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Northern Ireland's Assembly has passed legislation establishing a Truth Recovery Public Inquiry into Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses operating between 1922 and 1995. The inquiry faces the complex challenge of building upon extensive prior research while navigating questions of scope, evidence handling, and balancing trauma-informed procedures with legal fairness requirements.

September brought significant regulatory developments in AI governance, with new frameworks emerging across the UK, Europe, and the United States. From the UK government's AI Risk Management Toolkit to Florida's unprecedented legal action against OpenAI, regulators and policymakers are working to ensure AI capabilities are matched by robust safeguards and accountability measures.

The insurance industry's rapid adoption of artificial intelligence across distribution and claims is transforming how consumers interact with insurers, but regulatory obligations remain unchanged. With the FCA's September 2026 frontier AI review highlighting critical governance gaps and the Consumer Duty applying equally to automated decisions, firms deploying AI-powered chatbots, recommendation engines, and claims triage tools face heightened scrutiny over explainability, human oversight, and senior manage

TLT's AI Brief for September examines the growing pressure on accountability and disclosure in artificial intelligence, covering new regulatory consultations, landmark legal statements on AI liability...

From October 2026, UK employers face significantly strengthened duties to prevent workplace harassment, requiring them to take 'all reasonable steps' rather than merely 'reasonable steps' to prevent sexual harassment, while also introducing a new obligation to protect employees from third-party harassment across multiple protected characteristics. Organizations must now demonstrate not just compliance through policies and training, but active risk identification, preventative action, and ongoing review̵

Matt Grimwood and John Howells from Newmark explore the explosive growth of the UK data centre sector, examining how power availability, grid capacity constraints...