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Masood Ahmed & Lal Akhter discuss lawyers’ responsibilities in the age of AI hallucinations

Lawyers remain fully accountable for AI-generated content in court documents, warn Masood Ahmed of the University of Leicester and Lal Akhter of Docket Live in this week's issue of NLJ

Neil Parpworth analyses Green v UK, in which the European Court of Human Rights upheld parliamentarians’ protection

A parliamentary committee is investigating the sub judice resolution, which prevents MPs from referring to a current or impending court case

David Bloom on how to treat embargoed judgments & avoid contempt proceedings

The concept of reckless falsity has been rejected by the Court of Appeal: Sam Thomas, Manon Huckle, Oliver Cooke & Richard Marshall assess some key takeaways for contempt of court applications

The decade-long existence of ‘reckless falsity’ in the context of contempt of court has been rejected by the Court of Appeal. In this week’s NLJ, Sam Thomas, Manon Huckle, Oliver Cooke & Richard Marshall discuss the case of Norman and another v Adler and another and its implications for future contempt cases.

MPs have voted 354-7 to back the Privileges Committee’s final report that former prime minister Boris Johnson committed five contempts of parliament.

Wilson Leung examines a recent judgment providing much-needed clarity on the process of bringing committal proceedings in Hong Kong

There seems to have been a spate of judgment embargo breaches since Sir Geoffrey Vos’s warning to forgetful, clumsy or errant lawyers last year that those who breach ought to expect contempt proceedings to follow.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

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NLJ this week: Law Society calls for clarity on AML

The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: Turning corporate liability into opportunity

Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted

NLJ this week: A prince no more?

Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke

NLJ this week: Shareholder secrecy sunk

Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'

NLJ this week: The expanding remit of national security law

In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains

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Contempt

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf