News, judgments and updates across the core areas of legal practice — keeping practitioners informed on the law that matters to their work.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention upholds all three grounds for five IPP prisoners, finding no legal basis for post-tariff detention, as lawyers prepare a habeas corpus challenge.
The Supreme Court in Augustine v Data Cars [2026] UKSC 30 holds part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, disapproving McMenemy and settling…
A practical guide to serving out of the jurisdiction: the PD 6B gateways, merits and forum requirements, a step-by-step checklist and the tactical lessons of Sucden v TMT…
How the Part-Time Workers Regulations 2000 work after Augustine v Data Cars [2026] UKSC 30: the effective cause test, comparators, objective justification and what employers should audit now.
A checklist for the solvent party when a litigant goes bankrupt: section 306 vesting, sufficient interest after CYK v Davis, dealing with the trustee, partnership-asset arguments and timing.
An explainer on warehousing claims: Grovit v Doctor, the two-stage Asturion approach, what CYK v Davis adds on counterclaims, and the practical steps that keep a stalled claim…
An explainer on protected philosophical beliefs under section 10 of the Equality Act: the Grainger criteria, Forstater, the Higgs manifestation framework, and what University of Bristol v Miller…
The Ministry of Justice consultation on codified financial remedies, qualifying nuptial agreements and cohabitant rights closes at 11:59pm on 14 August 2026. What family and private client teams…
The iniquity exception prevents privilege attaching to communications furthering fraud or underhand conduct. Bourlakova and Pliego now mark where legitimate investigation ends and where instructing agents costs a…