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Sentencing mothers & the rights of the child Premium Content
Rona Epstein & Hugh Williams report on the background & history of sentencing a parent of dependent children
20 October 2023 / Dr Hugh Williams / Rona Epstein
NLJ this week: Prisons & the political mistakes of yesteryear
Former JUSTICE director Roger Smith hunts out the serious points among the ‘tittle tattle’ of former prisons minister Rory Stewart’s heavily promoted book, in his NLJ column this week
20 October 2023
Overcrowding forces prison reform
The government will legislate to create a presumption that sentences of less than 12 months should be suspended, the Lord Chancellor, Alex Chalk has told MPs
18 October 2023
Backlog still rising as Crown Court breaks another record
The Crown Court backlog has hit a record high of more than 65,000 cases, the latest figures reveal
13 October 2023
Compensating the innocent: Pt 2 Premium Content
Andrew Malkinson’s exoneration highlights why a dysfunctional CCRC needs a reset, says Jon Robins
13 October 2023 / Dr Jon Robins
NLJ this week: Why the dysfunctional CCRC needs a reset
After the miscarriage of justice in the case of Andrew Malkinson, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) needs a reset, Jon Robins, NLJ columnist, writes in this week’s issue
13 October 2023
Public interest test for homicide updated
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has updated its guidance for prosecutors on the public interest considerations when dealing with ‘mercy killings’ and failed suicide pacts
11 October 2023
The UK financial crime regime: fit for purpose? (Pt 3) Premium Content
Rounding up their series on economic crime in the UK, Kate Bridgland, Oliver Cooke & Richard Marshall assess the potential of the proposed ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence
22 September 2023 / Kate Bridgland / Richard Marshall / Oliver Cooke
NLJ this week: What is the potential impact of ‘failure to prevent fraud’?
The proposed ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence is intended to close loopholes in existing legislation, but does it go far enough? 
22 September 2023
Compensating the innocent: insult to injury? Premium Content
Behind the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson lies an even greater scandal, as Jon Robins reveals
15 September 2023 / Dr Jon Robins
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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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