Justice Matters

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

Can we expect Russian leaders to face trial for war crimes committed specifically in relation to Ukraine’s cultural heritage? Fahrid Chishty investigates

Damp squibs, overshoots, nasty surprises and backfires – David Goddard on how laws fail and how we can do better

If words are the raw materials of a lawyer’s trade, what can we learn from the masters of literature? Dr Max Barrett applies George Orwell and Mark Twain’s observations on literary writing to the legal sphere

The concluding part of an anonymous juror’s experience of a lengthy fraud trial flags issues in the jury room and suggests that it is time for some modifications

Fake news, revenge porn, ‘black mirror’ – and now deepfakes are making it into quite low-level court cases. How can lawyers prepare, what duties of care might be imposed, and how might courts deal with the deepfake era? By Professor Lilian Edwards

Three recent cases of failed attempts to plead infanticide suggests that the law is not working as well as it could. Have we lost sight of the principles of leniency and sympathy that embody the Act? asks Dr Emma Milne

In all but the most serious of cases, should there be a presumption against sending a pregnant or perinatal women to prison? ask Dr Felicity Gerry KC and Dr Lucy Baldwin