The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2025 amended the Parole Board Rules 2019 to define 'victim', delegate specific functions, establish new rules for victim observation, detail Special Advocate functions regarding withheld material, and set procedures for High Court referrals.

The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2025 primarily amend the Parole Board Rules 2019 to integrate definitions related to victims from the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, clarify delegation of functions, refine procedures for managing withheld evidence involving Special Advocates, establish new requirements for victim observation of hearings, and set out the process for referring release decisions to the High Court as enabled by recent legislation.

These rules govern how the Parole Board conducts its hearings and determinations concerning prisoner release and licence revocation in England and Wales.

The Rules amended Part 77 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 to introduce procedures for High Court review of referred Parole Board release decisions under specific statutory powers and established protocols for managing non-disclosure applications within these proceedings.

The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2025, enacted by the Civil Procedure Rule Committee, bring into force amendments to Part 77 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, effective December 31, 2025.

These rules establish the specific civil procedure, including defining the parties and processes for evidence submission and service, to handle cases where the Secretary of State directs the High Court to review a Parole Board decision regarding a prisoner's release.

Furthermore, the amendments detail the application process for non-disclosure of sensitive material during these proceedings, including the appointment and duties of Special Advocates.

These Regulations amended previous commencement instruments to extend the pilot operation of Part 3 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 until March 31, 2026, and clarified the associated saving provisions for ongoing legal cases involving DAPOs and DAPNs.

These Regulations amend three previous Statutory Instruments to postpone the end date of the pilot commencement of Part 3 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021—which covers Domestic Abuse Protection Notices (DAPNs) and Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (DAPOs)—from November 2025 to March 31, 2026, for specified areas in England and Wales.

Furthermore, the regulations revise the 'saving provisions' within the commencement instrument for Part 3 to detail precisely how ongoing legal proceedings related to DAPNs and DAPOs (including applications, appeals, and enforcement) will be handled after the pilot period ends, ensuring continuous protection measures are in place.

The regulations amended prior 2023 and 2024 Sentencing Act procedural regulations to extend the qualification period for special procedures for community and suspended sentence orders until March 31, 2029, for orders made in England and Wales.

These Regulations, made under powers in the Sentencing Act 2020, amend previous regulations from 2023 and 2024 concerning special procedures applied to community orders and suspended sentence orders.

Specifically, the amendment extends the qualification period for these special procedures for both sets of previous regulations until March 31, 2029, ensuring that specified cases continue to receive this treatment if the relevant order is made by that date.

The operative period for making statutory regulations under Section 2 of the Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 was extended by five years, effective 13th December 2025.

These Regulations, made by the Secretary of State with consent from the Scottish Ministers and the Department of Justice for Northern Ireland, exercise powers under the Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 to extend the 'operative period' for making associated regulations by five years.

The instrument formally extends the deadline for creating subordinate legislation under Section 2 of the 2020 Act from 13th December 2025 until the end of 12th December 2030, applying across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

The Order amended section 260 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, changing the pre-removal percentage and time period criteria for deporting eligible foreign national prisoners in England and Wales.

This Order amends Section 260 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, changing the criteria under which foreign national offenders serving a determinate sentence in England and Wales can be removed from prison for deportation purposes.

Specifically, it revises the minimum custodial period that must be served before removal and the maximum period permitted prior to the automatic release date, modifying the threshold percentage from one half to 30% and the time period from 545 days to 4 years.

The Order increased the maximum compensation limits for miscarriages of justice payable by the Secretary of State under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and the Armed Forces Act 2006.

This Order, made under the powers conferred by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and the Armed Forces Act 2006, increases the maximum financial compensation limits payable by the Secretary of State for miscarriages of justice. Specifically, it raises the limit from £1 million to £1,300,000 for severe cases involving detention of 10 years or more, and from £500,000 to £650,000 for other cases, affecting both civilian convictions (England, Wales, Northern Ireland) and Court Martial convictions, with transitional rules governing applications received before and after the Order comes into force.

The Lord Chancellor enacted the Order, which amends fees for non-contentious probate documents, increases fees for Public Guardian applications, and introduces fee exemptions for certain insolvency disclosures and prisoner parole referrals.

The Court and Public Guardian Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025 amends several existing statutory instruments concerning court and public guardian fees.

This Order introduces an exemption from probate fees for estates involving emergency service personnel or armed forces personnel eligible for inheritance tax reliefs, and revises the fee for obtaining copies of specific probate documents.

Furthermore, it increases fees charged by the Public Guardian for registering Enduring and Lasting Powers of Attorney, and implements new fee exemptions for civil proceedings related to insolvency protective orders and judicial referrals concerning the parole decisions for prisoners.