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Digital fraud is ‘baffling policymakers, investigators, prosecutors and enforcers’, leaving ‘a massive justice gap’, the author of a government-commissioned independent review has warned

Professor Sukhninder Panesar ponders the legal enforceability of electronic communications between separating couples

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Australian-style ban on social media for under-16s will be difficult to enforce, lawyers have warned

The government has warned tech executives that they may face personal criminal liability where their platforms fail to remove non-consensual intimate images within 48 hours

Momentum is building behind proposals to restrict children’s access to social media—but the legal and practical challenges are formidable. In NLJ this week, Nick Smallwood of Mills & Reeve examines global moves, including Australia’s under-16 ban and the UK's consultation

Nick Smallwood weighs up the legal reality of social media bans: what would they mean for platforms, parents & regulators?

Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict

The law must keep pace with technological change but shouldn’t be reactive, write Alexander Brown & Alexandra Webster

Data protection law already provides the tools to tackle intimate image abuse: it is time for those in power to act, says Jon Belcher

Lawyers have until 26 May to share their views on the best way to protect children from harm online

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Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Paula Myers to private capital team in Leeds

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NLJ this week: Raising the age bar

Calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 have been renewed, with the Bar Council arguing the current threshold criminalises children too early and risks pushing them towards lifelong offending

NLJ this week: Beyond AI hallucinations

The legal profession's AI challenge extends far beyond fabricated case citations, according to a warning about the next phase of technological risk

NLJ this week: AML supervision shake-up

Law firms should use the transition period before the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assumes anti-money laundering (AML) supervision to strengthen governance and compliance, experts have warned

NLJ this week: Options for global evidence gathering

Cross-border disputes increasingly demand creative approaches to gathering evidence, with litigators needing to look beyond traditional letters of request

NLJ this week: Indefinite or forever?

A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified the distinction between contracts of 'indefinite' and 'perpetual' duration, with potentially significant implications for commercial drafting

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