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Nearly three-quarters (73%) of victims are not confident reporting a crime will lead to justice, according to a report by the victims’ commissioner, which drew on testimony from more than 3,000 victims

The Lord Chancellor has blocked prisoners serving whole life orders from ever getting married or entering into a civil partnership

Rigged datasets & the lottery fallacy: was the conviction of Lucy Letby based on unreliable statistics, asks Jon Robins

The Lucy Letby case, the former neonatal nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill a further six, was shocking. But was Letby guilty? Some people think not.

The Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service could be in breach of Art 6 & 8 rights, argues Max Konarek

Malcolm Bishop KC reflects on the role of the ‘savings clause’ in maintaining capital punishment in the Caribbean

What do lawyers hope for as the Keir Starmer government gets to work? In this week’s NLJ, Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC calls for more access to justice while Mary Young sets out a wish list from the legal profession

The criminal justice system must have a ‘culture’ where ‘it is acknowledged that mistakes can be made’, Chris Henley KC has said, in his independent review of the Andrew Malkinson case

Can the new government turn commitments to the justice process into serious change? David Greene digs deep

Anne Zimmerman reports on efforts to stop a deadly harvest

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DAC Beachcroft—Paul Brehony

Commercial disputes practice expands with partner hire in London

Ward Hadaway—Maria Coster

Partner appointed to lead family and matrimonial department in Leeds

Slater Heelis—Helen Marsh

Commercial property team expands in Manchester with partner appointment

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Stronger rights for cohabiting couples proposed

Financial protections for domestic abuse victims would be strengthened and cohabiting couples be given inheritance and separation rights, under historic government proposals

Medics ring alarm on hidden clinical negligence cost of AI

Doctors and nurses could be sued for mistakes made by the artificial intelligence (AI) equipment they use to treat patients, researchers have warned

AI sandbox launches with legal

The law sector has been chosen as the testing ground for the government’s AI Growth Labs—speeding up development, testing and regulatory compliance so software can be market-ready more quickly

Broadening funerary options set out by Law Commission

A range of options beyond burial, cremation and burial at sea could become legally available, under Law Commission recommendations

Artificial intelligence roll-out to tackle Crown Court delays

Artificial intelligence (AI) legal assistants will be deployed to cut delays in the Crown Court, ministers have announced

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Criminal

MOVERS & SHAKERS

DAC Beachcroft—Paul Brehony

Ward Hadaway—Maria Coster

Slater Heelis—Helen Marsh