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Leveson 2 and youth justice

Beyond jury trial reform, Leveson 2 contains important recommendations for youth justice that deserve closer legal scrutiny

Companies House and the architecture of financial crime

Long-overdue reforms promise tougher oversight, but without enforcement capacity, Companies House risks remaining vulnerable to organised financial crime

Client account proposals threaten justice access

The Law Society of England and Wales criticises the MoJ's proposed Interest on Lawyers’ Client Accounts scheme as unfair, flawed, and detrimental to access to justice for vulnerable clients

MXV v Secretary of State for Home Department: HIV detention and Article 3 duties clarified

Detention of HIV-positive foreign national examined under Article 3 ECHR and Hardial Singh principles.

Nino Henriques Nunes v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Transitional arrangements and discretionary leave policy

High Court clarifies application of pre-2012 criminality rules to discretionary leave settlement applications.

MWL International Ltd v HMRC: Estoppel and legitimate expectation in tax disputes

Upper Tribunal dismisses retrospective NICs challenge based on 1993 pooled car agreement.

SJ Interview: Joelle Grogan

Dr Joelle Grogan is a legal scholar specialising in the rule of law in times of crisis. She presents The Law Show on BBC Radio 4, and is Co-Academic Director of the Rule of Law Clinic at the CEU Democracy Institute (Budapest), and a Senior Research Fellow at the UCD Sutherland School of Law. Her work focuses on constitutional accountability, emergency powers, and legal misinformation. In this interview, she examines the pressures facing the rule of law in the UK, from executive power and court delays to media narratives, emergencies, and the impact of AI on legal practice.

AI in Law: responsibility never delegated

As AI becomes routine in legal practice, regulators and courts insist accountability stays firmly with the human professional

Birketts expands agriculture team in Bristol

Birketts has welcomed a team of five agriculture specialists to enhance its Bristol office's capabilities in supporting rural clients

Clooney Foundation for Justice launches new program

The Clooney Foundation for Justice has introduced the Justice Champion Program with Quinn Emanuel as a partner