I wish the Office for Budget Responsibility had been around when I was a young reporter. In those pre-internet days, my newspaper was obliged to send a motorcycle courier around the corner to Whitehall to pick up a pile of official budget papers. These would be doled out as the ...
Debates around artificial intelligence are moving quickly. We need to evaluate its impact on our sector, so we can shriek above the din to guide policy-makers.
War-crimes law: often cited, often ignored
2023-12-05T05:52:00+00:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
Just over a week ago, the American Bar Association withdrew the two statements that it had previously made in relation to the Israel-Hamas war.
Causes and effect – can juries spurn the law?
1 December 2023By Joshua Rozenberg
Jurors 'should obey the law', Lord Devlin said in his 1956 Hamlyn lectures. 'But it is an obedience which they cannot be compelled to give.'
Thinking the ‘unthinkable’
1 December 2023By Paul Rogerson
I wish the Office for Budget Responsibility had been around when I was a young reporter. In those pre-internet days, my newspaper was obliged to send a motorcycle courier around the corner to Whitehall to pick up a pile of official budget papers. These would be doled out as the ...
Best of the blogs - 2 December 2023
2023-12-02T11:48:00+00:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Premium office closure is latest nail in the coffin
2023-12-01T00:01:00+00:00By Julian Gibbons
Is the UK really serious about its role as a leader in world trade?
Mother in Law: Don’t get stuck in neutral
24 November 2023By Anonymous
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
Weaponising international arbitration
24 November 2023By Jonathan Goldsmith
We think of ourselves as warriors for the rule of law. It is salutary to hear another view.
In a blue funk
24 November 2023By Paul Rogerson
Potential ramifications for justice and the rule of law if, as the polls predict, the Tories suffer meltdown at the next general election.
Best of the blogs - 25 November 2023
2023-11-25T05:21:00+00:00
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Reframing justice – talking differently
2023-11-24T08:40:00+00:00By Tamsyn Hyatt, Nick Emmerson, president of the Law Society
A progress report on the Law Society's partnership with FrameWorks UK, as the programme reaches the halfway mark.
Reframing Justice – changing the story we tell
By Tamsyn Hyatt, Lubna Shuja, president of the Law Society
AI risks and rewards
2023-11-23T10:57:00+00:00By Jeremy Barnett, Fredric Lederer, Philip Treleaven, Nicholas Vermeys, John Zeleznikow
Algorithms must not replace judges, argues a research paper by an international group of lawtech academics.
Question time
2023-11-22T11:08:00+00:00By Paul Rogerson
Now’s your chance to grill the regulator's top brass, as the Commons justice committee announces it will hear evidence on regulation from the SRA.
AI’s white-knuckle ride? The bars must jump on
2023-11-21T10:52:00+00:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
Debates around artificial intelligence are moving quickly. We need to evaluate its impact on our sector, so we can shriek above the din to guide policy-makers.
Juries out on RASSO trials?
17 November 2023By Joshua Rozenberg
Barristers have submitted a strongly worded response to the Law Commission, which is currently considering the use of evidence in sexual prosecutions.
International Men’s Day: It's good to talk
2023-11-19T00:01:00+00:00By James McFarlane, Ryan McCuaig
Reluctance to speak about mental health can be heightened in the legal profession, but we all have a role in fixing that.
Best of the blogs - 18 November 2023
2023-11-18T17:22:00+00:00
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AI without the hype - or scaremongering
2023-11-17T13:20:00+00:00By Michael Cross
Users of generative AI across the legal sector shared their experiences this week.
SLAPPed down
2023-11-14T16:17:00+00:00By Paul Rogerson
It is a year since ministers pledged ‘comprehensive and targeted’ anti-SLAPP legislation. Still we wait.
A 3am panic attack for the legal profession
2023-11-14T11:14:00+00:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
We have learned to live with some of the long-term issues we face. But now there are more.
Compulsive viewing – all eyes on Churchill
10 November 2023By Rachel Rothwell
Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council could significantly reshape the litigation landscape.
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