Procedure & practice

When will the courts set aside arbitral awards? Max Lim, Phillip D’Costa & Harriet Campbell consider recent decisions, increased safeguards & the impact of AI

Jonathan Fisher KC was asked to lead an independent review into disclosure and fraud offences in the paper-heavy digital era, following the collapse of high-profile fraud prosecutions due to disclosure failings. In this week’s NLJ, Neil Swift, partner, Fred Kelly, senior associate, and Zainab Bhadelia, associate, Peters & Peters, present a thorough analysis and critique of Fisher KC’s findings and recommendations

Neil Newing, Oliver Steeple & Olivia Ward highlight the delicate balance arbitrators must strike between the application of the law & the duty to conduct proceedings fairly

Deadlines are crucial, but how is the date and time determined? In this week’s NLJ, former district judge Stephen Gold explores a recent case in which solicitors made ‘an innocent day-counting mistake’. Gold notes that the case also sheds light on the need for ‘promptness’

In this week’s NLJ, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School, AKA The Insider, tackles the ‘infamous judicial review in which no less than five fake authorities were cited’

In this week’s NLJ, David Walbank KC, Red Lion Chambers, discusses the potential for retrial in the case of Lucy Letby. Letby is back in the news amid doubts over the evidence used to convict the former Countess of Chester Hospital nurse. But, given the storm of media analysis, and the ‘deluge of analysis, comment and speculation that continues to engulf social media’, could a reassessment be carried out fairly?

Can a retrial be fair when a conviction has been at the centre of a media storm? David Walbank KC considers the Lucy Letby case

More oi oi than AI: Dominic Regan on fake citations, succinct judgments & bewildering costs

The Equal Treatment Bench Book (ETBB), a key reference book for judges, has been updated with guidance on emotional support animals