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19 December 2025

The Future of AI Training

On 4 November 2025, Mrs Justice Joanna Smith delivered a 205-page judgment in Getty Images v Stability AI, a closely watched case on the limits of lawful AI training, copyright and data use.

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02 December 2025

LSLA Judicial Shadowing and Mentorship Diversity Schemes

The London Solicitors Litigation Association has introduced two key initiatives focused on diversity, inclusion and professional development.

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21 November 2025

Public access to key commercial court documents

A new pilot will introduce online public access to key commercial court documents, which LSLA President Nikki Edwards has described as a significant step towards open justice.

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24 October 2025

Chatting with AI: practice, privilege and problems

The legal profession is getting ever closer to a range of artificial intelligence companions. From litigants in person using ChatGPT to major law firms using sophisticated proprietary systems, the way we do law is changing

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24 October 2025

A New Era of Corporate Accountability: The Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence by Charlotte Hill

We are pleased to share an overview of the UK’s new corporate offence of Failure to Prevent Fraud, which took effect on 1 September 2025 under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.

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03 October 2025

Constructive trusts and dishonest assistance

Jason Woodland, a Partner at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP is a committee member of the LSLA and Edward Irwin is a senior associate at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP and Vice President of the Junior LSLA. They share their thoughts on the nature of constructive trusts, the scope of equitable compensation, and the limits of equitable set-off in cases involving dishonest assistance.

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16 September 2025

Securities litigation: Wirral Council v Indivior & Reckitt

In June the Supreme Court refused Wirral Council’s application for permission to appeal the decision by the Court of Appeal upholding the strike-out of aspects of its securities claim against Indivior plc and Reckitt Benckiser Group plc. What consequences will this have, if any, for the future of securities group litigation in England and Wales?

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12 September 2025

Redrawing boundaries for fiduciary duties and motor finance claims

Ceri Morgan, Membership Secretary and Knowledge Counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery

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11 July 2025

Continuing to be proud

For many of our members, continuing to support Pride and DEI is not about optics or public relations—it’s about ensuring that the legal profession stays true to its founding principles of fairness, justice, and equal rights.

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13 June 2025

Duties of good faith

While duties of good faith have not traditionally been central to English contract law, recent cases show a growing judicial willingness to recognise them. Abdulali Jiwaji explores how the courts have applied the Braganza duty to contractual discretion.

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