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Benet Brandreth KC is a barrister specialising in intellectual property. He was one of the Attorney-General’s A Panel Counsel and sat as a Recorder in crime from 2019-23. He is an expert on classical rhetoric and Shakespeare’s use of language, serving as a coach to the RSC. He has written two acclaimed novels that take Shakespeare as their hero. He is an award-winning comedian and his one-man shows were hits at the Edinburgh Festival and in London.
With Shakespeare’s birthday upon us, Benet Brandreth KC explores how, four centuries on, the Bard’s mastery of classical rhetoric can still sharpen the tools of modern advocates
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With at least 31 reports of AI hallucinations in UK legal cases – over 800 worldwide – and judges using AI to assist in judicial decision-making, the risks and benefits are impossible to ignore. Matthew Lee examines how different jurisdictions are responding
What has changed, and why? Paul Secher unpacks the new standards aligning the recruiting, training and appraising of judges – the first major change to the system for ten years
The deprivation of liberty is the most significant power the state can exercise. Drawing on frontline experience, Chris Henley KC explains why replacing trial by jury with judge-only trials risks undermining justice
Baffled by the government’s proposed s 41 reforms and by the Law Commission’s preferred model, Laura Hoyano looks at what won’t work, and what will
