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09 October 2014
Issue: 7625 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Space detectives

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Lift off for the world’s first “space detective agency”!

The company, Air and Space Evidence, will provide an unprecedented service offering data from Earth Observation technologies to be used as evidence in legal and insurance cases. It will specialise in providing photographic, Earth observation and radar based imagery from satellites, unmanned aerial systems and aircraft as evidence in legal or insurance cases.

It is run by Ray Harris, Professor of Geography at University College London (UCL), Ray Purdy, visiting senior research fellow at the Faculty of Laws, UCL, and Peter Hjerp, Institute of European Environmental Policy associate.

Issue: 7625 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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A wave of housing and procedural reforms is set to test the limits of tribunal capacity. In his latest Civil Way column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold charts sweeping change as the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 begins biting
NLJ this week: Jury cuts won’t cure court crisis
Plans to reduce jury trials risk missing the real problem in the criminal justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, David Wolchover of Ridgeway Chambers argues the crown court backlog is fuelled not by juries but weak cases slipping through a flawed ‘50%’ prosecution test
NLJ this week: Brain data could rewrite family justice
Emerging technologies may soon transform how courts determine truth in deeply personal disputes. In this week's NLJ, Madhavi Kabra of 1 Hare Court and Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers explore how neurotechnology could reshape family law
NLJ this week: Offensive speech still protected, court rules
A controversial protest case has reignited debate over the limits of free expression. In NLJ this week, Nicholas Dobson examines a Quran-burning incident testing public order law
NLJ this week: Arbitration appeals face hard stop
The courts have drawn a firm line under attempts to extend arbitration appeals. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed of the University of Leicester highlights that if the High Court refuses permission under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996, that is the end
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