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Inquest finds that Colleen Madden, 31, a highly vulnerable woman with a brain injury and learning disabilities, was "let down" after her release from prison. She was placed alone in a King's Cross hotel with no support, and is thought to have died that evening. www.inquest.org.uk/news-and-com...

"Of all the books I have ever reviewed that purported to offer a serious thesis, this is without question the most deranged. If you are seeking a Christmas present for someone you really don’t like, give them a copy". www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...

Report says AI has been embedded across Home Office in near-total secrecy. AI plays part in tasks like asylum seeker age assessments, spotting sham marriages, summarising interviews, and border surveillance. It calls for regulation and register of govt AI tools. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The children’s laureates for Ireland and Wales are donating royalties from their works to Sally Rooney in a show of solidarity after she was forced to stop selling books in the UK because of her support for Palestine Action. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...

Respect Orders come into force on Monday. The new civil orders let police, councils and other agencies ask the courts to impose bans and positive requirements on adults who engage in antisocial behaviour. Breach is a criminal offence carrying up to two years' imprisonment. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Supreme Court refused Tesco permission to appeal in the equal pay claim by around 60,000 mainly female store staff comparing their work to mainly male warehouse workers, finding no arguable point of law of general public importance. The claims continue. www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

The European Parliament has awarded its 2026 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the International Criminal Court and its officials, recognising the Court's work in upholding international law and justice. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

ECtHR unanimously finds no breach of Berlusconi's right to fair trial over his 2013 tax-fraud conviction, in a case his heirs pursued. There was no proof Court of Cassation lacked impartiality, despite its presiding judge's interview before reasons were published. His other complaints were rejected.

Judges could be given powers to impose prison sanctions on offenders who refuse to attend sentencing or are removed from court for disruption. The sanctions include up to 21 days' confinement, 84 days' loss of privileges, and 27 days without social visits. www.gov.uk/government/n...

261 people died in custody or state care in Scotland in 2025, about five a week. Deaths after police contact rose from 14 to 34. The report says most deaths in custody or state care are never publicly investigated. www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/st...

Not sure really who describes *this* Supreme Court has more assertive and interventionist.

Following my complaint, The Telegraph has corrected this inaccurate and misleading headline. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10...

Proposed amendment to the Social Housing Bill: a protective order would be enough for a court to consider evicting the abuser, so domestic abuse survivors in social housing could keep their tenancy without proving the abuse again. www.gov.uk/government/n...

One of London's longest-serving Conservative politicians has resigned from the party after 53 years. Andrew Boff has been blocked from entering the race to be the candidate for London mayor because he supports the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The care sector was “an afterthought” during the Covid pandemic with failings allowing the virus to “spread like wildfire” and resulting in thousands of deaths despite the claim there was a protective ring around care homes, the UK Covid Inquiry has found. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

New rules would stop universal credit, pension credit, state pension and ESA for people on criminal hospital orders convicted of serious offences, such as manslaughter and rape. People detained without an offence, and anyone on remand or unfit to plead, aren't affected. www.gov.uk/government/n...

The Care Quality Commission is prosecuting Mid Essex NHS Trust over the deaths of two young children with sepsis at Broomfield Hospital. The charges allege that their care and treatment was not provided in a safe way. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The European Court of Huma Rights has been awarded the Judicial Independence Award 2026 by the International Association of Judges (IAJ). The President said the Court has been a beacon to protect the rule of law and judicial independence for more than seven decades.

High Court rules Home Office unlawfully treated an asylum seeker who says he is a child, as an adult so he could be removed under the UK-France returns scheme. Children are excluded from the scheme. Serious breaches of the duty of candour also found. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/admin/2...

Devon and Cornwall Police has apologised and paid compensation to nine women who alleged that the force protected and promoted male officers accused of domestic abuse. The force says it will improve how it handles domestic abuse by police officers. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A man was sacked from Sainsbury's for stealing three 40p bags. He was then also dismissed from his position as a special constable. I know theft is theft, but this seems quite extreme. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner warns Home Office credibility tests could see survivors of sexual violence wrongly denied recognition as trafficking victims. The Bill requires the Home Office to treat delay, inaccuracy, inconsistency as damaging credibility. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/oct...

"They are so chauvinistic. They just exclude you if you are a woman. There's a bit of a male issue going on": Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin describes the culture in Reform UK. www.itv.com/news/2026-10...

The Home Secretary has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK unless Eritrea accepts more returns of small boat arrivals and foreign national offenders. Around 84% of Eritrean asylum claims succeed at initial decision. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The parents of a woman who killed herself after facing disciplinary proceedings at the Treasury will call for anyone found to have contributed to their daughter’s death to be held to account. A coroner found the Treasury “materially contributed” to her death. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

An undercover investigation into Reform UK has found multiple elected councillors and party candidates expressing racist views and using offensive language, calling Muslims “parasites” and describing black children as “animals”. www.itv.com/news/2026-10...

Nw regulations in force from 15 October extend the UK's global human rights sanctions to cover serious breaches of international humanitarian law, obstruction of humanitarian aid, and serious breaches of the right to liberty and security. www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/10...

The publisher Faber has confirmed it will stop supplying Sally Rooney's books in the UK, because of her pledge to support Palestine Action. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

Health Secretary issues "profound apology" in the Commons for the practice, from 1930s to 1980s, of burying stillborn babies in mass graves without parents' knowledge. Campaigners are pressing for a written apology and funding to retrieve burial records. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Solicitors and other lawyers must do more to help raise awareness of out-of-court dispute resolution, while the judicial college must improve on how it teaches judges about the alternatives to court, judges have said. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/judges-...

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has written to the First Minister after new figures showed an 11% rise in deaths related to illicit drugs. It calls the deaths "unacceptable and avoidable", and points to a clear link with deprivation. www.scottishhumanrights.com/news/drug-de...

ECtHR: Excluding a BBC journalist from a court hearing breached Article 10. Excluding the press requires a compelling reason and should happen only in rarest circumstances, and it was practically impossible for the media to challenge the sheriff's order in advance. hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-25...

Home Office spot checks found that 22% of AI-generated asylum interview summaries failed first-stage accuracy review after the tool was rolled out to all caseworkers in April. Claimants are not told when AI is used. www.openrightsgroup.org/publications...

If lawyers can't work safely, justice is weakened for everyone. "Why threats to lawyers are a threat to us all": a Law Society event with @jonsopel1.bsky.social 17 Nov, 6–8pm, at @thelawsociety.bsky.social or online. www.lawsociety.org.uk/events/produ...

Court broadcasting is being expanded, so Administrative Court proceedings and sentencing remarks by the Chief Magistrate can be filmed for the first time. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Afghanistan Inquiry: A high proportion of SAS personnel are relying on the privilege against self-incrimination and refusing to answer questions. The inquiry is examining allegations of more than 50 extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan and an alleged cover-up. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...