The Scottish Government, councils and NHS Boards are failing to meet their "most basic obligations" regarding food, health and housing in the South of Scotland, a human rights watchdog has warned.

Kensington and Chelsea Council has been told it must improve its IT systems and cyber security training after a cyber attack last year disrupted several services and led to data theft. The cyber ...

The Supreme Court is this week (7-8 October) hearing an appeal over whether a threshold of seriousness of harm applies to claims for damages following a data breach.

In September 2025 the High Court (Mr Justice Bourne) rejected two joined claims for judicial review concerning the question of whether a faith-based oversubscription criterion within the admission ...

The Supreme Court has granted ministers and HS2 Limited permission to appeal a ruling that certain tunnelling works did not have planning permission. The court said the issue in the case was: ...

Lewes District Council has become the latest local authority to take “protective legal action” in the aftermath of the Government’s decision to pause and review local government reorganisation (LGR).

The Law Society of England and Wales has called for clear accountability for agentic AI in justice, amid concerns that “AI is moving faster than the rules needed to govern it”. In a report, The Future ...

The Court of Protection has concluded that a 16-year-old boy is not being deprived of his liberty in the latest ruling in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the AGNI case earlier this year ...

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has officially changed its name to the Public Service Ombudsman after research suggested that its old name was “confusing for people”. The new name took ...

East Herts Council has urged the Government to legislate for stronger planning enforcement and police powers in relation to intentional unauthorised development, including giving councils' improved ...

Lincolnshire County Council has launched a legal challenge over the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero’s approval of Beacon Fen Energy Park. The scheme is a proposed 700+ hectare ...

The Office for Students, the independent regulator of higher education in England, has appointed five firms to a panel providing legal services worth an estimated £1.125m over five years. The contract ...