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UK lawyers forecast significant AI savings

UK lawyers anticipate artificial intelligence will generate £2.4 billion in productivity savings over the coming year

Estate agents need regulation for reforms

The CLC supports estate agent regulation to enhance home buying, warning reforms will falter without it

Government seeks thousands of new magistrates

The UK Government has launched a campaign calling for volunteers to become magistrates and help deliver justice across communities

Generative AI in law: opportunity, risk and responsibility

AI promises efficiency in legal practice, but unchecked use risks errors, sanctions, and damage to public confidence

EU moves to reset medical devices regulation

The Commission proposes structural reforms to stabilise, simplify and future-proof the EU medical devices regulatory framework

Why UK paternity leave still fails families

The UK’s paternity leave framework lags Europe, undermining families, equality and long-term economic resilience

SJ Interview: Joelle Grogan

Dr Joelle Grogan is a legal scholar specialising in the rule of law in times of crisis. She presents The Law Show on BBC Radio 4, and is Co-Academic Director of the Rule of Law Clinic at the CEU Democracy Institute (Budapest), and a Senior Research Fellow at the UCD Sutherland School of Law. Her work focuses on constitutional accountability, emergency powers, and legal misinformation. In this interview, she examines the pressures facing the rule of law in the UK, from executive power and court delays to media narratives, emergencies, and the impact of AI on legal practice.

Myers & Co enhances conveyancing team

Myers & Co has appointed solicitor Jess Latham to strengthen its residential conveyancing team amid growing demand for services