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Janet Carter sets out how to retain ‘judgment by peers’ for all trials with a new plan

Can ‘judgment by peers’ survive court modernisation? In NLJ this week, Janet Carter, retired barrister and HM Courts & Tribunals Service legal training manager, sets out a radical alternative to the government’s plan for ‘swift courts’

A £5bn Bitcoin haul has thrown victims’ rights into sharp focus. In this week's NLJ, Gary Pons, Sarah Wood and Barnaby Hone of 5 St Andrew’s Hill examine how UK law tackles cryptoassets under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Legal advice to people detained in police stations could be delivered by video link, Sir Brian Leveson has said, in part two of his Independent Review of the Criminal Courts

Barristers met with 19 of their local MPs at ten Crown Courts in all six circuits last week, as part of a Bar Council and Criminal Bar Association initiative to defend juries and explain the factors behind the backlog of nearly 80,000 cases

Law students and graduates can now apply to qualify as solicitors and barristers with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)

Four Nightingale courts are to be made permanent, as justice ministers continue to grapple with the record-level Crown Court backlog

The Sentencing Act 2026 received royal assent last week, bringing into law the recommendations of David Gauke’s May 2025 Independent Sentencing Review

Victims of crime are to be given free access to transcripts of Crown Court sentencing remarks, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed

An attempt to use Mazur to defend a serial fare-dodger charged with making 112 train journeys without a ticket has failed at Westminster Magistrates’ Court

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NLJ this week: Driving test fraudsters steer towards jail

Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year

NLJ this week: Deepfakes demand data law muscle

As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR

NLJ this week: 40% penalty for coercive control

In a striking financial remedies ruling, the High Court cut a wife’s award by 40% for coercive and controlling behaviour. Writing in NLJ this week, Chris Bryden and Nicole Wallace of 4 King’s Bench Walk analyse LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473

NLJ this week: Mbappé row spotlights ‘ethics bonuses’

A €60.9m award to Kylian Mbappé has refocused attention on football’s controversial ‘ethics bonus’ clauses. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law examines how such provisions sit within French labour law

NLJ this week: CPR tweak closes third-party disclosure gap

A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing

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Criminal

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Sidley—James Inness

Haynes Boone—William Cecil

Devonshires—Nicholas Barrows