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It is inarguable that the CQC needs improvement. Many who run care services in local authorities have little confidence in its...
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The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee’s report, Rebuilding Forensic Science for Criminal Justice: An Urgent Need, published...
Today the Divisional Court handed down its judgment in the judicial review challenge to the Home Secretary’s decision to proscribe...
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The use of artificial intelligence to generate sexually explicit “deepfake” imagery has prompted significant public concern, regulatory...
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Content Warning: This article discusses cases involving suicide, self-harm, sexual exploitation, and harm to minors/vulnerable...
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Introduction On 27 March 2025 the Home Office published an update to its statutory guidance on supply chain transparency under s54 of...
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Last year I wrote an article highlighting a number of high-profile prosecutions pursued against women for causing the death of a foetus...
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In so far as the legal system can seek to address the horrendous damage caused by the Post Office Horizon scandal, one option may be the...
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Sexual Risk Orders (SROs) are a pain to the uninitiated. To be frank, they are a pain to the initiated too. They are civil orders that...
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In July 2023 the Law Commission released a paper seeking views on the law about appeals in criminal cases. The Criminal Appeals: Issues...
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Murders where mothers kill their babies are thankfully rare, however recent cases raise questions about the legal framework surrounding...
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An abbreviated dismissal process is one where a member of the armed forces is served with an Annex P notice informing them of an...