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Crown Court backlog increases

'[T]he backlog is decreasing at a snail's pace' – The Law Society

Only Fools and Horses copyright win sets precedent

An interactive dining performance amounted to "a new episode” of the famous sitcom

Hay & Kilner conquer Helvellyn

The team are raising money for Newcastle West End Food Bank

The metaverse: virtual offences, real world penalties?

Magda Zima considers online sexual offences and VR

Raising the bar for fundamental dishonesty: Jenkinson v Robertson [2022] EWHC 756

Rebecca Huyton and Katie Nichols evaluate the effect of a new precedent on road traffic litigation

Beware HRA discretion?: Rafiq v Thurrock Borough Council [2022] EWHC 584 (QB)

Emelia Bezant-Gahan and Tom Lambourne examine the dangers of relying on the court's discretion to extend limitation under s7(5) of the Human Rights Act 1998

Domestic Abuse Act 2021 introduces new non-fatal strangulation offence

Abusers may be imprisoned for up to five years

SJ Interview: Ken Fowlie, Stowe Family Law

This issue, Chaynee Hodgetts interviews Ken Fowlie, chair of a top firm, Stowe Family Law