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Janet Carter on how community orders could help reduce the pressure on prisons

Judges on the up, parties under pressure, and a robust approach to judicial conduct investigations. All this and more from Dominic Regan

Neil Parpworth on why maiden speeches in the House of Commons are a continuing unnecessary distraction

Will the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets? Keith Oliver & Amalia Neenan FitzGerald consider the evidence

Rigged datasets & the lottery fallacy: was the conviction of Lucy Letby based on unreliable statistics, asks Jon Robins

The Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service could be in breach of Art 6 & 8 rights, argues Max Konarek

Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC considers the state of justice as Labour’s new cabinet gets to work

Mary Young sets out a lawyer’s wish list for the new prime minister & the Labour government

Can the new government turn commitments to the justice process into serious change? David Greene digs deep

Dominic Regan sheds light on the Assange affair & rails against absurd expenditure at home & abroad

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

20 promotions mark major people investment at national law firm, Anthony Collins

Sidley adds competition litigator Elaine Whiteford in London

Charles Russell Speechlys welcomes Claudina D’Costa as Director of Client Development Marketing

NEWS

Pro Bono Week marks silver jubilee

The 25th Pro Bono Week begins today until 6 November, with events hosted by law firms, chambers, law schools and charities across the UK

NLJ this week: Pro bono’s silver lining

Pro bono is celebrating a silver anniversary, with initiatives putting businesses and students at the heart of access to justice

NLJ this week: Wrong expert, costly exit

Choosing the wrong expert can cost a clinical negligence claimant more than their case

Judges risk weakening their own independence by staying silent over government reforms, a leading public lawyer argues

NLJ this week: Discounted damages, different costs

A discount on damages does not automatically mean an equivalent haircut for legal costs in military deafness claims