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Post Office litigation: Return to sender? Premium Content
Graham Zellick believes the government is wrong to annul the subpostmasters’ convictions by legislation
19 January 2024 / Dr Graham Zellick CBE KC FAcSS
NLJ this week: Post Office litigation—return to sender?
The Post Office-Horizon IT scandal has exploded in the public consciousness, but not everyone agrees with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to quash convictions on a blanket basis
19 January 2024
Compensation & legislation announced as Horizon scandal outrage builds
A solicitor acting for former sub-postmasters who brought a group action against the Post Office has welcomed the government’s decision to make an upfront payment of £75,000 to all 555 claimants
11 January 2024
Action sought on Post Office scandal
Hundreds of wrongfully convicted former sub-postmasters have yet to come forward and seek justice, according to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)
09 January 2024
Backlog hits record-breaking high—again
The Crown Court backlog has increased again, reaching an all-time high of 66,547 outstanding cases
22 December 2023
Stop & search: the 2022/23 data Premium Content
Neil Parpworth uncovers some shocking statistics on stop & search
15 December 2023 / Neil Parpworth
Zander’s reflections: 8 December 2023 Premium Content
Michael Zander KC on how he helped to derail Lord Carter’s proposed sentencing reforms
08 December 2023 / Michael Zander KC
Imposition of sentences guideline updated
The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on revisions to the ‘Imposition of community and custodial sentences draft guideline’
29 November 2023
The Lucy Letby Inquiry Premium Content
Sailesh Mehta & Tom Davies put the Lucy Letby Inquiry under the spotlight
17 November 2023 / Sailesh Mehta / Tom Davies
NLJ this week: The Lucy Letby Inquiry & different forms of inquiries
The decision by the government to make the Lucy Letby Inquiry non-statutory and then to change its mind and make the inquiry statutory is the subject of Red Lion Chambers barristers Sailesh Mehta’s and Tom Davies’s article in this week’s NLJ
17 November 2023
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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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