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Looking Beyond The Picture: How To Trust Video Evidence

By David Spreadborough, Certified Forensic Video Analyst I last wrote here for the Easter term of The Barrister in 2018 and honestly, where has the time gone? Considering all the troubles over the last two years though, it is not...
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The Power of Patterns in Forensics

By Professor Angela Gallop CBE, Group CEO at Forensic Access Ltd  Patterns can change the...
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As with most things, the cheapest option is not always the best

Price is currently the main deciding factor for the instruction of an expert witness...
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With the very best intentions… Family Law and the danger of ‘overcorrect’

In June 2026 we were all shocked and saddened to read about the heart-breaking events surrounding the tragic death of Henry Nowak in Southampton...

Jury Trials

I have been told, with the solemnity reserved for those who mistake gravity for wisdom, that the jury system is inefficient. The solution proposed?...

When You Upload, What Have You Disclosed? AI, Confidentiality and the Embedded Document

By Dr Peter Fields, Barrister, The Barrister Group A barrister's guide to what actually happens when a confidential document meets an AI tool, and why...

The Great Attribution: Why is Every Law-Breaking Incident Suddenly Being Blamed on Uncontrolled Migration?

In the current political and media climate, a reflexive cognitive shortcut has emerged. When a crime is reported—whether it is a theft in a...

When AI Lies: Liability For Incorrect Or Unintended Legal Advice In The Age Of Legora And Harvey AI

  By Nicholas Blomfield A corporate legal team uses an AI platform such as Legora to analyse contractual risk ahead of a transaction. The output is...

The Strategic Use of Early Neutral Evaluation in ADR Proceedings

Dr. Andre Alexander, SJD, LLB Barrister, Solicitor (Dutch-Brussels Bar, High Court of Fiji) Authorised for Legal Practice in England and Wales (RFL – Solicitors Regulation Authority) Chief...

Orams Revisited

Effective Control, Criminalisation, and the Misuse of EU and International Law in Cyprus Property Disputes  Opinion Piece by Lennart Poulsen, Barrister at 9BR Chambers  Introduction Few cases...

The Rule of Law for the modern age

On 13 January 2026, the Government launched its controversial TikTok page ‘SecureBordersUK’ depicting the deportation and/or removal of migrants. At the same time, the...

Up for grabs: Pensions as enforcement targets

For most judgment debtors, the balance sheet is brutally simple: a home, a pension, and not much else. The home is familiar territory for...

Police misconduct hearings post 2024 – Are they fair trials?

It has long been accepted that professional discipline hearings should be compliant with the European Convention of Human Rights Article 6(1) and the...

AI Hallucinations and the Discipline of Legal Authority

In 2023, if you had asked a room of lawyers what an “AI hallucination” was, many would have been unsure. That has changed quickly,...

How to Prepare for Mediation as Counsel: Twelve Terrific Tips

Mediation is now a routine component of the litigation game. In Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council the court changed the traditional litigation...

The Article 8 debate

Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has long been a lightning rod for attacks on the application of human rights...

The Quiet Retreat from a Pupillage Application AI Ban

Over the past year, the proposition has circulated online and in the media that the use of generative artificial intelligence in pupillage applications submitted...

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