In August, HM Courts and Tribunals Service banned Meta’s smart glasses from every criminal, civil and family court building in England and Wales. Security staff now confiscate the devices on entry and return them on exit, while smartphones are still
The idealism of the early days of the internet in the mid 90s, perfectly captured in John Perry Barlow’s Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, gave way to concern and consternation as an increasingly lawless digital Wild West emerged
AI bumper roundup
Lawyer struck off over AI misuse
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) decided to strike off registered foreign lawyer Abhishek Kumar for repeatedly submitting erroneous material generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in his defence pertaining to alleged misconduct.
The US administration recently issued a directive with significant, albeit indirect, implications for the adoption of AI by law firms on this side of the Atlantic. The American government ordered Anthropic to revoke access of their latest model (at the
Online safety roundup
The UK government has announced that it will ban social media for under 16s, in line with a growing number of jurisdictions placing restrictions on social media use by children since Australia took the first step
There have been growing fears over the veracity and impartiality of news media over recent years, as an increasing number of people rely on algorithm-driven social media sources and online platforms to stay up to date. Culture secretary Lisa Nandy
Online safety roundup
The social media ban for under 16s which came into force in Australia at the tail end of 2025 appears to have opened the floodgates to similar regulations being planned across the world, including in the UK
For more than two decades, the legal world has celebrated a major achievement: open access to law. Judgments are available online. Legislation is searchable. The idea that primary legal materials should be publicly available on the internet is no longer
A brief history
Section 230 of the US Communications Act of 1934, enacted as part of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, is fundamental to the commercial development of the internet over the past 30 years. It has
Given the pace at which technology has reshaped almost every aspect of our lives, it is hardly surprising that the law governing wills, still rooted in the Wills Act 1837, is under scrutiny. In his article, Andy Hitchon, Head of
