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The government must confront the IPP problem

2026-09-16T09:25:00+01:00By Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MP

Few sentencing regimes have attracted as much criticism as imprisonment for public protection.

Lawyers must join the calls for international regulation of AI

2026-09-15T10:14:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith

The future racing towards us – unregulated superintelligent AI - is one without law, without the rule of law, without access to justice and without liability.

Disclosure: a cure worse than the disease?

11 September 2026By Rachel Rothwell

The rules surrounding civil procedure are constantly being chopped and changed, and it is not uncommon for reforms to be deeply unpopular (costs budgeting, anyone?).

Best of the blogs - 13 September 2026

2026-09-13T12:00:00+01:00

Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…

Mother in Law: holiday snaps

2026-09-11T06:30:00+01:00By Mother in Law

Our week away was lovely. My thoughts entirely shifted and slowed.

Listen to the Financial Conduct Authority on litigation funding

2026-09-10T15:29:00+01:00By Laura Farris

Financial Services and Markets Bill offers a chance to regulate the industry.

Blaming judicial review - here we go again

2026-09-10T10:24:00+01:00By Eduardo Reyes

The attorney general and the chancellor have pre-emptively teamed up to blame judicial review for government’s delivery failures.

You can’t cut firms’ income stream and expect favours in return

2026-09-09T09:34:00+01:00By John Hyde

No-one can be totally upfront about this client account interest row. But we can be clear about the consequences.

Ground in a slow mill: farewell to Chancery?

2026-09-08T12:13:00+01:00By Michael Cross

The new Business and Property Division will remove the last vestige of Dickens' Bleak House court. In theory.

PM’s conjuring trick may prove less than magic

2026-09-07T09:11:00+01:00By Joshua Rozenberg

Andy Burnham’s decision to exclude killers and some other offenders from the government’s early-release scheme for prisoners serving fixed sentences is a hostage to fortune.