Procedure & practice

Deadlines are crucial, but how is the date and time determined? In this week’s NLJ, former district judge Stephen Gold explores a recent case in which solicitors made ‘an innocent day-counting mistake’. Gold notes that the case also sheds light on the need for ‘promptness’

In this week’s NLJ, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School, AKA The Insider, tackles the ‘infamous judicial review in which no less than five fake authorities were cited’

In this week’s NLJ, David Walbank KC, Red Lion Chambers, discusses the potential for retrial in the case of Lucy Letby. Letby is back in the news amid doubts over the evidence used to convict the former Countess of Chester Hospital nurse. But, given the storm of media analysis, and the ‘deluge of analysis, comment and speculation that continues to engulf social media’, could a reassessment be carried out fairly?

Can a retrial be fair when a conviction has been at the centre of a media storm? David Walbank KC considers the Lucy Letby case

More oi oi than AI: Dominic Regan on fake citations, succinct judgments & bewildering costs

The Equal Treatment Bench Book (ETBB), a key reference book for judges, has been updated with guidance on emotional support animals

Masood Ahmed & Osman Mohammed consider whether states must give express consent to waive their immunity

The case of White v Alder may come to haunt future homeowners. In this week’s Civil Way column, former district judge Stephen Gold has some valuable advice for diligent conveyancing lawyers. Gold’s NLJ column also reports on updates to artificial intelligence (AI) guidance for judges. Could they use AI to help them draft judgments?

When is notice successfully served? In this week’s NLJ, Taylor Briggs and Michael Ranson, barristers at Falcon Chambers, take a look at a recent case which illustrates the complexities of this (to the uninitiated) simple-seeming task