Week News

• Children in the dock Youth court closures in England and Wales due to Covid 'have almost doubled backlog'

• Call for tougher penalties in UK for possession of chemsex drugs

• Australian war crimes allegations: defence chief says commanders will be held accountable 'case by case'

• Nicolas Sarkozy in dock as ‘historic trial’ over corruption finally begins

• Nicolas Sarkozy corruption trial: co-defendant wants Covid postponement

• Myanmar is still committing genocide against Rohingya, says rights group

• The hostile environment is indefensible. Now we know it's unlawful too

Month News

• Public hysteria 'more harmful than the virus' say Tory policy critics

• Australia and the US have named judges to their highest courts, but in very different ways

• Hysteria and rushed laws 'more harmful than Covid', say campaigners

• England underestimates the costs of lockdown at its peril

• Rough sex excuse in women's deaths is variation of 'crime of passion' – study

• Law firm apologises for handling of allegations against Charlie Elphicke

Year News

• Top 10 ABA Journal stories of 2019

• Appeals judge ‘lacked personal boundaries’ and ‘engaged in unwanted touching,’ ethics panel says

• The police aren’t the only ones in need of diversity

• Kingfisher Airlines tycoon loses appeal against extradition to India

• British lawyer sues EU over her removal from its court due to Brexit