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Following a super-complaint by the Criminal Justice Alliance, the police are under investigation for their use of s 60 suspicionless stop and search powers

CICA may reclaim the award that was given to the child of a domestic abuse victim

Legislation to quash the wrongful convictions of hundreds of subpostmasters in the Post Office Horizon scandal has been introduced by the government this week

Does the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 work hard enough to promote good corporate governance? Tom Forster KC and Katie Bacon discuss

Jon Robins on why we need more politicians willing to support unfashionable causes

Emma Barrow makes the case for a statutory definition of this often-unreported crime

We need more politicians willing to support unfashionable causes, NLJ columnist Jon Robins writes this week

Performative law-making or a driver for real change? The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 is dissected and examined in this week’s NLJ by Tom Forster KC and Katie Bacon

Judges are to hear the oldest rape cases first, with the aim of completing all cases started in the Crown Court more than two years ago within the next five months

David Blunkett, architect of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences, has now joined a campaign to free IPP prisoner Thomas White, who remains in prison 12 years after receiving a two-year minimum sentence for stealing a mobile phone

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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