Legal News

Former criminal defence barrister, Solicitor General, MP and Victim’s Commissioner Dame Vera Baird KC has been appointed interim chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)

The way judges are selected will change in October, when the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) implements the Judicial Skills and Abilities Framework (JSAF)

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) online portal is still offline following the cyber-attack in April

Solicitor and entrepreneur Dana Denis-Smith has been elected Law Society deputy vice president

Sean Xue has won the 2025 International Law Book Facility’s undergraduate essay competition with his thought-provoking analysis of the future of the rule of law

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?

What protection is afforded to ‘without prejudice’ communications? This, and other conundrums are among the issues raised in recent personal injury caselaw. In this week’s NLJ, Vijay Ganapathy and Claire Spearpoint, both partners, Leigh Day, round up the latest important cases for practitioners

When advanced neurotechnology is used to monitor employees, what legal issues arise? In this week’s NLJ, Harry Lambert, Outer Temple Chambers, and Josh Neaman, Devereux Chambers, examine workplace rights at a new frontier, in the 8th part of a special NLJ series

Do states need to give express consent to waive their immunity where an arbitral award is made against it? Yes, according to a recent case discussed in this week’s NLJ by Masood Ahmed, associate professor, University of Leicester, and Osman Mohammed, BA political science and international relations, University of Birmingham

The astonishing failures at the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) have had a devastating impact on those it was set up to protect. The question now is what should be done? NLJ columnist Jon Robins highlights a radical suggestion by Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss in a House of Lords debate on the subject this month