Justice Matters

Moscow’s tenuous relationship with the truth now and then – Thomas Grant QC looks back at the last of the so-called ‘show trials’ where courtrooms were used as vehicles for disinformation and legitimisation of oppression

The recent Privy Council decisions in respect of same-sex matrimonial rights in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda have been met with largescale disappointment. Are there any positives on which to build? asks Tim Prudhoe

The atrocities in Ukraine have prompted an international outcry, calling for Putin to be held accountable – Christina Warner explores the legal mechanisms and vast evidential burdens

Perhaps, but we need to modernise impeachment before it is fit for purpose, writes Chris Monaghan…

What is the everyday experience of being a junior female barrister, and why do women leave the Bar? Choice or circumstance? asks Adiba Bassam 

Working pro bono is one of the greatest traditions of the profession and, in the Afghanistan crisis, one that has saved countless lives in real time. Sarah Magill documents the legal community's gargantuan response 

For IWD 2022, Emma Price talks openly about the challenges of achieving a ‘work/life balance’, why it's time to acknowledge this as a valid and realistic goal (not a guilty secret) and the difference this would make to retention and progression of women barristers 

A lawyer, a leader or both? Alec Samuels reviews the strengths, weaknesses and quirks of our lawyer-PMs of modern times

John J Burke, an American defence counsel recently transferred to the Bar of England and Wales, offers an insight into why Prince Andrew was wise to avoid sitting for a deposition which would have been a high-stakes gamble

Are British judges sitting in the Privy Council hindering the progress of human rights in the Caribbean and Latin America? asks Dr Leonardo Raznovich