Justice Matters

Do court reporters still play an important function in our legal system, and should the profession care that they are disappearing? Chloe Ashley interviews the journalist Liz Hull to find out 

Spain’s #SeAcabó movement highlights a problematic past entrenched in machismo and misogyny, as well as its gender-based violence today, reports Christina Warner 

Delving into Britain’s investigations of Nazi collaborators who found refuge in the UK after WWII, Jon Silverman reveals previously undisclosed criteria which severely restricted the possibility of prosecutions 

Stephen Hockman KC responds to Nick Vineall KC and Fallon Alexis’s proposals to defer call to the Bar until after pupillage 

Ali Evans describes how Support Through Court empowers litigants in person and helps the family and civil courts deliver justice, and the vital role of ‘Changemaker Guardian’ chambers in supporting this work 

The winning essay is ‘Not OK Computer: A Proposed AI Transparency Framework for the UK’ by Louis Dejeu-Castang 

Has the Judicial Appointments Commission succeeded in breaking down barriers in selection in terms of socio-economic disadvantage? asks James Keeley 

Mia Leslie shares techniques developed by the Public Law Project to help identify whether your client has been affected by automated state decision-making 

‘BIC’ is an invaluable resource for charities looking for legal support, and an invaluable opportunity for barristers and chambers professionals to give back, says Holly James 

In the first of a two-part series on the challenges of voice ID, Dr Jeremy Robson and Dr Harriet Smith advise practitioners to treat evidence from a witness claiming to recognise someone by their voice with extreme caution