Michael Cross
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NewsSRA promises to publish disciplinary study
Report will bring together data about cases the regulator has prosecuted, incoming chair reveals.
NewsAshfords and Boyes Turner call off merger
Structural differences of Ashfords and Boyes Turner ’currently too far apart’.
NewsLinklaters former director agrees to keep silent
High Court judgment reveals litigation over ‘women in workplace’ disclosure has come to an end by agreement.
NewsJudicial diversity? It's up to law firms, says lord chief justice
Lord Burnett asks what more needs to be done to create 'a properly diverse profession at its senior levels'.
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Legal services business Axiom to list in New York
Announcement follows divestment of contracts intelligence and managed solutions subsidiaries.
NewsSupreme Court backs insurer in 'unknown defendant' case
Judgment 'emphatically underlines' that current framework is fit for purpose.
OpinionDon't chop Robocop
Predictive policing based on AI should be tested under independent scrutiny, not banned.
NewsTurkish rights lawyer Elçi fell to police officer's bullet, investigation finds
UK research group sheds new light on 2015 killing of chair of southeast Turkey bar association.
NewsCourt extends Linklaters gag on former director
Bar on Frank Mellish revealing ’sensitive confidential information’ about incidents involving female staff to run to 22 February.
NewsMajority of in-house teams will take to AI
Systems do not work 'straight out of the box' - or automatically replace humans, market study warns.
NewsPeople who live in glass houses shouldn't make article 8 claims, judge rules
High Court dismisses privacy and nuisance complaint by neighbours of the Tate Modern gallery in London.
NewsSupreme Court backs law firm in landmark negligence case
Ruling in Raleys restores original county court judgment in ex-miner's compensation claim.
NewsPartnership model hampering lawtech take-up
Research for Law Society finds technology adoption less mature than in other sectors such as finance.
NewsVoice-detection for insurance fraud among £13m grant winners
Data anonymisation and online legal advice projects also receive government AI research funding.
OpinionSpace law reform is out of this world
Updating a cold-war era treaty will be more difficult than agreeing it in the first place.
NewsSociety calls for release of hijab protestors' lawyer
Iranian judiciary reminded of UN basic principles on role of lawyers in case of Nasrin Sotoudeh.
NewsReform in store for 'unnecessarily complicated' Welsh planning law
Law Commission proposes 190 technical changes in run-up to codification.
NewsListed pioneer Gateley reports profits boost
Half-year profits up 18.6% on turnover boosted by acquisitions.
OpinionJapanese justice doesn't shine in the spotlight
The case of motor industry executive Carlos Ghosn exposes gaps between eastern and western concepts.
NewsHale courts constitutional controversy with 'austerity' speech
Supreme Court president says government policies 'impact more harshly on women, children and disabled people'.
