Legal Cheek Journal

In the Shamima Begum case, statelessness is the key legal issue

UK courts are unduly harsh on employees sacked for their foolish social media posts, argues UCL Professor Virginia Mantouvalou

As gory reports of injuries increase, French police are increasingly criticised for deploying this controversial weapon

The sudden legal severance of UK law from EU law presents unique issues of interpretation for lawyers, whose task it will be to interpret and apply these rules in their new legal context, says Hogan Lovells’ Andrew Eaton

The judiciary is not suited to deal with the complexities of medical life-and-death scenarios

Man must still be master of the machine, says Singapore Management University law student Soh Kian Peng

KCL postgrad Emma Diack looks at the changes ahead

It has remained fundamentally unaltered for over 30 years

Yesterday's Supreme Court decision suggests not

It can be used for much more than making tech-savvy people rich, says Queen Mary law grad Fanny Ferencz

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