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Everybody matters in the criminal justice system

Supporting vulnerable court users demands more than legal knowledge; it requires patience, adaptability and fundamentally humane advocacy

Why the UK's opt-out collective proceedings regime must be allowed to succeed

With landmark cases finally delivering redress, the opt-out regime is working; but lobbying pressure threatens to undermine it

Supreme court rules unfair prejudice petitions fall outside the Limitation Act

The Supreme Court has finally settled whether statutory limitation periods apply to unfair prejudice petitions — with wider implications for insolvency claims

Career progression and originating work – junior lawyers’ growing agency in shaping their careers

Career progression intermittently appears in many junior lawyer’s list of top concerns

Britain’s public justice crisis: why inquiries keep failing the rule of law

A pattern of state defensiveness and institutional culture is undermining justice in major public scandals—raising the case for a systemic inquiry beyond individual failures

Consultation failures and the return of legitimate expectation

The Government’s changes to agricultural and business property relief have triggered widespread uncertainty for farming families and owner-managed businesses.

Agentic AI Is acting, but the law still assumes humans

As AI systems move from tools to autonomous actors, organisations are delegating real authority without clear accountability. Existing legal frameworks struggle to keep up.

Juryless trials won’t fix a broken court system

Removing juries risks undermining a core safeguard of justice while doing little to address the real causes of court delays