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Deposits, conditions precedent and the doctrine of deemed fulfilment

Fiona Cain, Counsel, and Milad Amani, Trainee Solicitor, in the Shipping and Energy Team at Haynes and Boone in London, assess a recent judgment by the Court of Appeal, King Crude Carriers SA and others v Ridgebury November LLC and others [2024] EWCA Civ 719

SJ Interview: Robert Shooter

Robert Shooter speaks to the SJ for the September 2024 volume

Artificial intelligence: could it be magic?

Jane Jarman, Solicitor and Professor of Legal Practice at Nottingham Law School, discusses artificial intelligence and asks whether it might be a magic wand

The (electric) lamp… Is it time for juries to be replaced by AI?

Edward Hodgson, an Associate at Corker Binning, assesses whether artificial intelligence has improved to such an extent that criminal defendants could be tried by machines

A tangled web: ‘substantial injustice’ in fundamental dishonesty claims

Jim Hester, a Barrister at Parklane Plowden Chambers, unpicks the ruling in Kirsty Williams-Henry v Associated British Ports Holdings Limited [2024] EWHC 806 (KB), Cardiff District Registry, Ritchie J, 10 April 2024

Corporate culture and how to prevent bribery, fraud and other economic crimes

Tom McNeill, a Partner at BCL Solicitors, assesses the failure to prevent model and its application to fraud offences committed by large organisations

The history of employment law and two newly proposed bills

Kaajal Nathwani, Head of Employment Law at Curwens, explains that we’ve come a long way since the ‘master’ and ‘servant’ dystopia of early employment law, and looks what the two new bills put forward by the new government might mean for the employee–employer relationship

Acceleration from an orthopaedic perspective: the medico-legal interface

Expert Witness Institute member Andrew Quaile discusses issues surrounding acceleration from the perspective of an orthopaedic surgeon and an expert witness