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Walking a tightrope: policing and legislating public order

Emelia Bezant-Gahan analyses the UK's recent public order legislation, its implications for the right to protest and competing human rights issues

The establishment of a professional paralegal standards framework: CILEX to propose new chartered paralegal qualification

Chris Bones discusses the proposed chartered paralegal qualification and the changes to CILEX that will establish paralegals as a key professional group within the professional body

SJ Interview: Libby Jackson, MBE

Libby Jackson is the longstanding managing partner of alternative legal services at Herbert Smith Freehills and was recently appointed managing partner for digital legal services alongside her pre-existing role

A view from the cockpit: everything you need to know about air accident litigation

James Healy-Pratt provides a deep dive into air accident litigation gained from the pilot's seat, namely several decades as an aviation lawyer

Greenwashing in the EU: new legislation laying down minimum requirements

Matti Lindberg unpicks the EU's proposed Green Claims Directive which aims to address greenwashing

EncroChat: the judgment from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal – not quite the end of the road

Michael Drury discusses the implications of the recent ruling by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal on the issues surrounding the admissibility of evidence arising from the penetration of EncroChat

The expansion of controlling and coercive behaviour: the implications for criminal and family law

Jessica Maguire and Katie Spooner discuss the impact on criminal and family law of the amendment to the offence of controlling and coercive behaviour

Breaking down barriers: how new technologies are widening access to the legal profession

Jo-Anne Pugh examines the ability of new technologies to disrupt and open up new paths into the legal profession