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Ed Miliband may, or may not, make an electable leader for the Labour party. But, his leader’s speech was a brave attempt to draw a line under the Blair–Brown years...

The ill-treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay is not a new revelation.

Lindsay Johnson provides an update on the ongoing saga of public law defences to possession claims

Susan Nash reports on corruption, ethnic insults & surveillance

Michael Zander QC reports on how well the UK responds to human rights’ judgments

Human rights issues have been increasingly creeping into the nooks and crannies of family law over the last decade.

Published 10 years after the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) came into force, Tom Hickman’s recent book is an impressive critique of the complex relationship between public law and the HRA.

Marc Weller reports on the Kosovo question & disputed statehood

A recent study from the Legal Services Research Centre (LSRC) drawing on 831 interviews of people at Leicester, Hull, Gateshead, Derby and Portsmouth community legal advice centres (CLACs) makes for an interesting read

The embarrassing delay in completing the Bloody Sunday Inquiry after 10 years is mitigated by the high quality of the report and the authority of its conclusions

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carter-Ruck—Tomas Vail

Carter-Ruck—Tomas Vail

Carter-Ruck strengthens International team with appointment of arbitration partner Tomas Vail

Slater Heelis—Nick Terry

Slater Heelis—Nick Terry

Slater Heelis strengthens crime and regulatory team with appointment of Nick Terry as partner

Payne Hicks Beach—Thomas Moran & Sarah Gogan

Payne Hicks Beach—Thomas Moran & Sarah Gogan

Payne Hicks Beach strengthens private wealth offering with appointment of two new partners

NEWS
Expert witnesses face a multitude of risks and uncertainties when using artificial intelligence (AI) in their reports, IT specialists have warned
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has accepted Richard Lloyd’s recommendations for the Legal Services Board (LSB) and ordered a ‘comprehensive review of the regulatory framework’, likely to continue beyond 2029
More than one-third of expert witnesses now use artificial intelligence (AI) regularly or occasionally in their work, according to Bond Solon’s 2026 expert witness survey
General counsel have warned law firms not to keep artificial intelligence (AI) savings to themselves or risk losing work
Some 53 firms have been successfully assessed for legal aid contracts for inquest work and will now move to the verification stage, the Legal Aid Agency has confirmed
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