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19 Sept 2023

The dawn of the Ephgrave era: challenges and opportunities at the SFO

Anoushka Warlow and Annabell Hood take a look at the issues faced by Nick Ephgrave, the incoming director of the Serious Fraud Office.

18 Sept 2023

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.

15 Sept 2023

Prompt engineers – do we need them?

Eric Crawley and Shah Karim take a look at what prompt engineers can bring to AI tools used by legal teams.

14 Sept 2023

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.

13 Sept 2023

What is ADR?

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

12 Sept 2023

Restrictive covenants in the insurance sector

Mohammed Hussain and Caitlin Griffin explore the use, purpose and enforceability of restrictive covenants.

11 Sept 2023

Moving places

Rachel Houghton looks at how to manage an office relocation in the legal sector.

8 Sept 2023

STEP warns the public against ‘cowboy will’ promises and unqualified, incompetent will writers

Dishonest, unqualified and incompetent will writers are costing people millions in extra tax, causing significant distress and leaving grieving families to deal with the financial and emotional consequences of bad advice.