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
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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…
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 —…
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…
Government plans to reduce the availability of jury trial in England and Wales are likely to be amended, the justice secretary hinted yesterday. Asked about the Courts and Tribunals Bill, Alex Norris told the shadow justice secretary that “legislation…
Catherine Atkinson MP has been elected to chair the influential House of Commons justice committee. She replaces Andy Slaughter MP, who is now solicitor general.
Atkinson was a junior minister at the Ministry of Justice for just…
New legislation is needed to regulate the use of artificial intelligence, a parliamentary committee recommends today. The joint committee on human rights says the law should prohibit the development and provision of very powerful AI systems known as artificial general…
Victims of crime would have a greater say in whether a prosecution is in the public interest under a new charging code to be issued for consultation by the Crown Prosecution Service today.The current edition of the Code for Crown…
An employment judge who engaged in inappropriate sexualised behaviour towards multiple female staff members over an extended period would have lost his job if he had not retired from office. The former judge, named by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office…