after his supporters won control of the leadership committee. His supporters, "The Many", won 14 of 24 seats on central executive committee compared to 7 for Zarah Sultana's "Grassroots Left". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Witness statements and expert reports submitted to court may need to be accompanied by declarations that they are not generated with the help of AI, according to new proposed rules. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/witness...

The Crown Prosecution Service has published new guidance for its lawyers to help tackle “honour”-based abuse, with spiritual and immigration abuse included for the first time. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

National campaign calls on lawyers to help pupils access legal education ahead of changes to how the rule of law is taught. The Big Legal Lesson, backed by the Law Society, will provide schools with free resources to help introduce legal concepts to pupils. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/campaig...

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has admitted it illegally obtained phone data from a Belfast journalist on multiple occasions over a period of many years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

David Lammy’s proposals to curb jury trials go too far, the Law Society has declared after the justice secretary confirmed he is pressing ahead with the proposal despite widespread opposition from solicitors and barristers. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/society...

Declassified wins 7-month battle to report from Parliament, after Westminster rejected the application for a press pass, claiming there wasn’t enough space. But internal emails showed that the officials had cited Declassified's “particular standpoint". www.declassifieduk.org/declassified...

Just received directions from a court, saying: "If artificial intelligence (AI) is used in preparation of any documents provided by any party this must be clearly stated on face of the document". I don't think I have seen this before or is it new? And not sure I actually understand the rationale?

"We anticipate legislation to curtail jury trials to be announced soon. We need to send a strong message to the Govt, asking them to rethink". If you’re a barrister, solicitor, retired judge or other legal professional, please sign Bar Council's open letter. www.barcouncil.org.uk/media-campai...

UK Athletics has pleaded guilty to the corporate manslaughter of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei. He died aged 36 after a metal cage fell on him while training at Newham Leisure Centre, London in 2017. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...

The Chagos Islanders who returned to their homeland have won a legal battle against eviction orders issued by Starmer’s Government. The islanders who travelled to the archipelago have been granted a temporary right to stay on Île du Coin. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...

"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office".

The number of people killed in Gaza during the first 15 months of the war is a third higher than previously reported, according to a major new study in The Lancet. The research is the first to use independent, population-based survey methods in Gaza. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Dame Antonia Romeo as cabinet secretary, the UK's top civil servant. Dame Antonia will be the first woman to hold the post in the role's 110-year history. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thousands of defendants who were promised jury trials will be stripped of this right and instead be tried by lone judges. The courts minister told MPs that the Government’s proposed legislation scrapping thousands of jury trials will be applied retrospectively. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...

At least it's not leaves on the runway. "Britain’s air force would struggle to operate in Arctic conditions, the head of the RAF has suggested". www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...

Is there anything about our 'justice' system that is just?

"Prosecution forensic experts paid 50% more than defence experts, leading to fears of prosecutors buying guilty verdicts through offering more cash. “Grave concern” defence scientists are disincentivised from appearing in court, risking miscarriages of justice". www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...

An attempt by Freemasons to stop the Metropolitan Police from forcing staff to declare whether they are or have been members of the organisation has been thrown out by the High Court. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jesse Jackson, "a giant of the civil rights movement in the US" and two-time presidential candidate, has died. news.sky.com/story/civil-...

On the "Illegals receive thousands of pounds for their phones being confiscated" story, the total paid to immigrants is less than £500k. While Home Office legal costs are more than £700k. As always, the government spent huge amounts of our money trying to defend its unlawful actions in court.

Momentous decision. Palestine Action has won a legal challenge against the Home Office’s decision to ban it as a terror group. Banning the group under anti-terror legislation is unlawful, the High Court has ruled, as the ban is "disproportionate".

Plans to make migrants wait longer to get the right to live in the UK permanently should not apply to people already in the UK, a group of 35 Labour MPs, 17 from other parties, 21 peers and 33 civil society organisations has advised the Home Secretary. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Enjoying mafia movies doesn’t make me a killer. So be wary of the state using rap music to prove murder": Baroness Shami Chakrabarti writes about an amendment to the victims and courts bill before parliament about admissibility of defendants' creative expression. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...