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The once rapid U.S. expansion into China’s legal sphere has now fallen victim to retrenchment. After China acceded to the World Trade Organisation in the early 2000s, a surge in global trade and globalisation fuelled U.S. law firms’ expansion into the Chinese market as the need for international legal services on cross-border transactions and IPOs skyrocketed. This once-vibrant legal landscape has since declined due to geopolitical tensions, slowed economic growth, and manda

The idea of going through a haunted house is fun enough, but what if your fight or flight instinct kicks in and triggers a sea of legal questions? What if, in running away from the screaming ghost, you fell and injured yourself? Or if, when the zombie lunges towards you, the fight instinct kicks in, and you physically defend yourself? Tort law is most likely to answer your questions. To establish the basics, the relevant areas of tort law are the duty of care and negligence .

When most people think of criminal trials, they envision a simple outcome: guilty or not guilty. Since the 17th century, however, Scotland operated differently, as Scottish juries wielded a third option, ‘not proven’, that existed nowhere else in the world. On 17th September 2025, this uniquely Scottish verdict was finally consigned to history when the Scottish Parliament passed the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform Bill. Scotland’s three-verdict system was unique. Lik

Imagine a sovereign nation initiating legal proceedings against a supermarket chain. This may sound like a crazy hypothetical, but believe it or not this actually happened. In 2016 the Republic of Iceland, a Nordic island state with a population of approximately 370,000 started legal proceedings against Iceland Foods Ltd., the prominent UK-based frozen food retailer operating over 1,000 stores across Europe. At the heart of this conflict lies a fundamental question: can a pr

In medicine and law alike, accountability matters. But what happens when harm is caused not by a company itself, but by someone working for it? The legal concept of vicarious liability answers that question. It allows an employer to be held legally responsible for the actions or negligence of an employee if those actions occurred in the course of their employment. In healthcare, this principle often arises when patients suffer harm at the hands of hospital staff. If a nurse o

Every day, people make decisions about their medical treatment, finances and living arrangements. But what happens when a person cannot...

Memes are the internet’s universal language. Although a joke has, at times, turned into a viral internet sensation with unintended legal...

Laws have conquered land, sea, and air, and now, the final frontier. From tech billionaire rocket launches to satellite...

The turbulent nature of the geopolitical sphere has led clients to rely on their lawyers to navigate the complex interplay between law,...

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was signed in 1950 and was one of the most significant consequences of the end of the...

What law applies when someone misbehaves in the air or in international waters? Or worse, are we really just a few miles from kayaking to...

Picture this: you’re standing at the departure gate watching your flight status change from “on time” to “delayed” to “cancelled,”...

The debate surrounding mandatory vaccination, particularly for frontline healthcare workers, presents a profound collision between public...

Lucy Letby, a former neonatal nurse, was convicted in 2023 for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the...

In June 2025, the UK Parliament passed the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales...

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant prospect in the legal sector — it is already reshaping practice. From contract review to...

On the 3rd of April 2025 the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act or Martyn’s Law for short came into force in the UK. Why Martyn’s...

It was past midnight, the deadline looming, when Sarah Smith ( not her real name ) thought she had struck legal gold. ChatGPT had just...

In early 2024, explicit AI-generated images of Taylor Swift went viral, with one post on X (formerly Twitter) receiving more than 47...

The Online Safety Act (OSA) was introduced on 25 th of July 2025. Its main aim is to protect children from harmful online content by...