Week News

• UK court hears bid to access fertility clinic's records on dead person

• Julian Assange case is the Dreyfus of our age, says John McDonnell

• Immigration rules post-Brexit could fuel modern slavery, say charities

• Harvey Weinstein trial: jury expected to hear reading of Sopranos actor's testimony

• Attorney general must not use her powers to politicise role

• Cyclist settles case for £30,000 after hitting pedestrian who was looking at phone

• Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai jailed for 10 years in China

Month News

• Filming partner without their consent during sex ruled a criminal offence

• Wales to ban parents smacking their children from 2022

• Police watchdog warns confidence in forces being damaged

• Judge refuses attempt to stop Home Office deportation fight

• If the UK cares about justice, it must fund forensic services properly

• Parents of brain-damaged baby lose life support legal battle

Year News

• Justice Department avoids gender pronouns in brief in transgender case

• Jeremy Corbyn pledges biggest ever extension to workers' rights

• The Guardian view on prisons and mothers: an injustice

• Defendant can be required to write essay on respect for judiciary and to delete negative comments, appeals court says

• Met police to begin using live facial recognition cameras