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Why the new anti-Muslim hostility definition falls short
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The effect of scrapping jury trials on defendants
LLM grad Winnie Cheung explores the potentially negative impact of the new Courts and Tribunals Bill on defendant rights
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Mazur: Why the law must face the reality of how legal work gets done
Bar grad Abbas Hussain explains the practical implications of the landmark judgment
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Motor finance scandal: How undisclosed commissions rewrote the rules on unfair relationships
Trainee solicitor Billy Hart explores the government's response to the overcharging of car finance customers
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Who owns AI-generated content?
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