Legal News

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced the appointment of Her Honour Deborah Taylor as the new Chair of the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board (CLAAB).

Dragon by Nuance is the world’s leading speech recognition solution with over two decades of continuous development to meet the needs of the most demanding users.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are known to ‘hallucinate’, making up false information or confabulating to fill gaps in their knowledge. But who is responsible in law for any libel or harm caused as a result? In this week’s NLJ, Chloe Flascher, associate at Withers, addresses this fascinating conundrum.

In this week’s NLJ, Richard Scorer, head of abuse law & public inquiries at Slater and Gordon, highlights the necessity of ‘proper forensic scrutiny’ during public inquiries.

A recent employment appeal concerning a teacher dismissed for expressing gender-critical views on Facebook is a significant development in employment law because the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) focused on the ‘reason why’ question. In this week’s NLJ, Charles Pigott, professional support lawyer, Mills & Reeve, explains why the EAT’s approach ‘marks a significant development’ for discrimination claims, breaking new ground.

'Litigants who lose sometimes blame their lawyer' is a truth widely acknowledged in the legal sector. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Michael Bundock, barrister, dispute resolution, LexisNexis, looks specifically at the circumstances in which a negligence claim may be struck out as an abuse of process because it involves a collateral attack on the earlier judgment.

The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) has joined a coalition of 290 lawyers, justice, immigration, housing, legal advice and rights groups to collectively condemn the passing of the Illegal Migration Act 2023.

Small progress in some areas and none in others is the conclusion of the latest statistics on judicial diversity, published last week by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Immigration visa fees and the immigration heath surcharge are to rise significantly to help fund an increase in public sector pay, the government has confirmed.

Deighton Pierce Glynn has won Legal Aid Firm of the Year at this year’s Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards (LALYs) for its work supporting former Ministry of Defence interpreters in Afghanistan at risk from Taliban reprisals.