Week News

• CPS secretly dropped 'weak' rape cases, say rights groups

• Criminal cases backlog could take a decade to clear, watchdog warns

• To all men who are in on the ‘open secret’: you have failed us

• High court hears legal challenge to England's lockdown restrictions

• End Covid-19 jail visiting ban for children in England and Wales, MPs urge

• Human rights in focus Priti Patel accused of 'shameful' bid to deport girl at risk of FGM

• Amber Heard can be in court for Johnny Depp’s evidence, high court rules

Month News

• Public prosecutor faces legal action over Cummings' Durham trip

• Harry Dunn's parents face setback in legal action against Foreign Office

• Abandon trial by jury? That would hardly restore trust in the justice system

• Covid-19 has changed everything from crime to policy. Legal systems must keep up

• Other lives Glenn Brasse obituary

• Bomb attack kills two human rights workers in Kabul

Year News

• Federal wage law protects workers in state-licensed pot industry, 10th Circuit rules

• ‘Parks and Recreation’ reminds us how important court reporters are to the legal system

• Lawyers to try to stop Boris Johnson putting Brexit deal before MPs

• Union chief to sue police over megaphone assault trial

• Metal-detecting versus real archaeology