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An English judge has rebuked a claimant who she found was being coached through a pair of smart glasses while giving evidence. Laimonas Jakštys was asked to remove the glasses during proceedings before an Insolvency and Companies Court (ICC) judge in the High Court in London.

The High Court in London has begun hearing a civil case brought against former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams by three survivors of IRA bomb attacks in Great Britain. The claimants are suing Mr Adams on the basis of his alleged affiliation with and leadership role in the Provisional IRA, whi

Artificial intelligence will be embedded across the English court system as part of a sweeping programme of reform aimed at delivering “faster and fairer justice for victims”, the UK's justice secretary David Lammy has said. Speaking at a Microsoft AI event at the Excel Centre in London,

The forensic science system in England and Wales is on the brink of collapse, according to a new report. The stark assessment by Professor Angela Gallop has been reinforced today by the House of Lords' science and technology committee in a report that found “little to contradict it”.

A jury has cleared six Palestine Action activists of aggravated burglary charges linked to an attack on an Israeli-owned UK arms factory which was cited as justification for the proscription of the direct action group. Six people — Samuel Corner, 23; Charlotte Head, 29; Leona Kamio, 30; Fatema

The Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2026-2030 for England and Wales has been published, setting out a framework for the judiciary’s diversity and inclusion work over the next five years. The strategy builds on the previous programme, which ran from 2020-2025, and is accompanied by a

A London lawyer who falsely claimed he needed cancer treatment and submitted a forged medical letter to his employer has been struck off. Soham Panchamiya, who had previously been treated for cancer, told his manager at Reed Smith that the illness had returned and that he needed to take a week off w

A Labour MP has launched an attack on Sir Keir Starmer’s proposed jury trial reforms, warning he could force a by-election unless the plans are abandoned, and revealed that his opposition is rooted in a personal experience of being falsely accused of a crime. Karl Turner, the former shadow sol

Two men have been sentenced in England in connection with an immigration scam which included instructing people to travel to Dublin to exploit EU treaty rights. Syed Ali Shah Gilani and Risalat Hussain were both sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday.

The four bars across these islands have have expressed deep concern over UK government plans to restrict jury trials in England and Wales. Since the UK government announced its proposal to restrict the right to a jury trial in response to Sir Brian Leveson’s criminal courts review, the Bar of

Thousands of offenders in England and Wales had their alcohol levels tracked over the new year period by electronic tags that monitor their sweat levels. The tags — worn by 5,000 people who have been released from jail or are serving a community sentence — have kept them sober over the f

A solicitor who claimed she was working an average of 28 hours per day has been struck off the roll in England and Wales. Samina Ahmed recorded false time entries for 7,551.70 hours of work between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022 — an average of 28.24 hours per day.

Six men in England have been charged with more than 60 sexual offences against one adult victim over a 13-year period. Philip Young, 49, formerly from Swindon but now living in Enfield, has been charged with 56 sexual offences, including multiple counts of rape, administering a substance with intent

The UK's justice secretary, David Lammy, has been accused by senior barristers of misusing statistics about rape cases collapsing in what they describe as a “cynical” attempt to justify plans to abolish jury trials for roughly half of Crown Court cases. Mr Lammy has repeatedly claimed th

Juries are to be scrapped in trials where defendants face up to three years' imprisonment in England and Wales. The UK government has confirmed its plans to introduce what it calls "Canadian-style juryless trials", claiming they will help to cut delays in criminal justice system — which lawyer