Week News

• Other lives Francis Deutsch obituary

• Freshwater Five drug-smuggling convictions unsafe, court hears

• Australia’s move to tame Facebook and Google is just the start of a global battle

• Covid fines surge in England and Wales as police adopt hardline approach

• Police watchdog castigates forces over use of stop and search

• Make taking pictures down a woman's top a crime, say law advisers

• Drug reforms must consider the wider issues

Month News

• Why do barristers wear wigs? ‘Dress Codes’ explores fashion and the law

• How the Queen came to own the seabed around Britain

• Number of prisoners in England and Wales on suicide watch rises steeply

• Mismanagement claims against Kids Company founder thrown out

• Senior UK fraud prosecutor unfairly sacked after US sabotage, tribunal finds

• The Guardian view on the Uber drivers ruling: a challenge to government

Year News

• Secret policy change by CPS cut number of rape trials, high court told

• US and UK condemn arrest of Hong Kong democracy activists

• Sally Challen can inherit controlling husband's estate, rules judge

• The fight to vote Is the US supreme court having a liberal moment? Don't be so sure, experts say

• Covid rules in prisons blocking rehabilitation, say UK campaigners