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Society calls for alignment with Europe on AI regulation
Response to government consultation highlights 'urgent need' for explicit regulations on liability.
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SFO's 'pioneering interpretation' to claim back cash
Victims of an email fraud could recover money following High Court ruling on Proceeds of Crime Act.
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Identification doctrine reform could put more corporates in the dock
Senior managers will be treated as 'directing mind and will' of a business under amendment to economic crime bill.
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MPs urge government to reconsider cohabitation reform timetable
Women and equalities committee sees no reason why separate projects on weddings and divorce should delay work.
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Profession cautiously welcomes anti-SLAPP measures
Important task is ‘one for parliament, not for regulators’, bar chief says.
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Government acts on SLAPPs - but only in economic crime
New power to dismiss cases will stamp out ‘brazen abuse of our legal system’, lord chancellor says.
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Strasbourg 'had no jurisdiction' to block Rwanda flight
Court is acting beyond the scope of the human rights convention, thinktank Policy Exchange argues.
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Court of Appeal clears up leasehold confusion
Law Commission identified 'conflicting' case law on right of shared ownership leaseholders to take control of building management.
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Battle of the brands continues as Lidl seeks disclosure
Budget supermarket tells court Tesco ‘undervalued’ the benefit of infringing yellow and blue logo.
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Judge throws out DeepMind NHS data action
Claim for misuse of private information for about 1.6 million patients fails the 'same interest' test for collective redress.
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Greggs challenges ban on 5am chicken goujons
Magistrates' court hears appeal against refusal to grant licence for 24-hour Leicester Square store.
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Society warns on Finance Bill changes
Donations located in the EU and the European Economic Arena will no longer qualify for UK charitable tax reliefs from April 2024.
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Removal of EU law 'sunset clause' welcomed
Retained EU Law Bill will now include list of laws to be revoked this year.
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Supreme Court dismisses claim that oil spill is continuing cause of action
No continuing nuisance because ‘no repeated activity’ by giant oil company, SC finds as it unanimously dismisses appeal.
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Raab’s Bill of Rights Bill for final chop
New lord chancellor expected to drop his predecessor's flagship reform proposals.
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Strasbourg override plan 'a clear and serious breach'
Legal professional bodies condemn amendment allowing ministers to ignore ‘pyjama injunctions’.
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New power for SRA in 'failure to prevent' offence
Serious Fraud Office head hails proposed legislation 'a game-changer for law enforcement'.
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Claimant's will forgery charge against 92-year-old mother thrown out
Disinherited son's fixed belief 'has coloured and distorted his view of the factual matters', judge rules.
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Divorce reform: work finally begins on finances review
Law Commission aims to publish a scoping paper in September 2024.
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You should have read the CPR, judge tells litigant in person
Court turns down request to extend one-year limitation period applicable to libel claims.