Lawyer was 'supposed to help defendants navigate the criminal justice system, not sexually abuse them in the midst of it'.

Representative body set to argue that Mazur ruling runs contrary to core purpose of Legal Services Act.

Legislation to enact the government's proposals to curb the right to trial by jury made its first formal appearance today. The Courts and Tribunals Bill, introduced by lord chancellor David Lammy MP ...

Firms doing a lot of government work should expect to give something back, law professor tells Commons justice committee.

A national campaign is calling on lawyers to help pupils access legal education ahead of changes to the way the rule of law ...

Government pressing ahead with 'swift courts' in which judge alone hears cases carrying a sentence of up to three years.

Bevan-Margetts' conduct was found to not be a deliberate breach but showed 'a failure to exercise due diligence’. Her conduct ‘could have reduced respect for judicial office, and cast doubt on her own ...

What portends the arrival of lazy summer days and daze better than the dull thwack of leather on willow? Soon it will be time to dig out those battered old pads from the loft for another cricket ...

Tackling the Crown court backlog requires ‘nothing short of throwing the kitchen sink at it’, courts minister Sarah Sackman ...

The paper also states that government will amend ‘the current legal exception related to incompatibility with the “provision ...

Vos says the court is capable of understanding simple propositions. Court rises and we're done for the day. 4.10pm: Bacon ...