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Financial remedies proceedings will be able to be reported on in three courts in the latest move to improve transparency in the family court. Journalists and legal bloggers will be able to report on financial remedies proceedings in the Financial Remedies Court as part of the reporting pilot launched by president of the Family Division […]

The Supreme Court has upheld that an artificial intelligence program cannot be named as the ‘inventor’ on a patent application. Today’s judgment in Thaler v Comptroller-General of patents, designs and trade marks follows an attempt by computer scientist Dr Stephen Thaler to establish that AI systems can make inventions. The hearing officer for the comptroller-general of patents […]

New security measures will require legal professionals wishing to enter the Old Bailey to email the court a pre-attendance notification, it has been revealed. On City of London Police advice, the court said today that court users, including counsel, clerks, solicitors, noting briefs and others will be required to send an email – a security […]

Automation work to speed up HM Land Registry applications by cutting down the number of checks that caseworkers have to do will not shift liability on to conveyancers, the organisation has insisted. Land Registry has been piloting a ‘lawyer assured information’ process requiring legal professionals to provide assurance that their applications are true and accurate. […]

Rising backlogs in the family court system continue to delay justice for families and children. New quarterly statistics published by the Ministry of Justice today (21 December) show a growing crisis in the family justice system, warns the Law Society of England and Wales.* Private children law cases – where families apply for arrangements relating […]

Legal aid statistics for July to September 2023 have been released today (December 21). The statistics show that the number of times a suspect receives legal help from a solicitor in attendance at the police station has increased from 133,982 in April to June to 152,985 in July to September. “The new figures show a […]