The Justice Committee’s report, The Future of Legal Aid, calls for urgent reform for criminal and civil legal aid.

Proposals to extend court opening hours from the standard 10 am–4pm have been met with fierce opposition from across the profession.

Applications have opened for the latest round of places on The Legal Education Foundation’s Justice First Fellowship programme, to begin in...

A group of current and aspiring barristers are setting up a new network, Barristers with Lived Experience of Mental Illness (BLEMI).

On 30 June 2021, the Howard League for Penal Reform launched Making Black Lives Matter in the Criminal Justice System: a Guide for Antiracist Lawyers.

Not all disabilities are visible and disabled people are less likely to drive cars than the general population.

Too many pupils are permanently excluded in haste, with a disregard for even the most basic principles of fairness and a contempt for children or...

Sue James reports on the 19th Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards and the second virtual ceremony, which aired live on YouTube on 6 July to hundreds...

On 18 June 2021, the government published The End-to-End Rape Review Report on Findings and Actions. Its pledges lack particularity and for those of...

An important recent case on wide injunctions against Gypsies and Travellers.

In the UK, we are heading down the path of dispute resolution eBay style

The protection the Act provides to victims of domestic abuse, although well overdue and welcome, does not go far enough.