Justice Matters

Dropping hearings into Zoom is not the end game, writes Professor Richard Susskind OBE

From a room in Gray’s Inn with a part-time administrator and 350 barrister volunteers, Advocate (formerly the Bar Pro Bono Unit) has grown into a 19-strong team with 4,500 volunteers and big ambitions. Rebecca Wilkie traces its past, present and future

Jules Winterton on BAILII’s historic – and ongoing – role in facilitating access to justice

A public health or criminal issue? The law on deception remains unclear and unresolved, write Professor Felicity Gerry QC and Professor Matthew Weait FAcSS

Should we cap numbers coming to the Bar? Or help them make data driven decisions? asks Ishan Kolhatkar 

Evaluating the temporary courtrooms and remote hearings set up to support the justice system through COVID: how should we deliver justice now and onwards? asks Lorna Cameron

Charlotte Mackenzie introduces the project increasing access to justice in Malawi through education on bail rights

The family law system is in crisis and a failure to recognise it as such demeans the Herculean efforts of all involved, writes Celestine Greenwood, an exhausted family practitioner

Riel Karmy-Jones QC and Alex Benn examine the question of true consent and whether the law, criminal or otherwise, should allow anyone to perform or undergo hymen surgery if it is not a medical necessity

Concern has been mounting over the increased use of Henry VIII clauses giving huge power to ministers and bypassing Parliamentary scrutiny, writes Rosalind English