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False evidence, procedurally deficient investigation, and warning bells for contempt: MI5’s approach to domestic abuse agent scrutinised

In HM Attorney General for England and Wales v British Broadcasting Corporation [2025] EWHC 1669 (KB), the Divisional Court ...
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Coronial investigation of the Police after suicide – Coroner’s decisions on Article 2 and jury overturned

R (Ferguson) v HM Assistant Coroner for Sefton, Knowlsey and St Helens [2025] EWHC 1901 (Admin) concerned a challenge by the ...
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R (Ferguson) v HM Assistant Coroner for Sefton, Knowlsey and St Helens [2025] EWHC 1901 (Admin) concerned a challenge by the next of kin of Joseph Farley, who died after jumping from the fourteenth ...
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Attorney General’s refusal of a fiat to seek a fresh inquest is non-justiciable

In R (Campbell) v HM Attorney General [2025] EWHC 1653 (Admin), the Divisional Court (Lord Justice Stuart-Smith and Mr Justice Chamberlain) determined that a refusal by the Attorney General to issue a ...
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What to do about Climate Change: “an existential problem of planetary ...

What to do about Climate Change: “an existential problem of planetary proportions.” 24 July 2025 by David Hart KC On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice delivered an advisory Opinion on ...