Law concerning use of sexual history in rape trials ‘could be reformed’
Attorney general Jeremy Wright says worries raised by MPs about nature of evidence used in high-profile retrial of Ched Evans are legitimate
Supreme court case reopens debate over battlefield human rights
Serdar Mohammed was held for 110 days by UK forces before being handed over to Afghan authorities
Five myths about studying law, debunked
Studying law is full of unexpected twists and turns – and in the end, you may not even turn into a lawyer
CPS to pay six-figure sum to man over wrongful conviction
Conrad Jones spent six years in prison for supposedly bribing a witness in a murder trial before being exonerated by police surveillance evidence
Nil Rate Band Inheritance Tax introduced for 2017
The Conservative Government have introduced an Inheritance Tax Residence Nil Rate Band (RNRB) in addition to the existing Inheritance Tax allowance of £325,000 and the Transferable Inheritance Tax allowance (where the first spouse or civil partner to die leaves his or her entire estate to the survivor). The RNRB is available to individuals dying after…
European court of human rights dismisses Omagh bombing appeal
Strasbourg court rules that civil trial of two men found liable for single worst atrocity of Northern Ireland’s Troubles was not unfair