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Legal aid for inquests faces overhaul

The Ministry of Justice has launched a consultation proposing changes to legal aid regulations for inquests

Liverpool John Moores wins law award

Liverpool John Moores University has achieved significant recognition by being named Law School of the Year at the recent Educate North Awards ceremony held in...

Legal challenge raises concerns over SEND consultation

An eight-year-old girl is taking the Government to court over its special educational needs consultation process

Dillon and others v Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Supreme Court rules on the Legacy Act's compatibility with the Windsor Framework and ECHR

The Supreme Court upholds key legacy incompatibility declarations but overturns the Court of Appeal on next-of-kin participation and Windsor Framework disapplication.

Deckers v Up & Running: Court of Appeal clarifies the test for competition restrictions by object

The Court of Appeal overturns a finding that Deckers's termination of a distributor amounted to resale price maintenance.

Tripwire South LLC v Astor International: freezing order survives material change challenge

Eight alleged changes of circumstances fail to unseat a continued freezing order in a high-value explosives contract dispute.

BPA v NXT: High Court gives claimant opportunity to amend in sexual assault and harassment claim

A High Court judgement illustrating the limits of striking out and the threshold for defendant anonymity in sensitive civil proceedings.

Williams v Wilkison: High Court refuses late amendment in cauda equina clinical negligence claim

Late pleading changes could not overcome unexplained delay and a weakly formulated counterfactual