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Royal Courts of Justice to display The First 100 years exhibition

From Monday 16 May 2022, all new hearings in the Central Family Court (CFC) (excluding hearings in the Financial Remedies Court) will be listed as attended hearings. HHJ Lynn Roberts (Designated Family Judge for the CFC) issued the guidance, which aims to increase the numbers of cases that can be listed and bring about more agreements and settlements

The number of deaths in state detention rose 3% in 2021 on the previous year (580 compared to 562), with a 17% rise in deaths in prison custody, ‘driven by deaths related to COVID-19, which peaked in 2021 Q1’, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has revealed

After some challenging years, solicitors are starting to feel the benefits of the tough decisions they made to survive, the latest LexisNexis Bellwether report has found

As the use of cryptoassets has soared around the globe, so has cryptocurrency fraud. Consequently, regulation and law enforcement frameworks are likely to be expanded to take account of this developing risk, according to Simon Davison, a director of investigations at security consultancy AnotherDay, and Red Lion Chambers barristers Tom Davies and Michael Goodwin QC

The leaked Dobbs draft judgment, in which the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey, has created widespread alarm in the US

Non-fungible tokens (NFT) have been recognised as property by the High Court, in a landmark case

A dizzying number of amendments―161 in total―including some made by the government to its own Bill and some energetic Parliamentary ping-pong between the Commons and Lords marked the 13-month journey of the controversial Police, Crime Sentencing and Courts Act

In this week’s The Insider, Professor Dominic Regan looks ahead to the ‘costs case of the year’, Belsner v Cam

Slater & Gordon has been ordered to provide details of alleged ‘secret commissions’ paid by an insurer, in a test case that could open the ‘floodgates’