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10 mins
23 Jan 2026

When tragedy meets public law: the Supreme Court on illegality, insanity and civil claims

The Supreme Court’s decision this week in Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd and others raises stark questions about the intersection of mental health law, negligence, and public policy. At its heart is a deeply tragic sequence of events. But the judgment is not about apportioning moral blame. It asks whether the civil law should permit a claimant to recover compensation for losses flowing directly from acts of extreme violence, even where those acts were committed during a psychotic episode and attracted no criminal responsibility. For healthcare bodies and those working in mental health and criminal justice settings, the case is likely to be pertinent.

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8 mins
22 Jan 2026

What does the law have to say about Grok, digital undressing and X?

Lawmakers were embarrassed recently after users of the artificial intelligence model Grok created thousands of images of ‘digitally undressed’ women and children and shared them on X. Reading the press coverage, you might have got the impression that lawmakers had failed to anticipate this problem, but that is not the case. A number of statutory mechanisms exist to prevent the creation and publication of images of this kind, including in the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 and the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA). This article looks at the relevant provisions in those Acts.

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5 mins
19 Jan 2026

Keeping it AI-uthentic in court: Challenging falsified documents created using AI

Parties to litigation rely on documents, emails, contracts and records to establish facts before a court or tribunal. Judges rely on the parties and their lawyers to challenge falsified documents. However, the rising use of AI presents a significant cause for concern, enabling the production and manipulation of documents with ease. Perhaps even more concerning is the fact that the documents produced through AI can go largely undetected when tested through traditional verification methods. 

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