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In the UK: Computer evidence under scrutiny in criminal trials
Artificial intelligence triggers frothing excitement in legal circles, but the role of older technology is still being debated. Ministers have unveiled a review of how computer evidence is used in court. After the Post Office Horizon scandal, there are concerns that presumptions about the reliability of technology could lead to future miscarriages of justice.
Private Eye's latest cover: sorry to President Donald Trump
Attention is the new money in American politics.
This is not your grandfather’s attention. It is not a passive thing, an article read or a news report digested. This attention — via smartphones — seizes you. It energises and angers you. It may change your view of life, of politics, of yourself. The algorithm is the message. Gaining any attention wins elections; that’s why the Democrats lost.
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Understanding trauma: why family lawyers and judges need training to avoid unjust outcomes for victims of abuse.
Protesters storm Mexico parliament over move to elect all judges
Lord Phillips steps down from Hong Kong court
High Court judge disciplined for love letter to young colleague
Mini Cooper review: The Mini has regained its mojo
Voldemort — the Brazilian judge who shut down X and went to war with Musk
Meanwhile in Brazil, Elon Musk has called him an “evil dictator.” Police officers in São Paulo once nicknamed him “Kojak,” after the shaven-headed New York TV detective who would bend the rules to catch the bad guys. His supporters insist he is a “crusader,” the last line of defence for democracy in Brazil. The shaven-headed and conservative Alexandre de Moraes has become an unlikely hero of the left after taking on the X owner over disinformation on social media.
UK judiciary moving at glacial pace on improving diversity.
A report on the year’s appointments of judges and magistrates shows a better picture for women, but there are still too few ethnic minority post-holders The latest figures on judicial diversity over the past decade reveal that the percentage of women appointed has risen from 24 to 38 per cent, but the appointment of black judges has remained at 1 per cent.
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UK: Complaints ‘covered up’ against tribunal judges
A lack of action over reported bullying and intimidation by an employment tribunal judge brings into question how transparently judicial misconduct is handled in the United Kingdom. Alison McDermott, who worked at Sellafield, drew attention to Judge Lancaster’s alleged behaviour when he rejected her whistleblowing detriment claim in 2021. This article was originally published by The Times.