UK job numbers boosted by women delaying retirement
Employment rate for women hits record in March after retirement age changes, with figures contradicting EU referendum fears
Nuclear whistleblower faces fresh charges, 30 years on
- Mordechai Vanunu accused of breaching strict controls on movement
- Former technician blew whistle on Israel’s nuclear weapons programme
UK courts chief to leave job after just over a year
Natalie Ceeney’s surprise departure comes during a period of modernisation for the Courts and Tribunal Service
University innocence projects: where are they now?
Only one conviction has ever been overturned on the strength of a university innocence project’s work in the UK – what’s going on? And what’s next for these projects?
MoJ plan for legal aid residence test thrown out by supreme court
Ruling is humiliating setback for Michael Gove, who will now be unable to introduce scheme without full parliamentary debate
Judges’ reforms threaten the role of lay legal advisers
Following legal aid cuts, plans to bar McKenzie Friends from charging fees will put help beyond financial reach for many
Injunction ruling enables celebrities to hide sex lives, says top lawyer
Mark Stephens warns ‘watershed’ decision against Sun on Sunday means the famous will be able to use their children to stifle publicity
Child soldier to war criminal: the trial of Dominic Ongwen
Ugandan Ongwen was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army at the age of nine. Twenty-five years later, a trial is to establish whether the victim turned perpetrator
UK legal sector ‘now worth £26bn a year’
Industry grew 8% last year, helped by feuding oligarchs and wealthy divorcees choosing to fight their cases in London
Democrats see ‘cracks’ in Republican block of Merrick Garland confirmation
New York senator Chuck Schumer said some Senate Republicans have agreed to meet supreme court nominee despite leadership wanting to hold off on hearings