Baby Loss Awareness Week: Why Recognition, Support And Answers Matter

Over a series of short articles, I intend to examine ways in which legal advisers in the field of trusts and tax can methodically minimise risk in the way that they advise.

This comprehensive guide examines the procedural framework of LCIA arbitration from commencement through enforcement, analyzing strategic decisions at each stage including tribunal formation, document production, interim relief mechanisms, and cost allocation.

Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion over 10 years to settle claims by 52 US state and territory attorneys general in the largest state consumer-protection settlement in American history outside tobacco. The settlement imposes binding child-safety obligations including time limits and age assurance, but leaves the core algorithmic feed unchanged and raises questions about whether this represents genuine accountability or a commercially managed outcome.

A High Court ruling examines a contentious dispute between a video game developer and publisher over milestone-based funding and "step in" rights for the first-person shooter Six Days in Fallujah. With over $50 million in development costs at stake and allegations of conspiracy to acquire proprietary source code, the court declined to grant either party interim control of the game's development, leaving both sides without the "keys to the kingdom" pending a full trial.

The decision makes it very clear that the consequences for lawyers who breach their professional obligations by misusing AI are likely to be serious.

That has changed and since 31 July 2020, it has been possible to raise group proceedings (also known as class or mass actions) in Scotland. This means that two or more people with the same...

The Civil Justice Council has released its Final Report on AI use in court documents, proposing 15 recommendations that balance innovation with integrity in civil litigation. The report introduces differentiated disclosure requirements for witnesses versus experts, while maintaining existing professional duties for legal representatives in written advocacy.

A split-second decision can change lives forever. In one-punch manslaughter cases, a single impulsive blow, perhaps thrown in anger, fear or misguided bravado, leads to a tragic death. These ‘death by a single punch’ incidents are more common in the UK than many realise. Dozens of families every year are left devastated, with one family grieving an unimaginable loss, and another family shocked and fearful as their loved one faces a homicide investigation for an outcome no one intended. It’s a tragic reality, one moment of anger, one fatal assault involving a single blow, and two lives (and families) ruined.

The Commercial Court ruled on a USD 29 million dispute over an LNG carrier charterparty's index-linked pricing formula, determining whether the "JKM-TTF spread" operated bidirectionally or only when JKM exceeded TTF. The decision examines how unprecedented market conditions—where European gas prices surged above Asian prices due to the Ukraine war—tested the contractual formula's application and whether rectification could remedy an alleged drafting oversight.

This edition focuses on rulings issued between February 16, 2018, and June 15, 2018.

Paul Farthing, a former Marine, made the decision to stay behind as the Taliban took back control of Afghanistan so that he could supervise his charity's efforts to safeguard the ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that a claimant making an allegation of discrimination at an employment tribunal must provide evidence to show they were discriminated against in the first instance.

Inspired by my fellow trainee Saphia Wyse's piece on Ross Geller's marital strife, I thought I would apply the insight that I have gained in the personal injury/clinical negligence department...

The National Security and Investment Act 2021 came fully into force on 4 January 2022. With the intention of protecting the UK's national security, the Act creates a new regime to allow the Government...

"I have owned a flat in a block in Wapping for 30 years. It was always a pleasant place to live, but in 2020 Transport for London introduced a new electric 100 bus...

The UK Government's Autumn Budget on 28 October 2026 contains two significant developments for US taxpayers living in, or considering moving to, the UK: relief for certain trusts inadvertently brought into UK residence and a proposed solution to the longstanding double-tax problem affecting US limited liability companies (LLCs).

For many business owners, preparing for an eventual sale is about more than growing revenue and improving profitability. A well-structured employee incentive scheme can play a significant role in motivating senior management to focus on maximising the value of the business ahead of a sale.

The Judicial Review and Courts Bill (the bill) heads back into Parliament on 25 January 2022 for the report stage.

It was a macabre report from India where a husband was sentenced to a double life sentence for buying a snake (a spectacled cobra) which he then used as a way to murder his wife.

Samantha Little is presenting to the Association of Lawyers for Children (ALC) members as part of their Autumn Series of lectures.