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Addleshaw Goddard has advised GEN inCode UK Limited, an artificial intelligence cardiovascular disease specialist, on a £3 million fundraiser from Maven Capital Partners and Downing LLP. GEN inCode specialises in genetic risk assessment and prediction of cardiovascular disease through advanced

Aviation authorities have asked police to investigate reports from two pilots who claim to have spotted a man in a jetpack above Los Angeles. The bizarre saga began when a pilot approaching Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Sunday night told the control tower that he "just passed a guy in a

Blackadders LLP has announced the appointment of nine new trainees. Each of the new trainees will go through four seat rotations in different areas of the business for placements of six months so they can learn and develop a range of legal skills.

A mother who was found by the English High Court of Justice to have wrongfully retained her children in England after moving from Germany with them has successfully appealed the decision in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division).  The children, aged 6 and 8 at the time of the application, ha

Benjamin Bestgen examines the available options for punishing companies and questions whether our current laws are appropriate. Corporate crimes make prominent headlines, particularly when they involve large multinationals like Volkswagen, WellsFargo, Pfizer or Odebrecht. But smaller businesses like

A full statutory public interest defence should be available to anyone accused of an unauthorised disclosure offence under the Official Secrets Act 1989, the Law Commission has recommended. In a report on espionage and unauthorised disclosures laid before Parliament, the commission states that the O

Scotland is to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into domestic law. The UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill will make it unlawful for public authorities to act incompatibly with the incorporated UNCRC requirements, giving children, young people and their representati

The sentencing of the man responsible for the shooting at two mosques in March 2019 in Christchurch, New Zealand, took place over a number of days last week with the High Court judge (Justice Cameron Mander) imposing a sentence of life imprisonment without parole on 27 August 2020. Fergus Whyte and

The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.

The outbreak of war in 1914 prompted a business dispute that ultimately reached the House of Lords and influenced reform to English law. Kate Scarborough explains the details of the case. Cantiere San Rocco SA v Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd [1923] SC (HL) 105 concerned a

Some 200 American personnel benefited from a bulk diplomatic immunity deal as the UK base they were working on expanded its 'war on terror' operations, according to court documents from the case of Harry Dunn. Mr Dunn was killed in a hit-and-run in 2019 when his motorcycle was hit by a car near 

Shepherd and Wedderburn has established a dedicated international families group to provide legal advice to overseas clients wishing to relocate to the UK. The firm said that the new immigration route for British National (overseas) citizens in Hong Kong, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a number of other

The sentencing of the man responsible for the shooting at two mosques in March 2019 in Christchurch, New Zealand, took place over a number of days last week with the High Court judge (Justice Cameron Mander) imposing a sentence of life imprisonment without parole on 27 August 2020. Fergus Whyte and

House prices in the UK rose by a substantial two per cent month-on-month in August, marking the largest monthly rise since February 2004, according to Nationwide's latest House Price Index. The increase followed a similarly robust gain of 1.8 per cent in July; this lifted the year-on-year increase t