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In celebrating his legal hero, Geoffrey Bindman highlights the importance of jury trials

Brexit negotiations resumed this week amid a row over Downing Street plans to ‘clarify’ the withdrawal agreement and the resignation of the head of the government’s legal department, Sir Jonathan Jones

Plans to bring Britain’s spy laws up to date, as recommended by the Russia Report, have been laid in Parliament

The plight of English law is indeed dire, but a simple solution is ready to hand, says Dr Michael Arnheim

As we enter the summer break, David Greene predicts some challenging & uncertain times ahead for the court system

Neil Parpworth discusses the case of Gerry Adams & the application of the Carltona principle

"As much an argument as a disquisition, and full of amusing asides, it pulls no punches about the danger of judicial activism..."

Geoffrey Bindman considers the relationship between Parliamentary and judicial power and advances the case for an independent judiciary

Is the current government a threat to the independence of the judiciary? Amanda Robinson & David Wolchover review the evidence

Lawyers have questioned the impartiality of the peer selected to lead an independent panel into judicial review

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Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

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Online safety against serious harm

Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn

Law reform ahead

Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission

Bullying & harassment at the Bar

The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found

UWO: money recovered

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured £1.1m in its first use of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO)

Faster justice

County court cases are speeding up, with the median time from claim to hearing 62 weeks for fast, intermediate and multi-track claims—5.4 weeks faster than last year

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Constitutional law

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr