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Artificial intelligence is now part of everyday practice of law. Should it also be recognised in how lawyers qualify? Dr Alan Ma on the importance of digital judgement
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From custody battles to hidden assets, emerging neurotechnology could transform how family courts uncover truth: Madhavi Kabra & Harry Lambert report
Necessary progress or an erosion of professional formality? Thomas Boyce examines two small words that have prompted a big debate
Nicholas Dobson considers the irritating, contentious, eccentric, heretical, unwelcome & provocative
Masood Ahmed explores constraints on the Court of Appeal’s powers with regard to arbitral awards
After too much Easter nibbling, Ian Smith hops through a flurry of legislative activity & case law
What exactly is ‘rent’? James Naylor digs through the protections afforded tenants
Caroline Bowden on a new report that calls for a rethink of family law practice
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42BR Barristers to be joined by leading family law set, 4 Brick Court, this summer
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Firm bolsters real estate team with partner hire in Birmingham
NEWS
A wave of housing and procedural reforms is set to test the limits of tribunal capacity. In his latest Civil Way column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold charts sweeping change as the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 begins biting
Plans to reduce jury trials risk missing the real problem in the criminal justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, David Wolchover of Ridgeway Chambers argues the crown court backlog is fuelled not by juries but weak cases slipping through a flawed ‘50%’ prosecution test
Emerging technologies may soon transform how courts determine truth in deeply personal disputes. In this week's NLJ, Madhavi Kabra of 1 Hare Court and Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers explore how neurotechnology could reshape family law
A controversial protest case has reignited debate over the limits of free expression. In NLJ this week, Nicholas Dobson examines a Quran-burning incident testing public order law
The courts have drawn a firm line under attempts to extend arbitration appeals. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed of the University of Leicester highlights that if the High Court refuses permission under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996, that is the end
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