Tag: Legal affairs

Ex-human rights practitioner Theo Richardson-Gool examines the problems posed by autonomous machines

Imperial physics grad Nishant Prasad explains what an artificial neural network is and what it does

There needs to be a legislative overhaul

Social media is rife with hate crime and prejudice, but is clamping down on it with a law the right move?

Nottingham law grad Fraser Collingham reflects on his recent experience working in the hospitality industry and explains why employment law reform is much-needed

Clifford Chance senior associate Leigh Smith considers some of the intellectual property law issues arising from the increasing prevalence, and increasing capability, of AI software

The government should devote more resources to legal aid for victims, says Warwick law student Rodney Dzwairo

Landmark ruling could allow an unmarried mother-of-four to claim a widowed parent's allowance

Law student Dudley Davidson-Jarrett explains why policing an age-old practice proves particularly problematic

Liverpool University graduate Lydia Campbell explains the legal background to the week's big judicial decision

Market forces should be the determining factor, not regulations

Supreme Court decision in Owens v Owens rasies important questions

Patients in a vegetative state can now die without legal permission if doctors and family members are in agreement

The legislation is heading in the right direction -- albeit slowly

Wife must remain in unhappy marriage, Supreme Court rules this week

What’s the point of having no death penalty in Britain if we extradite people to countries where they do?

What happens to your Facebook page after you die? Should someone be able to faceswap a photo of you as a corpse and post it on Snapchat?

Investing in UK-listed outfits may be profitable, but there are associated risks

Future trainee Wilkie Hollens explores why protecting data matters in an era when it's 'increasingly likely' we'll begin falling in love with our computers

The EU regulations may not be the change the world of data protection actually needed, says law graduate Chloe Amies in her shortlisted entry to the BARBRI International Privacy Law Blogging Prize

Digital forensics is a growing area, but don't be fooled into thinking it's infallible