THIS ISSUE
Cryptocurrencies under common law: are we there yet, asks Valya Georgieva
Michael Zander on the final stages
The High Court has upheld a widow’s right to bring a claim against her husband’s estate more than 26 years after grant of probate
Lawyers gave a mixed reaction to news that cameras will be allowed in the Crown Court as early as April or May this year
It's time to cast your vote for Legal Personality of the Year at this year’s LexisNexis Legal Awards
John Cooper QC makes a case for open justice
Dr Ping-fat Sze comments on the Hong Kong court’s compromise on the criminalisation of protest & shares his concerns about the rule of law & the future of justice
Flavia Kenyon outlines the increasing threat of ransomware cyber attacks on big business
Policy v principle: Dr Michael Arnheim puts the case for codification
Radical reforms are coming but all will be well, says Dominic Regan
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston
Harneys senior leadership appointments
Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan
Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires
Anthony Collins—Laura Moss
Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector
NEWS
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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