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X-Press Legal Services backs government cyber defence initiative

X-Press Legal Services is advocating for law firms to support the UK Government’s efforts to enhance national cyber security

Goncalves Taborda & Olaiya-Imam v R: Court of Appeal upholds murder and child death convictions following expert evidence dispute

Appeal against conviction dismissed; appellant's sentence reduced from ten to seven years

Kanametova v OSG Records Management: High Court upholds arbitrator's finding of backdated agreement

A challenge to an arbitral award has failed after the Commercial Court found that a long-term incentive agreement was signed in 2020 and fraudulently backdated...

Grimes v Liberty Mutual: High Court rules on meaning of "discovery" in Covid-19 business interruption claims

Post-closure evidence of Covid-19 at premises can satisfy policy trigger, judge finds

Court of Appeal overturns foster care ruling in Re L and orders adoption placement for infant girl

A placement order and sibling contact arrangements have been substituted on appeal after the Court of Appeal found a recorder's welfare analysis to be fundamentally...

Marinakis v Karypidou: High Court finds anti-Nottingham Forest campaign publications defamatory at common law

A coordinated anonymous campaign targeting the owner of Nottingham Forest FC carried defamatory meanings at the highest Chase level, the King's Bench Division has ruled.

AI in courts demands disciplined legal workflows

Courts are confronting AI hallucinations, but real challenge is building safe, effective legal workflows and supervision

Alex Bradbury joins Beswicks’ property team

Experienced lawyer Alex Bradbury strengthens Beswicks’ commercial property team with over a decade of expertise