3+ hour, 2+ min ago  (657+ words) Following engagement with HMRC and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), it has become evident the act of submitting an SDLT return, or even making the SDLT payment, is likely to trigger the requirement for a firm…...

11+ hour, 13+ min ago  (242+ words) Artificial Intelligence and Public Law" Brendan Mc Gurk KC"and Joe Tomlinson The government wants to use AI to identify false or fraudulent claims relating to welfare benefits, immigration applications and probably a host of other things. Cameras are now…...

19+ hour, 38+ min ago  (179+ words) The Law Society Gazette Best of the blogs - 17 May 2026 Here are our most read blogs this week in case you missed them" More from Commentary and opinion 2026-05-15 T11: 05: 00 Z By Bianca Castro Open justice depends upon access to the written materials…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (204+ words) 99, Globe Law and Business Still, it is indisputable that this powerful tool will change the way we work. Testing ideas via AI (acting as a "thought partner, in the books terms), is something most of us already do; the opportunity…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (762+ words) On a Crown court visit, rebel MP Charlotte Nichols and bar chair Kirsty Brimelow heard about what's really ailing criminal justice. It's not jury trials Keir Starmer's government defeated the first attempt by MPs to water down jury trial reforms,…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (759+ words) Law and Torture: Widening the Apertures from the Doctrinal to the Critical "105, Cambridge University Press For almost 10 years, I sat in a concrete room " a cell " with a barred window looking out on to a barbed wire-topped metal fence in…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (334+ words) A leading litigation funder has pleaded with law firms to be more honest about the substance of the cases they are trying to finance. Susan Dunn, chair of the Association of Litigation Funders of England and Wales and the founder…...

3+ day, 9+ min ago  (376+ words) In his latest speech'in his role as chair of the judiciary's transparency & open justice board'Mr Justice Nicklin focused on access to documents. It is a subject of particular interest to a humble court reporter such as I because I spend…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (320+ words) The number of solicitors seeking help for overlapping emotional, financial and professional challenges has soared over the past three years, according to one of the profession's main support services. In its latest report, the Solicitors' Charity says demand for support…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (776+ words) The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee (the Committee) and the government have recently examined how UK copyright law should respond to the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (AI). The House of Lords Committee report is here (the…...