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New data reveals diversion’s impact on crime

Youth justice services are reshaping responses to youth offenders through early intervention and diversion strategies

Defendants claim $170 million in damages

In a landmark case, defendants are claiming over $170 million for alleged misuse of a freezing order

Dexia SA v Comune di Torino: English court upholds swap contracts after Turin's two-decade hedging strategy unravelled by low rates

The Commercial Court grants sweeping declaratory relief as Turin's challenge to interest rate swaps fails in full.

Coghlan v Lexlaw: the High Court sends a warning about deciding cases on unpleaded arguments

A summary judgement appeal is remitted after a judge decided a case that nobody had actually pleaded.

Roland Berger v Perrin: why a Stockport home address can anchor a £45m Middle East dispute in London

The Commercial Court refuses to stay proceedings despite the dispute's centre of gravity lying in the Middle East.

MA v FA and Ors: high court findings expose the architecture of transnational marriage abandonment

A husband planned a robbery in Pakistan to trap his wife there, the High Court has found.

Michelmores’ Anna Wood appointed JCT Chair

Anna Wood of Michelmores has been named Chair of the JCT Drafting Sub-Committee, starting July 2026

UK urged to ratify vital treaty

The Law Society of England and Wales calls on the government to ratify a key treaty that protects lawyers internationally