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The controversial assisted dying Bill has drawn to a halt after MPs defeated it by 286 votes to 270

MPs have called for legislation to protect against the human rights risks of artificial intelligence (AI)

With Cheshire West overturned, Laura Davidson considers whether a more flexible approach to deprivation of liberty comes at the cost of vital safeguards

Public law is in flux following reversals and robust appellate intervention, according to the latest public law update by the team at HSFK for NLJ

As neurotechnology reshapes the battlefield, Aidan Lloyd & Harry Lambert explore profound gaps in the laws governing war, responsibility & human agency

Rare reversals, robust appellate intervention & unresolved doctrinal questions: the public law team at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer rounds up a significant period in public law

A judicial review has ruled that a consensual transgender strip search may be lawful notwithstanding PACE’s same-sex search provision: Michael Zander KC reports

The Kingdom of Bahrain does not enjoy sovereign immunity from allegations it used surveillance software to spy on dissidents in the UK, the Supreme Court has held

The Court of Appeal was entitled to uphold the government's decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, according to an analysis of the ruling

Nicholas Dobson lifts the bonnet on the Court of Appeal ruling which held that government was within its rights to ban the group

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Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector

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NLJ this week: When bots libel

Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention

NLJ this week: A point not pleaded

The High Court has upheld a rare successful serious-irregularity challenge after an arbitrator relied on an implied term neither party had advanced

NLJ this week: Prophecy meets practice

Thirty years after The Future of Law shook a profession still using fax machines, its central forecast looks increasingly less like prophecy and more like description

Law Society RFC Festival of Sport 2026 ‘Wrap-Up’

More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month

NLJ this week: Part-time protection widens

Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars

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Human rights

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss