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Plans to divert thousands more criminal cases to the magistrates’ courts by increasing magistrates’ sentencing powers are ‘high risk’ at a time when the magistrates’ backlog has risen to an all-time high, Bar Council chair Kirsty Brimelow KC has warned

What safeguards apply when trust corporations are appointed as deputy by the Court of Protection? 

Disputing parties are expected to take part in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), where this is suitable for their case. At what point, however, does refusing to participate cross the threshold of ‘unreasonable’ and attract adverse costs consequences?

When it comes to free legal advice, demand massively outweighs supply. 'Millions of people are excluded from access to justice as they don’t have anywhere to turn for free advice—or don’t know that they can ask for help,' Bhavini Bhatt, development director at the Access to Justice Foundation, writes in this week's NLJ

When an ex-couple is deciding who gets what in the divorce or civil partnership dissolution, when is it appropriate for a third party to intervene? David Burrows, NLJ columnist and solicitor advocate, considers this thorny issue in this week’s NLJ

NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week’s issue

Pandemic, sanctions, armed conflict, blocked shipping corridors, transport disruption... in these uncertain times, every successful commercial entity must ensure they have an effective force majeure clause in place. But how exactly do you ensure this? 

In this week’s NLJ, Fred Philpott, Gough Square Chambers, invites us to imagine there was no statutory limitation. What would that world be like?

Is AI a help or a potential risk? What do lawyers need to consider regarding their use of AI? How do they evidence the extent and scope of its use in their work?

The number of misconduct reports to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has doubled in the past five years, after a series of industry scandals highlighted the reputational and regulatory risks involved