Trish D'Souza and Claire Archibald examine the proposed review by Estyn, the education and training inspectorate for Wales, of the use of AI within schools.

Alex Madden, Head of Planning and Environmental and a member of the Rail team at Hugh James, looks at the key considerations affecting local authorities involved in rail modernisation projects, such as the Western Gateway Rail Deal.

The High Court recently considered the scope of s70A Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Arevik Jackson looks at the lessons from the judgment.

The Welsh Government has published a new Code of Practice which came into effect on 1 September and applies principles and standards to the commissioning of care and support services by local authorities, local health boards and NHS trusts in Wales. Emma Watt looks at the details.

Mark Roach, Sarah Davies and Dawn Gowland review a recent High Court case where a contractor sought to enforce an adjudicator’s decision against a Welsh council.

To help schools to understand the formalities and technical issues that need to be taken into account when a pupil is permanently excluded from a maintained school in Wales, Al Hussain and Trish D’Souza have put together a permanent exclusion checklist.

Is Wales striking out alone on mental health reform? Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) looks at recent developments.

The Welsh Government has asked that certain provisions within the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, including those in relation to children in secure accommodation and children not in school, be applied to Wales in the same way as England.

A local objector to Gwynedd Council’s policy on planning for holiday homes has won the right to take the authority to judicial review after a judge said he was “just persuaded” this was the right course.

Comisiynydd y Gymraeg, the Welsh Language Commissioner, has appointed three law firms to a framework agreement for legal advice.

The Government has issued a white paper setting out its plans to ban the sale of new leasehold flats and make commonhold the default tenure in England and Wales.