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Hague 19 entered into force in the UK on 1 July. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Chris Deacon, international injury partner, Stewarts, examines its benefits and limitations

Corporate counsel and commercial lawyers are scrambling to prepare for the Artificial Intelligence Act, which comes into force in the EU on 1 August

The Hague 19 Convention has been ratified and will come into force in the UK on 1 July 2025

KlimaSeniorinnen unpacked: David Lawne, Luke Grimes & Ginevra Bicciolo discuss the first successful climate change case grounded in European Convention rights

What is the Hague Judgments Convention, & what does it mean for the UK? Janna Purdie provides the answers

The KlimaSeniorinnen case is a landmark judgment in terms of climate litigation by the European Court of Human Rights

The UK’s exit from the Energy Charter Treaty is the latest development in the much-troubled project to modernise the treaty, say Álvaro Nistal & Tim Smyth

NLJ serves up a triple helping of ESG (environmental, social and governance) articles this week, starting with Teja Pisk on the Financial Conduct Authority’s anti-greenwashing rule, in force on 31 May

Neil Parpworth discusses the changing views of the eminent judge

Sarah Moore & Lily Parmar look at the impact of a recent Dutch ruling for product liability lawyers in the UK

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mfg Solicitors—Samantha Evans

mfg Solicitors strengthens Contentious Probate team with new appointment

Ocean Legal—Brodie Collar

Ocean Legal welcomes new associate Brodie Collar

Ward Hadaway—Helen Badger & Gemma Lynch

Ward Hadaway expands healthcare employment team with two partners

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Angel ruling opens road to mass consumer litigation

Motor finance and consumer credit claims can be brought as a collective action or ‘omnibus’ claim, the Court of Appeal has held, in a landmark decision

Bar calls for end to criminalising children

Involving children as young as ten years old in the criminal justice system is ineffective, punishes disadvantage and acts as a catalyst to increase the likelihood of future offending, barristers have warned

Questions over whether magistrates’ courts can cope with reforms

The Crown Court backlog stabilised at the end of March, reducing by 37 cases to 80,061—a slight fall on the previous quarter but a 5% rise on the same quarter last year

SRA brings Post Office lawyer prosecutions

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is taking former general counsel of the Post Office, Jane Elizabeth MacLeod, and another solicitor to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Survey sets out multifaceted risks of doing business today

Businesses are operating in an increasingly volatile environment due to technology, geopolitical and regulatory threats, according to Clyde & Co’s annual corporate risk radar survey

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EU

MOVERS & SHAKERS

mfg Solicitors—Samantha Evans

Ocean Legal—Brodie Collar

Ward Hadaway—Helen Badger & Gemma Lynch