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SJ interview: Adrian Chopin

Adrian Chopin is co-founder and managing director of litigation funder Bench Walk Advisors. He tells David Vascott about the firm's funding model and how it's staying ahead of its rivals

Arbitration Act 1996: working well, says Law Commission

Mikhail Vishnyakov, Julia Ogievetsky and Hazel He examine the Law Commission's proposals for amendments to the Act

Necessity to arrest

Emelia Bezant-Gahan analyses the developing case law around 'necessity to arrest' – which has a high evidential burden and is highly fact-sensitive

Are we facing a new wave of new police ‘protection’ claims?

The Woodcock judgment is one of the most significant developments in common law for public bodies in decades when it comes to the assumed 'duty of car'; on law enforcement, write Andrew Steel and Emelia Bezant-Gahan

What is ADR?

Tony Guise takes a closer look at a question has remained unanswered for decades

Boost for law firm as it retains place on Scottish Government Legal Services Framework Anchor

Anderson Strathern's public sector legal credentials have received a boost with the news that it has been reappointed - for the third successive four-year period

Online Safety Bill: why has it been delayed?

Antony O'Loughlin finds out why the Online Safety Bill has been years in the making – and examines the potential impact of this controversial legislation

Sentencing Council responds to the Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review

The independent Sentencing Council publishes its response to recommendations arising from the review of sentencing in domestic homicide cases.