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MPs' appearances before the courts are not just reserved for arguments about Brexit, say Ned Beale & Rebecca Lawrence

Winston Jacob & Toby Walker analyse the latest approach to costs on discontinuance

Terrorist supporters face tougher sentences, under proposals put forward by the Sentencing Council in response to legislative change.

Criminal barristers have hit out at the phenomena of ‘hot courting’, which is causing delays for judges, counsel, witnesses and jurors.

John O’Hare provides an overview of changes & duplication to disclosure procedures in the Business & Property Courts

Overcoming restriction; petty relocation; inheritance ruling dead; mousy divorces

The Personal Support Unit, a charity providing free, independent assistance to individuals facing court alone, has changed its name to Support Through Court, following an extensive rebrand.

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

Legal advice privilege continues until and unless it is waived by the client or removed by statute, the Court of Appeal has held in a landmark case.

Vindication rules, OK!; silence: out of court; silence: in form E; service charge costs escape

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NLJ this week: Next gen wealth planning meets modern family reality

The next generation is inheriting more than assets—it is inheriting complexity. Writing in NLJ this week, experts from Penningtons Manches Cooper chart how global mobility, blended families and evolving values are reshaping private wealth advice

NLJ this week: Game on as AI reshapes sport

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming sport, from recruitment and training to officiating and fan engagement. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dr Ian Blackshaw of Valloni Attorneys at Law explains how AI now influences everything from injury prevention to tactical decisions, with clubs using tools such as ‘TacticAI’ to gain competitive edges

NLJ this week: Stuck in the past?

The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness

NLJ this week: No automatic bar on ‘user damages’

A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law

NLJ this week: When AI hallucinates, lawyers risk real-world sanctions

The dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools

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Procedure & practice

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Declan Goodwin & Elinor Owen

Hill Dickinson—Joz Coetzer & Marc Naidoo

Switalskis—11 promotions