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Possession goes digital Premium Content

Tricia Hemans & Daniel Black explore the new online possession procedure & the practical pitfalls awaiting practitioners

*Partner copy* SCRAM CAM® – your most common questions answered *Partner copy* SCRAM CAM® – your most common questions answered

Conner Wright, Legal Case Manager at AlphaBiolabs, answers the most frequently asked questions about SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM CAM^®) posed by family law professionals

Changing the law on change in the law: Part 1 Premium Content

Professor Graham Zellick KC reviews the evolution of legal developments on past convictions

AI & the source-integrity gap Premium Content

Generative AI can shape a witness’s account before a solicitor ever sees it: Karl Hopkins argues the profession’s current response does not go far enough

When the debtor sounds like a lawyer Premium Content

Dan Carlton on how artificial intelligence is changing the face of debt collection

*Partner copy* The fallible memory problem *Partner copy* The fallible memory problem

Why the phone call is still the gap in the record

Prediction markets: an insider’s game? Premium Content

Sadie Whittam uncovers a host of legal dangers in the popular trend for trading in predictions of specific events

Testing the waters Premium Content

A challenge to the Environment Agency’s powers has put transparency, accountability & public powers in focus, writes Lily Beweley-West

Expert evidence: falling short? Premium Content

Dr Chris Pamplin looks at the risk a clinical negligence claimant runs if they rely on inadequate expert evidence

Who’s minding the machine? Premium Content

Lawyers can learn from other regulators when considering artificial intelligence risks, write Clare Hughes-Williams & Sophie Ruffles

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Fieldfisher—Will Sharp

Fieldfisher boosts structured finance practice with appointment of Will Sharp

gunnercooke—Thomas Bjorn & Peter Rudd-Clarke

gunnercooke grows its life sciences team with new partner hires

Leonard Curtis Legal—Mark Maguire & Kane Jones

Leonard Curtis Legal expands corporate team with twonew appointments

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Law Officers mark 25 years of Pro Bono Week

The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work

NLJ this week: Debts, disputes & digital bluster

A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense

NLJ this week: Possession’s digital pitfalls

Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step

NLJ this week: Beyond environmental offences

The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed

NLJ this week: Who shaped the witness’s story?

Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete