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Illegal smuggling victims recognised
Families of 39 people who died in a refrigerated lorry after being illegally smuggled to the UK via Belgium can be awarded damages, a Paris court has ruled
15 November 2023
EncroChat: three years on Premium Content
Issues of admissibility & attribution in encrypted communications will become increasingly common, Thomas Schofield predicts
10 November 2023 / Thomas Schofield
NLJ this week: EncroChat & the admissibility of encrypted evidence
It’s been three years since French police infiltrated EncroChat, an encrypted messaging service allegedly used by organised criminal groups across the UK and Europe. In this week’s NLJ, criminal barrister Thomas Schofield, of No5 Chambers, looks at the prosecutorial challenges that have arisen since
10 November 2023
Criminal justice features in King's Speech
Judges will have to impose whole life sentences for serious cases, such as murders involving sexual or sadistic conduct, under a Sentencing Bill included in this week’s King’s Speech
08 November 2023
Spent convictions reform
Certain custodial sentences will no longer need to be declared to potential employers and when applying for courses, insurance and housing as of last week under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
01 November 2023
Unlawful detention? Premium Content
Jenni Dempster KC & Alex Benn examine the modern problems of unlawful detention & provide practitioners with some valuable guidance on navigating the system
27 October 2023 / Alex Benn / Jenni Dempster KC
The Goldman Case: True-life courtroom drama Premium Content
John Cooper KC trumpets a triumph of the big screen
27 October 2023 / John Cooper KC
NLJ this week: How to retrieve your unlawfully detained client
Practical advice on how to protect your client from unlawful detention, even on Friday afternoons, is the subject of an article by Red Lion Chambers’ barristers Jenni Dempster KC and Alex Benn, in this week’s NLJ
27 October 2023
Protecting vulnerable witnesses
MPs are to investigate the use of pre-recorded cross-examination
25 October 2023
Senior manager attribution: a new liability? Premium Content
Michelle de Kluyver, Nichola Peters & Harriet Territt discuss whether the Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Bill creates a new breed of corporate criminal liability in the UK
20 October 2023 / Michelle de Kluyver / Harriet Territt / Nichola Peters
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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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