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Sentencing guidelines: Blackmail & kidnapping
Judges are to be given guidelines for the first time on sentencing blackmail, kidnap and false imprisonment offences
07 February 2024
Zander’s reflections: 2 February 2024 Premium Content
Michael Zander KC on why the correction of miscarriages of justice is so slow…
02 February 2024 / Michael Zander KC
Missing facts & legislative fictions Premium Content
Legislating to exonerate the subpostmasters would create an illusion of justice, says John Gould. The proper approach should be to speed up the process, not abandon it
02 February 2024 / John Gould
NLJ this week: Post Office injustice & the court of public opinion
Hard cases make bad law, as the saying goes, and the Post Office Horizon scandal certainly makes for a hard case
02 February 2024
Victory in court on legal aid rates for criminal defence

The Law Society has won its case in the High Court on criminal legal aid funding

31 January 2024
Legal aid fees rise for police station & youth court
Criminal legal aid solicitors have been offered a pay rise for police station and youth court work
30 January 2024
Forced marriage: a matter of case by case Premium Content
Mani Singh Basi sheds light on a particularly sensitive area of family proceedings
26 January 2024 / Mani Singh Basi
The perils of a citizen's arrest Premium Content
Want to be a hero? Neil Parpworth advises caution before apprehending a potential criminal
26 January 2024 / Neil Parpworth
NLJ this week: Think hard before apprehending a suspected wrongdoer

Ever been tempted to make a citizen’s arrest? Before you do, read Neil Parpworth’s article in this week’s NLJ—it could save you a lot of money

26 January 2024
No ‘urgent action’ on Horizon solicitors
A number of solicitors and law firms who were working on behalf of the Post Office/ Royal Mail Group during the Horizon scandal are being investigated, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has confirmed
22 January 2024
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Commercial disputes practice expands with partner hire in London

Ward Hadaway—Maria Coster

Ward Hadaway—Maria Coster

Partner appointed to lead family and matrimonial department in Leeds

Slater Heelis—Helen Marsh

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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