Lucy Hitchen ponders whether appointing an expert could have produced a different outcome in a recent case
Traditional principles of misrepresentation depend on human intention & agency. The rise of autonomous AI systems challenges both concepts in fundamental ways, writes Mary Young
Unregulated sperm donation, best interests & public policy
MOVERS & SHAKERS
DSW Legal—James Mallender
Business advisory group launches dedicated legal division with senior appointment
Gilson Gray—Peter Millican
London corporate practice with partner appointment
Ward Hadaway—Alex Cooper
Corporate team welcomes partner in Leeds
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The profession has been presented with a rare opportunity to reflect on the delivery of legal services in the modern age, writes CILEX CEO Jennifer Coupland
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An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ
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The government will aim to pass legislation banning leasehold for new flats and capping ground rent, introducing non-compulsory digital ID and creating a ‘duty of candour’ for public servants (also known as the Hillsborough law) in the next Parliament
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An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice
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Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
