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AI will impact the labour market, but how will Labour impact the AI market?

Paul Kavanagh, Dylan Balbirnie and Anita Hodea review the future of AI regulation in the UK under the new Labour government

How to deal with vexatious litigants in the civil jurisdiction

Mark Bosworth discusses the impacts of vexatious litigants on the judicial process and those parties in opposition to a vexatious litigant before moving to consider the options available to an opposing party

Central Family Court decision

Landmark ruling in matrimonial property case

Laying new foundations for housing disrepair cases

Colin Wilkinson, a Senior Litigation Executive in the Consumer Claims department at Express Solicitors, looks at a housing disrepair case that opened the door to significantly increased damages

Independent review exposes systemic failures in CCRC’s handling of Andrew Malkinson case

Chris Henley KC's review reveals critical flaws in CCRC’s procedures that prolonged Malkinson’s wrongful imprisonment

King's Speech: if you build it, growth will come

Tom Beak and Lucy Reast assess the new Labour government's property-related proposals

Civil Forfeiture of Cryptoassets in the Magistrates Court: logical extension or bridge too far?

Gareth Pons unpacks the expanded magistrates' court forfeiture regime and its implications for cryptoassets

Knowing receipt: when do solicitor’s fees cross the line?

Lucy Hannett discusses the Supreme Court's decision in Byers v Saudi National Bank, clarifying that knowing receipt claims require a continuing proprietary interest