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Ten years on: class actions at a crossroads

After a decade of explosive growth and early setbacks, the UK’s collective actions regime faces reform and uncertainty ahead

FCA takes charge: what a single AML supervisor means for lawyers

The Treasury’s decision to hand anti-money laundering supervision to the FCA marks a seismic regulatory shift for solicitors, promising consistency but raising fears of dual oversight and added burdens

Court affirms limits of hate speech laws

R v Coskun tests the limits of free expression and defines when offensive acts become criminal behaviour

Marriage reform or marriage risk?

The Ministry of Justice’s proposed wedding law overhaul aims to modernise marriage, but could it also invite exploitation and confusion?

BBC’s pause exposes Britain’s gender identity confusion

The BBC pauses inclusion workshops as the Supreme Court’s “biological sex” ruling reshapes equality law and workplace policy

ECtHR warns: democracy must be defended in the digital age

The Strasbourg court’s Bradshaw v United Kingdom ruling urges governments to actively protect elections from foreign interference while safeguarding free speech

Balancing competition and innovation in the Legal Sector

The Nobel Prize-winning theory of innovation-driven growth offers vital lessons for a fragmented UK legal market struggling to modernise.

Digital identity, privacy and the rule of law

As the UK moves toward digital IDs, questions grow over privacy, proportionality, enforcement and the strength of data protection