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The Public Law Project has reported that 30 civil society groups have written to the government in order to request that the government’s use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is brought under control.

The judicial review (JR) into whether the chair of the COVID inquiry, Lady Hallett, can view ministers’ unredacted WhatsApp files, notebooks and other documents has been expedited and is likely to hold its first hearing at the end of this month, the Cabinet Office minister told MPs this week.

The Attorney General’s Office has announced that the Attorney General (AG), Victoria Prentis KC MP, visited the growing government legal hub in Manchester as part of the 2023 Law Tour.

Could a legal claim for reparations for the transatlantic slave trade succeed? Thomas Roe KC of 3 Hare Court considers a range of possibilities and potential obstacles to such a claim, in this week’s NLJ.

Is there potential for a legal claim for reparations for the slave trade? Thomas Roe KC examines the possibilities & limitations under public international law

Who would believe a granite outcrop in Dartmoor to be one of the oldest seats of English law in the country? William Gibson charts the pre-Norman origins of the tinners’ parliament of Crockern Tor

A claim that government business discussed over WhatsApp was unlawful has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal: Nicholas Dobson reports

Public inquiries—getting at the truth or kicking the can down the road? Malcolm Bishop KC hovers between optimism & cynicism

“The policing of protest has been conducted in a routinely violent way for more than four decades”

London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for a review of policing during the coronation of King Charles III, after more than 60 anti-monarchy protesters were arrested.

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Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce

Three new tenants join Twenty Essex

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NLJ this week: Auditors tighten the disclosure screws

The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations

NLJ this week: Telecoms tenants caught in a legal gap

A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

NLJ this week: Due process holds the line

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

NLJ this week: Credit law’s regulatory reset

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules

NLJ this week: Employment law’s four-point check

The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause

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Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce