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UK Supreme Court hears challenge to police immunity in domestic abuse case

Illustration accompanying article: UK Supreme Court hears challenge to police immunity in domestic abuse case
  • Jess Phillips urged the UK's highest court to overturn a ruling that blocked a domestic abuse survivor's civil claim against Sussex police and the Crown Prosecution Service.
  • Phillips said an upheld ruling would prevent police from being held accountable for failures involving violence against women and girls.
  • The Court of Appeal held that witness and lawyer “core immunity” extends beyond evidence to broad police activity, including matters outside court.
  • A CPS lawyer disclosed XGY's address at a magistrates' hearing after Sussex police sent it without marking it confidential.
  • Phillips, David Davis and Andrew Mitchell tabled a bill amendment to counter the ruling if the Supreme Court declines to overturn it.
  • XGY said survivors should be able to trust that information shared for protection will remain confidential and that broken trust requires accountability.
 2026-10-21 · 4 MIN READ

Ken Paxton's anti-abortion legal playbook extends beyond Texas

Illustration accompanying article: Ken Paxton's anti-abortion legal playbook extends beyond Texas
  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has built a record of anti-abortion legal victories that have extended Texas restrictions beyond the state's borders, ProPublica reported ahead of Paxton's November U.S. Senate race against Democrat James Talarico.
  • Paxton prevailed against the Biden administration over EMTALA emergency-care guidance and pioneered strategies other state attorneys general have since adopted to sue out-of-state abortion providers and challenge state shield laws.
  • ProPublica documented the deaths of pregnant Texas patients Josseli Barnica and Tierra Walker amid pregnancy emergencies under the state's abortion restrictions and identified at least two other women who died without what experts said was appropriate emergency care.
  • Paxton's national role would shift if he wins his November U.S. Senate race, from state-level litigation to a body where most legislation needs 60 votes to overcome a filibuster.
 2026-10-19 · 3 MIN READ
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