Week News

• Breyer says SCOTUS has to decide whether Guantanamo detainees can continue to be held

• Willkie Farr and Sidley lawyers evacuated after helicopter crashes atop their building

• More families of murder victims will qualify for financial assistance; report helped fuel state’s legislation

• I was forced out of my job after having a baby. Then I was silenced by an NDA

• Alabama governor signs chemical castration law; it’s not the first state to authorize it

• Jewish death-row inmate claims judge who sentenced him was racist and anti-Semitic

• This state is expected to become the first to collect prosecutor data, with breakdowns by race

Month News

• Divorce litigant arrested for allegedly stabbing lawyer during deposition

• MoD says revised torture guidance does not lower standards

• Mordaunt pledges to review internal MoD torture guidance

• Short-term contracts a plague on academia

• Whistleblower judge appears at supreme court in key test case

• Suspects left in legal limbo by delays to inquiries, say solicitors

Year News

• Cliff Richard wins £210,000 in damages over BBC privacy case

• Home secretary vows to take the fight to forced marriages

• Margaret Brent awards honors women dedicated to inclusion, equal rights and social justice

• Limit prosecutions of army veterans, says top human rights lawyer

• Britain criminalising BME young people could spark a new crisis on the streets