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There must be a fair balance between the rights of parties to IVF treatment. Seamus Burns reports

Charles Bourne takes stock of the House of Lords’ decision in Huang and another v Home Secretary

Two groups of Gypsies and Irish travellers must move from their sites to make way for the Olympic village, the High Court has ruled.

Fee hikes for settlement applications and required tests for applicants will have a "disproportionate impact" on poor and excluded groups, a campaign group is warning.

The House of Lords was this week pondering whether or not the Human Rights Act 1998 should be applied in the case of an 83-year-old Alzheimer’s patient threatened with eviction from her private care home.

Is the compensation scheme for unlawful imprisonment unjust? Peter Ferguson reports

Natallie Evans’s legal bid to have a child using embryos which were frozen before she was made infertile by cancer treatment has been knocked back by the Grand Chamber of the European Court.

Workplace dispute resolution procedures designed to protect sufferers of religious and sexual orientation-related abuse tend to victimise them even further, and usually result in their dismissal or demotion, research shows.

The jurisprudential gold standard needs to be revisited

The House of Lords has clarified the role of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) when deciding appeals involving human rights.

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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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