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"Thom Yorke gave us the angst of the 90s; I’m giving you the exhaustion of the 2026 reality." NEW SINGLE ' FAKE PLASTIC TREES' OUT 1st MAY 2026 W: Kymm Maple It takes a specific kind of bravery to tak...

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Introduction The Court of Appeal has rejected a challenge, based on human rights grounds, to the government’s decision to remove an entitlement to VAT exemption from private schools. Whilst ultimat…

Case number: AC-2025-LON-002122 In the High Court of JusticeKing’s Bench DivisionDivisional Court 25 February 2026 Before: The President of the King’s Bench Division The Hon. Mr Justice Swift The Hon....

Do the terms of section 12(1A) of the Terrorism Act 2000 represent a disproportionate interference with the appellants’ right to freedom of expression under article 10 of the European Convention on Hu...

The High Court has refused five claimants permission to bring a challenge to the Metropolitan Police’s policy requiring practicing Freemasons to declare membership of that organisation to their sup…

Section 3 of the Human Rights Act requires courts to read legislation in a manner which is compatible with Convention rights, “so far as it is possible to do so”. Sometimes the courts adopt an expa…

Stop stressing about self‑improvement or waiting until you’re on top of everything. This year give yourself permission to prioritise pleasure

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The October episode of the 11KBW Employment Podcast is out now.  In this month’s episode of the Employment Podcast, Judy Stone KC and new tenant Jack Steele…

We are delighted to announce that, upon successful completion of pupillage, Josephine Gillingwater and Jack Steele have accepted an offer of tenancy. Their tenancies are effective…

The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...

The education system of England and Wales is governed by a thicket of statutory provisions. Most of these provisions have not been subjected to litigation – educators and civil servants abide by an…

The Court of Appeal (Underhill LJ, with whom Dingemans and Edis LJJ agreed) has rejected the proposition that, where a public authority voluntarily seeks the views of an interested party at the for…

The Court of Appeal announced on the day of the hearing of the appeal against the decision of Lieven J in Re J: Local Authority consent to Deprivation of Liberty [2024] EWHC 1690 (Fam), that it wou…

We are delighted to announce that, upon successful completion of pupillage, Samuel Willis has accepted an offer of tenancy, effective from 10 April 2025. Samuel…

When must legal aid be provided to trafficking victims seeking compensation from the state relating to their ill treatment? This was the question for Calver J in R (HJK and Others) v Director of Le…