Legal News

Donald Trump, populism and the UK Attorney General Richard Hermer KC’s (pictured) recent speech on the rule of law are explored in former JUSTICE director Roger Smith’s NLJ column this week.

How does legal privilege apply to the use of generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) by lawyers? In this week’s NLJ, Olivia Dhein, knowledge lawyer at RPC, and Ben Roe, lead knowledge lawyer at Baker McKenzie, highlight some overlooked risks and consider various workplace scenarios.

How does UK law on neurorights compare to protections granted in other parts of the world? Part 4 of Harry Lambert and Bradley John-Davis’s fascinating series on neurotechnology and the law looks at neurotech law abroad, suggests the UK may be lagging behind, and explains that Latin America is leading the way.

Prisons are in crisis, so what’s the plan to fix them? In this week’s NLJ, Helen Scambler, associate at Mishcon de Reya, comments on the government’s actions to date to repair the issue, and makes some suggestions on what they could do next.

Pilots of additional safeguards for domestic abuse victims have been launched in Greater Manchester and the London boroughs of Croydon, Sutton and Bromley.

Attitudes to class actions are shifting among the general public and business leaders, research shows.

Property and other immovables in England and Wales are protected from the reach of foreign judicial decisions, the Supreme Court has confirmed.

A dying woman successfully completed a deathbed revocation of her will after nodding at her solicitor to ask for her help in tearing up the document. 

A 15% increase in the tariff for soft tissue injuries ‘is not enough’, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has warned.

A former judge is bringing an opt-out claim potentially worth billions of pounds against Google.