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In this issue: Public Law case law quarterly—Q3 2025 Equality and Human rights Constitutional and administrative law Brexit SIs Post-Brexit transition guidance Judicial review Public procurement Public sector contracts State security and intelligence Information law Other Public law news LexTalk®Public Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Public Law case law quarterly—Q3 2025 The quarterly Public Law case law round-up presents and evaluates significant judgments brought together by the Lexis+® UK Public Law team each quarter. Marking 25 years since the Human Rights Act 1998 took effect, this edition begins with insight into recent human rights jurisprudence. See News Analysis: Public Law case law quarterly—Q3 2025. Equality and Human rights ECtHR rejects prisoner voting claim—Hora v UK In Hora v United Kingdom (Application no 1048/20), the European Court of Human Rights...

In this issue: Social care Social housing Education Planning Governance Healthcare Children’s social care Licensing Local government finance Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q&As Social care Court of Protection authorises high-risk surgery and post-operative mechanical ventilation in intensive care for young adult lacking capacity (RS, Re (Best Interests: Surgery and Intensive Care)) In GH v RS (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) and others, the Court of Protection sanctioned high-risk spinal surgery with planned prolonged elective ventilation for an 18-year-old who lacked capacity, finding the treatment to be in his best interests under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Applying Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v James, Mr Justice Poole balanced serious intra- and post-operative hazards against meaningful gains in mobility, comfort, and life expectancy. The ruling emphasises the court’s responsibility to resolve finely poised medical treatment choices on an objective basis, providing reassurance to...

In this issue: Public procurement Children's social care Education Licensing Social housing Local authority prosecutions Governance Local government finance Social care Environmental law and climate change Planning Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Public procurement CCS launches new procurement tools for electric vehicle infrastructure Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has rolled out a toolkit to help local authorities navigate procurement for electric vehicle infrastructure (EVI). Developed with the Department for Transport and other collaborators, the package includes configurable template documents for open-market procurement of on-street EVI services, together with draft terms and conditions. The materials are designed to reduce complexity, reflect government guidance and reinforce good practice. In addition, CCS has produced a distinct set of documents to cater for the upcoming Procurement Act 2023 regulations, which will apply from 24 February 2025, enabling compliance with the present and future regimes. See: LNB News 11/02/2025 17 and LNB...

This Lexis+® UK Local Government feature preserves a historical log of current awareness, consultations, legislation and developments monitored by the Education tracker, spanning the full education landscape from early years foundation stage (EFYS) through to further and higher education. It does not address the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19), which is covered in the Coronavirus (COVID-19)—education tracker [Archived] and the Coronavirus (COVID-19)—education tracker 2020 [Archived]. Once news, consultations and other updates are no longer current, they move to the Education tracker archive. Secondary legislation is archived two months after it comes into force, while cases and primary legislation are archived 12 months after commencement or once judgment is handed down. See Practice Notes: Education tracker 2019 [Archived], Education tracker 2018 [Archived], Education tracker 2017 [Archived] and Education tracker 2016 [Archived]. For ease of use, the tracker is organised into: Legislation and statutory guidance Bills: passage through parliament Consultations and developments of interest Cases Legislation and statutory guidance Further and Higher Education...

In England, the provision of childcare is regulated in line with Part 3 of the Child Care Act 2006 (ChA 2006)...

FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Charities Act 2022 (CA 2022) obtained Royal Assent on 24 February 2022, and, as outlined in Charities Act 2022: implementation plan document, its measures are scheduled to commence in three specified and defined tranches across three phases, on 31 October 2022, on 14 June 2023 and in early 2024, respectively. For an overview of the CA 2022 provisions already brought into effect to date, see Charities Act 2022: information about the changes being introduced. The CA 2022 delivers the majority of the proposals from the Law Commission’s 2017 report, ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’. For a synopsis (as at 9 April 2021) of the recommendations that have been accepted, see News Analysis: Government response to Law Commission report ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’. This Practice Note is relevant solely to England, as such; there are no academies in Wales at all. Academy schools are established under the Academies Act 2010 (AcA 2010) legislation. An academy school is owned and operated by a corporate entity—typically a company...