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
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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
Juries: what next?
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
Atkinson wins justice
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
City lawyers take on AI
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
A voice for victims?
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
Employment judge unemployed
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
Briggs supreme
Congratulations to Lord Briggs of Westbourne, 71, who is to become the next president of the UK Supreme Court. The appointment was made by the King on the advice of the prime minister and the lord chancellor, following the recommendation
Impermissible donations
A barrister who worked on the undercover investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising activities broadcast last week on Channel 4 News has said that legislation on political party funding needs to be strengthened. Gavin Millar KC, who advised a team
Take risks, ministers told
Andy Burnham’s attorney general Ellie Reeves KC MP has scrapped risk-averse legal guidance issued by her predecessor Lord Hermer KC, according to a report in today’s Times.Newly introduced guidance is understood to tell government lawyers: “Wherever there is at