The3million has published a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) in conjunction with Wilsons Solicitors and Seraphus, on circumstances in which the Home Office may treat EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) status as having been granted in error, or curtail or cancel it. The3million states that it intends to challenge the Home Office’s ‘granted in error’ policy, arguing that decisions affecting Withdrawal Agreement rights should include a proportionality assessment and a right of appeal.

The3million has published a report detailing eVisa related problems submitted via the eVisa problems website from April to June 2025 (Q2). The website was created by the 3million and the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association in June 2024 for people to self-report eVisa problems. The most affected immigration status groups were individuals with refugee status/ humanitarian protection (18.5%) and those holding indefinite leave to remain with biometric residence permits (18%). The most frequently reported issue—accounting for 36% of submissions in Q2 2025—was the inability to link identity documents such as renewed passports to existing eVisas. This was often due to technical faults or missing hyperlinks on the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) update details page, and represents a sharp rise from 15% in Q1 2025. The second most common issue, affecting 21.2% of respondents, was the inability to view their eVisa despite having completed account setup, with many users receiving persistent error messages and no resolution from the Home Office. This problem peaked in Q4 2024 and remained significant in Q2 2025. Additionally, 12.9% of respondents in Q2 2025 reported that their eVisa displayed incorrect details such as name, photo or status type, a notable decrease from its peak of 26.8% in Q1 2025. Other frequently reported issues included difficulties completing UKVI account setup and creating an account, alongside a range of miscellaneous problems. In Q2 2025, 71.8% of respondents contacted the Home Office by phone, webchat or email but could not resolve their eVisa issues, often describing a circular process with no live support. eVisa-related issues directly impacted people leading to to travel disruptions (35.7%), employment barriers (13%) and increased stress (over 5%). Many called for physical proof of status, citing the unreliability of digital-only systems in urgent situations.

The3million has responded to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI)’s call for evidence on refusals and cancellations of permission to enter the UK, raising concerns about the implementation of the UK’s eVisa system.. The submission outlines challenges faced by EU citizens and other migrants, including technical faults, incorrect data and difficulties accessing their UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) accounts, which have affected their ability to travel. It also refers to inconsistent application of eVisa and Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) requirements by carriers and the withdrawal of the Home Office’s passenger helpline. Drawing on over 20 anonymised testimonials, the3million calls for improvements to data quality, clearer guidance for carriers and more reliable support mechanisms to ensure individuals can effectively demonstrate their immigration status.

TheCityUK and London Stock Exchange plc have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine to support the development of the Ukrainian financial and related professional services industry through ‘The City-Ukraine Hub’. The MoU, supported by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), aims to establish a ‘robust framework and supporting financial market infrastructure to underpin a private sector-led recovery’.

TheCityUK has published a report on Islamic finance and UK economic prosperity: A vision for growth. It says the competition for Shariah-aligned capital is intensifying, with jurisdictions across the world investing in updating and building their Islamic finance architecture. The report says the UK has ‘a wealth of established and developing propositions of its own and the connectivity to respond’.

TheCityUK, in collaboration with the law firm, Hogan Lovells, has published a report urging the rapid digital transformation of the UK's capital markets to maintain global competitiveness and the UK's status as a world-leading international financial centre. The report emphasises the need for widespread adoption of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and tokenisation of securities. Key recommendations include developing industry-wide standards for DLT and digital assets, enhancing the Digital Securities Sandbox, providing regulatory clarity on stablecoins and tokenised deposits, and issuing a pound sterling digital gilt. The report highlights that the UK is currently lagging behind other jurisdictions in digital bond issuance and stresses the importance of collaboration between government, regulators, and industry to accelerate this transformation.

A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it: Theft Act 1968, s 1.Subsequent provisions of the TA 1968 define, or partly define, each of the requirements of the offence.

The offence of theft and mode of trial Theft is an either way offence; it can be tried in the magistrates' court or the Crown Court. However, low level shoplifting within the meaning of section 22A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (MCA 1980) (where the value of the stolen goods does not exceed £200) is triable only summarily. Where a number of low-level shoplifting offences are charged at the same time and the aggregated value of the offences exceeds £200, the offence is not deemed to be low-level within the meaning of MCA 1980, s 22A and can therefore be tried either way. In Candlish the Administrative Court held that 'low value' shop theft allegations should not be treated as summary stand-alone offences, notwithstanding their aggregate value, up to the point of plea and allocation. Citing Harvey, the Administrative Court confirmed in Candlish that the phrase, ‘charged on the same occasion,’ in MCA 1980, s 22A(4)(b), refers to the stage at which the offender first appears before the justices to answer the charges, rather than any earlier

The Metropolitan Police has announced that Theo Momodu, Taylar Isaac and Harley McGivern have been convicted of the murder of Joshua White and the injuring of another man, and have been jailed for life. ‘Joshua was fatally stabbed outside a shop in Frampton Park Road, Hackney, on 26 April 2019.’ The Metropolitan Police has said that the three individuals were acting on orders of a ‘senior gang member to ‘ride out’ and commit violence in a bid to prove themselves and gain notoriety’. Shortly after the attack on Joshua, the three individuals stabbed another individual in a nearby street, who was injured, however survived.

Where there are multiple potential claimants it is commonly the case that their individual causes of action which arise out of the same set of facts will be joined together in order to prevent courts coming to different decisions on the facts and to save court time. This may be done by all of the claimants issuing the claim, or for numerous of them to issue their individual claims and for them then to be joined. The advantage of the former will

The Court of Appeal considered this issue obiter in Al Fayed v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis at para [24], but did not come to a conclusion on what standard would be applied to a litigant in person: ‘We should add that in the discussion so far we have not considered the case where B is a litigant in person and thus does not have a solicitor acting for him. In the IBM case Aldous J suggested (at p 423) that the test should be what would be obvious to the reasonable solicitor in order to ensure consistency between different types of case. That opinion was not, however, necessary for the decision and was not considered in Breeze.

Acquiring the right to manage Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (CLRA 2002) entitles the owners of flats, in certain circumstances, to form a right to manage (RTM) company and acquire the right to manage the premises. CLRA 2002, s 72(1) stipulates that Chapter 1 applies to premises if three conditions are met: • the premises consist of a self-contained building or part of a building • the premises contain two or more flats held by qualifying tenants, and • the total number of flats held by qualifying tenants is not less than two-thirds of the total number of flats in the premises Qualifying tenants CLRA 2002, s 75 defines who is a ‘qualifying tenant’. Essentially a person is a qualifying tenant