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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

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

Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned

The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole

Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work