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To cap or not to cap, that is the question

Should we cap numbers coming to the Bar? Or help them make data driven decisions? asks Ishan Kolhatkar 

05 October 2021 / Ishan Kolhatkar
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The Nightingale COVID-19 response

Evaluating the temporary courtrooms and remote hearings set up to support the justice system through COVID: how should we deliver justice now and onwards? asks Lorna Cameron

05 October 2021 / Lorna Cameron
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Malawi Bail Project: accessing justice

Charlotte Mackenzie introduces the project increasing access to justice in Malawi through education on bail rights

01 October 2021 / Charlotte Mackenzie
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On the brink of collapse? The family law system in 2021

The family law system is in crisis and a failure to recognise it as such demeans the Herculean efforts of all involved, writes Celestine Greenwood, an exhausted family practitioner

23 September 2021 / Celestine Greenwood
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‘Virginity testing’, hymen surgery and misogyny: what should the law do?

Riel Karmy-Jones QC and Alex Benn examine the question of true consent and whether the law, criminal or otherwise, should allow anyone to perform or undergo hymen surgery if it is not a medical necessity

21 September 2021 / Riel Karmy-Jones KC / Alex Benn
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Henry VIII powers v Parliament

Concern has been mounting over the increased use of Henry VIII clauses giving huge power to ministers and bypassing Parliamentary scrutiny, writes Rosalind English

07 September 2021 / Rosalind English
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The Post Office trial and the future of private prosecutions

The pitfalls exposed by the Post Office debacle lay bare the problems that exist when criminal prosecutions are brought by the victims of the alleged crime without sufficient transparency and safeguards, argue Rupert Bowers QC and Tayyiba Bajwa

03 September 2021 / Rupert Bowers KC / Tayyiba Bajwa
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Jobs and homes – a journey through the civil justice system

David Renton charts 12 months of civil law in lockdown: the gap between employment and housing law keeps getting wider

01 September 2021 / David Renton
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DPAs for the masses: the rehabilitative approach

Politicians 'getting tough on crime' should note two pioneering, results-based, rehabilitative schemes in Durham and Hertfordshire which are slashing reoffending rates, write Tori Adams and Siân Beaven

01 September 2021 / Tori Adams / Siân Beaven
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Following the science? Accountability in the time of COVID

What does it mean that life shall be ‘protected by law’ when ‘nature, red in tooth and claw’ is immune from abstract ideas of law and rights? asks Abigail Holt

01 September 2021 / Abigail Holt
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