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Unlawful act manslaughter - intrinsically and objectively uncertain?

Simon Parsons, Solicitor and Teaching Fellow in Law at Bath Spa University, discusses in detail the law of manslaughter, particularly the legal tests to ascertain whether someone has committed gross negligence manslaughter or unlawful act manslaughter, and how such definitions have evolved through case law

The employment law related legal changes that could be coming under the new Labour government

Employment law expert, Liam Entwistle from Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie, takes a look at the employment law changes on the horizon in light of Labour’s ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ and the proposals outlined in the King’s Speech

Fraud and asset recovery: “Catch me if you can”

Natalie Todd, a Partner at Cooke, Young & Keidan shares the highlights from the CYK and Twenty Essex’s LIDW 2024 panel discussion involving contributions from Jon Felce, Luke Pearce KC and Joshua Folkard

Deposits, conditions precedent and the doctrine of deemed fulfilment

Fiona Cain, Counsel, and Milad Amani, Trainee Solicitor, in the Shipping and Energy Team at Haynes and Boone in London, assess a recent judgment by the Court of Appeal, King Crude Carriers SA and others v Ridgebury November LLC and others [2024] EWCA Civ 719

SJ Interview: Robert Shooter

Robert Shooter speaks to the SJ for the September 2024 volume

Artificial intelligence: could it be magic?

Jane Jarman, Solicitor and Professor of Legal Practice at Nottingham Law School, discusses artificial intelligence and asks whether it might be a magic wand

The (electric) lamp… Is it time for juries to be replaced by AI?

Edward Hodgson, an Associate at Corker Binning, assesses whether artificial intelligence has improved to such an extent that criminal defendants could be tried by machines

A tangled web: ‘substantial injustice’ in fundamental dishonesty claims

Jim Hester, a Barrister at Parklane Plowden Chambers, unpicks the ruling in Kirsty Williams-Henry v Associated British Ports Holdings Limited [2024] EWHC 806 (KB), Cardiff District Registry, Ritchie J, 10 April 2024