The government has backed down on plans to remove the right to jury trial in cases where a defendant in England and Wales would not be expected to receive a sentence of more than three years. That seems to be
The jury’s back
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Magistrate reprimanded
A magistrate has been reprimanded for serious misconduct after publishing four posts on Facebook that were said to show he “held a prejudicial view of matters involving Jewish people and Israel”. A reprimand is the most serious disciplinary finding short
Child-focused courts
Judges dealing with domestic abuse cases in the new child-focused family courts of England and Wales have been reminded that the welfare of the child remains paramount and that although these hearings are more investigative than before there is still
Need a good lawyer?
Consumers who ask an AI assistant to recommend a solicitor risk being directed to firms that have been fined by their regulator or even shut down, a report says today. The research was carried out under controlled conditions by
Chemical weapons
Sudan’s military leaders built a stockpile of chemical weapons that they tried to conceal after chlorine bombs had been used against rebel forces, the Washington Post reported on 5 September. Videos, documents and intercepted communications portray a secretive Sudanese military
New judges for old
Ten new High Court judges have been appointed by the King — including some direct appointments to the court’s new Business and Property division, which replaces the Chancery division in a week’s time. High Court appointments are the first step
Troubling and regrettable
A senior official from the Ministry of Defence will be called before an appeal judge on Friday to explain why 97 million unique records were not disclosed to the Afghanistan inquiry. The material had not been considered or reviewed
The future of law
We are not living in an era of change but a change of era, writes Professor Richard Susskind in the 30th anniversary edition of his classic book on the future of law. Describing the emergence of artificial general intelligence —
The King and AI
How can we harness the benefits of artificial intelligence “with safety at its heart”, the King asked yesterday. And how can we build international cooperation to achieve this “so no nation is left behind but the human race is
Security through democracy
Eighty years after Sir Winston Churchill said that a Council of Europe should be established to save the continent from “final doom”, the council’s secretary general has warned its 46 members states — including the UK — that the military