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Affordable housing under pressure: navigating regulation, viability and the 10-year funding horizon

As regulatory obligations multiply and viability pressures intensify, housing lawyers must help registered providers balance building safety, decarbonisation and development delivery while navigating the Government’s new long-term funding framework

Digital Property law risks overreach after 2025 Act

Recent case law on virtual assets reveals growing confusion over rivalrousness and risks stretching property law beyond coherence

SJ Interview: Keith Froud

Keith Froud, Global Co-CEO and International Chief Executive of Eversheds Sutherland, has spent over three decades in corporate M&A before moving into global leadership. In this interview, he reflects on deal strategy, decision-making in complex organisations, the evolution of the international legal market, and the impact of technological change on the profession

Access to justice for injured service personnel: legal barriers that remain

Despite reforms to Crown immunity and the courts’ narrowing of combat immunity, service personnel still face significant legal and practical obstacles when seeking redress for injuries sustained in the course of duty

AI and the evolving risks to justice

Courts confront growing challenges as artificial intelligence reshapes litigation, raising urgent questions about reliability, ethics, and procedural fairness

No limitation period for unfair prejudice petitions: Supreme Court settles the law

The Supreme Court confirms that section 994 petitions fall outside statutory limitation periods, shifting focus to judicial discretion on delay

Sexual offending and the Service Justice System: addressing the record

The Director of Service Prosecutions sets out how the Service Justice System handles sexual offending cases, examining independence, victim engagement, jurisdiction decisions and conviction data amid growing scrutiny of the system

Does AI Help Or Hinder Litigants-in-Person in the Family Court?