Week News

• Supreme Court to decide if excessive fines clause applies to states in seized SUV case

• Mental health tribunal proposals put justice at risk

• Malta's 'barbaric' finch traps ruled illegal by EU court

• Kathy Baker obituary

• First thoughts Hungary is making a mockery of EU values. It’s time to kick it out

• Supreme court bans police access to phone data without a warrant

• Supreme Court declines to hear death row inmate’s ‘gay bias’ case

Month News

• Harvey Weinstein's arrest explained: the charges and what's next

• Domestic abusers still able to cross-examine victims in court

• Ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Osofsky named as head of Serious Fraud Office

• The Guardian view on Amazon: not a normal monopoly

• Upskirting to become a criminal offence punishable by two years in jail

• Trafficking and exploitation in focus Pakistan's shame: the open secret of child sex abuse in the workplace

Year News

• Mishcon triumphs as firm of the year at The Lawyer Awards

• Louis CK responds to sexual misconduct allegations: 'These stories are true'

• ABA women’s commission updates manual about preventing and addressing sex harassment

• Gun safety groups not convinced by retired justice's call to repeal second amendment

• Group to send lawyers to help incarcerated teens