Mt Taranaki will own itself A New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal rights as a person under a landmark settlement recognising its cultural and spiritual significance to Māori. The agreement, which has now become law, means Taranaki…
Fellow jurors wanted her as foreman Reese Witherspoon revealed last week that her iconic role as Elle Woods in the comedy film Legally Blonde caused some confusion when she served on a jury in Beverly Hills Reese Witherspoon shared on…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend AI-generated child sex abuse images targeted with new laws [BBC News] Early guilty plea should knock 40pc off jail time, says top barrister Mary Prior [Telegraph] (£) Sara…
Follows war of words Ian Rosenblatt Ian Rosenblatt has regained ownership of his former firm, Rosenblatt, confirming the breakup of RBG Holdings’s law firm portfolio. The 40-person team will move across to Ian Rosenblatt’s new legal entity, SRA-regulated Rosenblatt Law…
Developers should ‘act responsibly’ The campaign group JUSTICE has proposed the first “rights-based framework” to guide Artificial Intelligence (AI) use across the justice system, arguing that AI users and developers should be obliged to “act responsibly”. The report, entitled ‘AI…
Possessed over 150 indecent images A former Magic Circle IT worker has been banned from the legal profession after being convicted of 13 offences, including sexually assaulting a child. Joseph Clifford worked at Freshfields as part of the firm’s IT…
£290k US President Donald Trump has reportedly invoked “sovereign immunity” in an attempt to avoid a substantial legal bill after his lawsuit against a private investigation firm in England was dismissed. Trump brought the claim against Orbis Business Intelligence after…
A round-up of online musings, memes and more How I feel when I forget to include the attachment… [litigation_god on Instagram] View this post on Instagram A post shared by Litigation_God (@litigation_god) A day in the life of an in-house…
Regulator ‘hopeful’ actions can begin over the summer The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is “hopeful” that it can begin Post Office prosecutions later this summer. A notice from the regulator’s January Board meeting states that “while we can’t confirm the…
Applies to both firms and lawyers Regulatory decisions made against solicitors will now stay on a public register for longer under new rules. Whilst details of misconduct by solicitors and law firms previously remained on the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA)…
