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The Chief Magistrate for England and Wales, Paul Goldspring, has dismissed an attempted private prosecution brought by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), ruling that the proceedings amounted to an abuse of process and describing the application as “vexatious.”

The UK Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has launched a competition for the next phase of its flagship LawtechUK programme, offering funding of up to £3.62 million to support initiatives aimed at advancing legal technology and expanding access to legal services.

An independent review into the functioning of the Legal Services Board (LSB) has called for a comprehensive reassessment of the UK’s legal services regulatory framework, concluding that the oversight regulator has “lost its way” and urging the government to consider broader structural reforms beyond the existing statutory regime.

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has come under scrutiny after apparent inaccuracies were identified in the first disclosures published under its new short selling transparency regime.

The England and Wales Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by businessman Jonathan Nuttall against his conviction and sentence for orchestrating a bomb hoax outside barristers’ chambers at Gray’s Inn, describing the conspiracy as “an attack on the system of justice itself.”

Ride-hailing and food delivery company Uber has announced a $14.8 billion (€41.50 per share) takeover bid for Delivery Hero, a transaction that, if completed, would create the world’s largest food delivery platform outside China.

An independent review of the UK’s fraud framework has recommended retaining jury trials for complex fraud cases, introducing financial incentives for whistleblowers, and strengthening disclosure obligations to better address fraud in the digital age.

The Legal Services Board (LSB), the oversight regulator for legal services in England and Wales, has come under sharp criticism following an independent review commissioned by the UK Ministry of Justice.

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has ordered the claimant in a proposed collective action against leading musical instrument manufacturers to make immediate costs payments of nearly £1.5 million, sharply criticising the conduct of both the proposed class representative and her solicitors during the litigation.

The UK Government has formally brought British Steel into public ownership following the enactment of the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Act 2026, marking one of the most significant interventions in the country’s industrial sector in recent years.

The England and Wales Court of Appeal, comprising Lord Justice Baker, Lady Justice Andrews, and Lord Justice Holgate, has cautioned family court judges against delivering oral judgments in complex fact-finding proceedings, observing that such an approach can undermine the quality of judicial reasoning and make appellate review more difficult.