Modern slavery and human trafficking on the rise in UK
Demand for cheap goods, cheap labour and cheap sex has driven a steep increase in the number of victims reported to authorities
Fifteen secret warrants in force granting bulk data collection in UK
Watchdog reveals for first time number of orders imposed on telephone and internet firms under Telecommunications Act
Father bugs daughter’s clothes in court battle over who she lives with
Listening devices sewn into schoolgirl’s blazer and coat to record talks with social worker, family court ruling reveals
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
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
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
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