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If the essence of a contentious business agreement is certainty, why are we still confused? Victoria Morrison-Hughes

Neil Parpworth traces the history of the constitutional & controversial device that enables MPs to resign
Section 62A: Joel Semakula & David Poole track the pros & cons of taking this alternative route to securing planning permission

Catherine Cain, senior solicitor at Which?, on why AI can’t replace the human touch

Charlotte Andrews explores the limits of LASPO 2012’s family categories & the role of exceptional case funding in inquests

Bhavul Haria & Daniel Sheehan explain why serious disclosure failures did not end hundreds of former players’ brain injury claims

Harry Hatwell pitches in on unstable wedding venues & the right to a price reduction
Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs, examines the role of expert interpretation in providing fair, accurate hair drug and alcohol test results for family proceedings

Masood Ahmed & Dr Lal Akhter unscramble a case of suppliers, hens & the Lion Code

Case study with Dr Russell Keenan, Director of the Expert Witness Gateway
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NLJ Career Profile: Nick McDonnell, Kain Knight

NLJ Career Profile: Nick McDonnell, Kain Knight

Nick McDonnell of Kain Knight reflects on an unexpected legal career, his drive to support vulnerable clients and the surprising pleasures of watching nothing happen

Mayo Wynne Baxter—Angela Arnold

Mayo Wynne Baxter—Angela Arnold

Mayo Wynne Baxter strengthens property team with new partner appointment

WilmerHale—Jeremy Kosky & Charlie Lightfoot

WilmerHale—Jeremy Kosky & Charlie Lightfoot

WilmerHale expands London disputes capabilities with addition of two leading partners

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NEWS
Lawyers have welcomed the Lord Chancellor’s reverse-ferret on jury reforms, but expressed ‘serious concerns’ about the decision to exclude fraud trials
From ‘rats in the robing room’ to ‘overworked’ judges and a shortage of court staff, barristers have aired their concerns about the state of the justice system
The use of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) poses ‘significant risks’ across the justice system, public services and government, and current regulation is ‘poorly suited’ to control it, experts have warned
The solicitors’ regulator has paused controversial plans to exclude owner-managers from compliance officer roles
The government has launched a £16m legal support grant to support 48 frontline legal advice organisations supporting people facing eviction, problem debt, benefit disputes and family breakdown
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