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What might the public inquiry on child sexual exploitation look like
Data (Use and Access) Act – Updating Data Protection Law and more
High Court Dismisses Challenge to New Super Prison
AI, copyright and LLMs

Automatic suspensions and the public interest
FOI and communication
Too much?
Deploying ‘ADR’ in Planning & Compensation contexts
Removal from the village green register

The attendance of experts in family proceedings
Local authority enforcement powers and domestic beekeeping
Too little? When intervention is not required
Closures of educational sites
Public law case update Q1 2025
The scope and purpose of s166 DPA: a procedural and not a merits route of challenge
Local government reorganisation: the impact on procurement and contracts
Recording and publishing officer decisions
AI solutions: the contractual issues
How do you deal with conflicts of belief in schools and colleges?
Modifying subsidies: What is permitted and what is not?
Getting new PPP right: Smarter tools for smarter infrastructure
Negotiating s106 agreements
Heat network zoning coordination
Mediating PFIs
Generative AI and data protection
Zones/RABs and heat networks: The path to an investible infrastructure asset class?
The final say
The seven questions to address in a welfare analysis
Too late
VAT on school fees and its impact on the SEND system: an emerging pressure point
Expert fees in public law children cases
Producing robust capacity assessments and the approaches to assessing capacity
One teacher, two jobs
The 26-week timeframe and care proceedings with an international element
Too little? Or too late?
Partial debt guarantees- Reviving Investment in UK Water Infrastructure
Unlocking legal talent
Re A compliance in care proceedings
AI in the UK public sector
Planning reform to accelerate housing delivery - at what cost?
All change: The implications of planning reform upon regeneration projects
Appropriate assessments and planning committee meetings
Council liability in cases of personal injury suffered on public highways
Subsidy control: referral of subsidies
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