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Frustration and property rights in land
Solicitors Journal

Frustration and property rights in land

While frustration is rooted in contract law, English courts have increasingly considered its potential application to leases and other proprietary rights in land
SJ Interview: Joelle Grogan
Solicitors Journal

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.
SJ Interview: John Sorabji
Solicitors Journal

SJ Interview: John Sorabji

Dr John Sorabji is a barrister at Nine Chambers, an Associate Professor of Law at University College London, and one of the UK’s leading authorities on civil justice and procedure. He has advised the senior judiciary, including the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls, and has played a key role in shaping debates on civil justice reform. In this interview, he reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of the civil justice system in England and Wales, the long-term impact of LASPO on access to justice, the role of the Civil Justice Council, and the opportunities and risks posed by digitalisation and artificial intelligence.
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