Youth violence is a public health issue and it will only get worse without positive intervention, argues Stephen Akinsanya
The UK can be proud to have hosted the Bletchley AI Safety Summit but there is so much more to be done to make AI safe, secure and trustworthy, say Robin Allen KC and Dee Masters
Should healthcare practitioners be liable where treatment assisted by AI goes wrong? Robert Kellar KC explores the ways in which AI is reshaping the practice of medicine and clinical negligence law
Do court reporters still play an important function in our legal system, and should the profession care that they are disappearing? Chloe Ashley interviews the journalist Liz Hull to find out
Spain’s #SeAcabó movement highlights a problematic past entrenched in machismo and misogyny, as well as its gender-based violence today, reports Christina Warner
Delving into Britain’s investigations of Nazi collaborators who found refuge in the UK after WWII, Jon Silverman reveals previously undisclosed criteria which severely restricted the possibility of prosecutions
Stephen Hockman KC responds to Nick Vineall KC and Fallon Alexis’s proposals to defer call to the Bar until after pupillage
Ali Evans describes how Support Through Court empowers litigants in person and helps the family and civil courts deliver justice, and the vital role of ‘Changemaker Guardian’ chambers in supporting this work
The winning essay is ‘Not OK Computer: A Proposed AI Transparency Framework for the UK’ by Louis Dejeu-Castang
Has the Judicial Appointments Commission succeeded in breaking down barriers in selection in terms of socio-economic disadvantage? asks James Keeley
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Chair of the Bar finds common ground on legal services between our two jurisdictions, plus an update on jury trials
A £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs has been made to the leading UK charity tackling international parental child abduction and the movement of children across international borders
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, outlines the drug and alcohol testing options available for family law professionals, and how a new, free guide can help identify the most appropriate testing method for each specific case
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Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, examines the latest ONS data on drug misuse and its implications for toxicology testing in family law cases
An interview with Rob Wagg, CEO of New Park Court Chambers
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
Ever wondered what a pupillage is like at the CPS? This Q and A provides an insight into the training, experience and next steps
The appointments of 96 new King’s Counsel (also known as silk) are announced today