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
UK court to decide on extradition of ‘hacker’ Lauri Love
Decision on fate of British activist accused of hacking US agencies will be first substantive test of extradition law reforms
The right plea to escape jury service
Letters: My friend claimed he was an alcoholic. He was never troubled again.
Liz Truss abandons Gove’s plan for problem-solving courts
Rehabilitation system seen as too soft on crime as new justice secretary backpedals on reform
How slow-motion video footage misleads juries
New research in the US suggests that slowed-down footage can make jurors more likely to think the actions of a subject were deliberate or premeditated
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
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
Ministry of Justice to close 86 courts in England and Wales
Buildings will be sold to fund judicial modernisation in second wave of closures after 140 courts were shut in 2011 review