All articles by Michael Cross – Page 41
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News'Think before you post' warning to public on contempt
Attorney general to spread cautionary tales of recent contempt of court convictions under the slogan #thinkbeforeyoupost.
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OpinionSolicitor’s campaign to pardon Profumo scandal conviction
'I felt sure that Christine pleaded guilty purely because she knew a fair trial was impossible,' says James Harbridge.
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NewsEcocide defined as 'fifth international crime'
Global expert panel unveils draft proposal for offence under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
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NewsECtHR bolsters ‘right to be forgotten’
Strasbourg judges say order to anonymise archived Belgian newspaper report did not violate freedom of expression.
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News‘Take account but not be bound’ clause backed for HRA
Review of the Human Rights Act headed by Sir Peter Gross is expected to report this summer.
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NewsNews focus: Exhibiting the law’s ‘crown jewels’
As the National Archives takes on BAILII’s role of creating an online hub for court judgments, doubts persist about how to showcase common law rulings in a machine-friendly and comprehensive way.
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News‘Vast bulk of civil disputes’ can be resolved online, says Vos
Master of the rolls says online funnel for all civil, family and tribunal disputes is now in the course of creation.
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NewsReplace GDPR, says prime minister's regulatory hit-squad
Reform would be part of ‘bold new regulatory framework for the UK’, task force recommends.
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OpinionInteresting judgments make bad examples
The new court judgments archive must be comprehensive - even if making it so raises difficult questions.
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NewsMoJ unveils one-stop shop for court judgments
National Archives to host free service from April 2022 after migration from BAILII.
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NewsNews focus: Legal futures - What will the profession look like in 2050?
The Law Society’s ‘Future Worlds’ report makes grim reading, predicting that AI will replace many solicitors and employment will plummet. But there are reasons to be optimistic.
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NewsAppeal backs woman over ‘transphobic’ tweets
Gender-critical beliefs do not seek to destroy rights of trans persons, appeal tribunal rules.
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NewsLaw Society predicts 'savage reduction' in legal jobs as AI takes over
'Delphi panel' foresees surviving lawyers working alongside robots - and taking 'performance-enhancing medication' to keep up.
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OpinionNew RTA portal rings scam alarm bells
Proposed online dispute resolution ecosystem will need more than blue ticks to inspire confidence.
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NewsLitigation funder amasses £585 million warchest
'Unprecedented pipeline of opportunities in high value litigation and dispute scenarios.'
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OpinionHeed the shoeshine boy theory - but crypto is more than Bitcoin
Digital assets should be brought inside the regulatory tent before the coming crash.
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NewsSurveillance regime contravened privacy rights, ECtHR rules
Ruling relates to powers conferred by the now-superseded Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.
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NewsSRA shelves Compensation Fund cuts
Regulator had proposed to reduce the limit on individual claims from £2 million to £500,000.
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OpinionMaster of the Rolls’ intrepid wartime jaunt
How Sir Wilfrid Greene helped build the Atlantic alliance 80 years ago.