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Police interviews during the COVID-19 crisis: Michael Zander on the new rules

Jury trials have resumed at a further five courts, bringing the total up to 16

Jury trials are to resume at a further five courts, bringing the total up to 16

CBA chair reports on ‘cracked trials’

Call for more investment to cope with flood of cases

NLJ columnist Jon Robins explores the impact of the suspension of jury trials in response to the COVID-19 crisis, in this week’s issue

Jon Robins examines the potentially damaging impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jury trials

An acquitted defendant may find himself out of pocket. Alec Samuels discusses the options for recompense

Adrian Keane considers jurors should be given a fuller & more accurate direction before returning their verdict

Women face particular barriers due to their sex when seeking to overturn unsafe convictions or unfair sentences in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), research has found

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Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

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Law Officers mark 25 years of Pro Bono Week

The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work

NLJ this week: Debts, disputes & digital bluster

A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense

NLJ this week: Who shaped the witness’s story?

Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete

NLJ this week: New law, old convictions

Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice

NLJ this week: Possession’s digital pitfalls

Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step

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Criminal

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions