The ‘Hillsborough Bill’ – Voices for victims or just more lip service?
17 October 2025
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13 October 2025
Sharpe Pritchard and DAC Beachcroft appointed to Crown Commercial Service Legal Panel for Government (RM6360) Sharpe Pritchard LLP has been appointed as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Legal Panel for Government framework (RM6360) under Lot 1 – Core Legal Services.* This appointment reinforces our longstanding commitment to the public sector and our reputation…
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On 4 September 2025, as per its duty under s3(1) of the Law Commissions Act 1965, the Law Commission (the “Commission”) published its 14th Programme of Law Reform. This Programme outlined ten new projects it will be focusing on over the next few years. These will sit alongside the seventeen other existing law reform projects that…
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Introduction On 11 August 2025, the High Court handed down its decision in Wikimedia Foundation and Another v Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology ([2025] EWHC 2086 (Admin)). This case marks one of the first significant legal challenges to the Online Safety Act 2023 (“OSA 2023”), a statute that has already provoked widespread…
Read more11 July 2025
The Subsidy Control Act 2022 (the “Act”) came into force in January 2023 and replaced the European Union state aid regime. Our previous article provides an overview of the key features of the Act. Here, Olivia Dawson considers the Act’s subsidy challenge regime, the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (the “CAT’s”) approach to case management and costs,…
Read more10 July 2025
The High Court’s Judgment in Millbrook Healthcare Limited v Devon County Council [2025] EWHC 744 (TCC) contains useful lessons in relation to interim relief in procurement claims. The Court’s ruling in Millbrook confirms that the “sufficiently serious” test for Francovich damages is irrelevant to the question (at the interlocutory stage of the proceedings) of whether damages…
Read more10 June 2025
On 2 May 2025, the Court of Appeal (CoA) handed down its judgment on R (The National Council for Civil Liberties) and others v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (“Liberty”).[1] The decision clarifies the circumstances in which a public body’s engagement with third parties to inform its decision-making might constitute a “formal…
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With local elections taking place this week, Returning Officers and their teams may be considering what options are open to the disgruntled candidate or elector who seeks to challenge a result. Emyr Thomas explains. Problems at the count? Act quickly! If, following the declaration, something significant happens which could give rise to a challenge (for…
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