Justice Matters

Will the Public Order Bill actually achieve the government’s aims? And do the police want these broad new pre-emptive powers anyway? Zoë Chapman considers the efficacy of the Bill and its latest amendments  

On the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mark Guthrie looks at progress on prosecuting Russia’s war crimes and useful lessons to be learnt from the courts of Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Have the media and court of public opinion had a centrifugal role in shaping Executive decision-making about her right to return? Professor Susan Edwards investigates 

In 2022, the Racial Bias and the Bench report found evidence of institutional racism in the justice system and fundamental flaws in the Judicial Diversity Strategy. Change is coming and all judges and lawyers can help revitalise the rule of law by implementing RBB’s 10 anti-racist recommendations, say Keir Monteith KC and Professor Leslie Thomas KC

The principal features of the Building Safety Act 2022, and a consideration of whether, in the longer term, this is the best way to improve standards

Reasons to subscribe to the Bar Representation Fee this year

This article is not intended to address the many compelling points raised in the FSG’s language paper, write Samantha Woodham and Harry Gates. Rather, it’s a short reflection on whether we family lawyers need to go further in the way we describe ourselves

With speech at the core of what barristers do, how much does ‘accent prestige’ persist among the public and at the Bar? Is this blocking best talent? Jeremy Robson and Natalie Braber report on a year-long research project examining attitudes to barristers' accents

In the rush to remote justice, court modernisation and financial efficiencies we risk losing something very valuable, writes an anonymous barrister

Dr Charlotte Proudman, Plan International UK and Our Streets Now on the campaign for legal change to protect against public sexual harassment