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Law digests: 11 July 2025

11 July 2025
Issue: 8124 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Administrative law

R (on the application of Matthew Campbell) v HM Attorney General for England and Wales [2025] EWHC 1653 (Admin)

The Administrative Court ruled on whether the Attorney General’s decision to refuse consent under s 13(1)(b) of the Coroners Act 1988 for judicial review proceedings was justiciable. The court determined that the Attorney General's function, falling within public interest functions akin to gatekeeping legal proceedings, is immune from review under established legal precedents. Even if justiciable, the grounds advanced by the claimant were deemed insufficient to challenge the decision.


Constitutional law

R (on the application of Al-Haq) v Secretary of State for Business and Trade [2025] EWHC 1615 (Admin)

The Administrative Court refused the claimant, a human rights organisation, permission to bring a judicial review claim of the decision of the secretary of state to exclude components for F-35 combat aircraft from the suspension of military exports to Israel (the ‘F-35 carve out’) from the export of items that might be used in carrying out or facilitating Israeli military operations

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Mourant—Stephen Alexander

Mourant—Stephen Alexander

Jersey litigation lead appointed to global STEP Council

mfg Solicitors—nine trainees

mfg Solicitors—nine trainees

Firm invests in future talent with new training cohort

360 Law Group—Anthony Gahan

360 Law Group—Anthony Gahan

Investment banking veteran appointed as chairman to drive global growth

NEWS
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
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