Law
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The young men I find rocking on their beds need a mental health professional. Instead they get well-meaning but unprepared prison officers like me
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Prime minister launches major consultation to result in domestic violence and abuse act with new measures to help victims
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The justice department plans to rescind the ban and issue a new executive order to eliminate ‘erroneous constitutional concerns’ after an appeals court loss
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Law society hopes court will better ‘reflect society’, as all of current panel are white and majority are privately educated men
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Unhappily married? You’re not alone
Virginia IronsideAs an agony aunt I’ve heard all sorts about couples. But this doesn’t make it any easier to judge whether Tini Owens’s loneliness should be grounds for divorce -
The right is acting like a crime syndicate intent on protecting territory and silencing witnesses
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The Law Commission’s proposed changes to the Official Secrets Act go further than anything dreamed up by the notorious Colonel Seely over a century ago
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Letter signed by 250 law scholars expresses dismay at Theresa May’s decision to align her government with US administration
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High court judge says stopping ‘invasive’ treatment is in baby’s best interests despite her parents’ objections
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Tini Owens is appealing against judge’s ‘extraordinarily unusual’ refusal to grant her a divorce last year
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What can save our prisons from chaos? The governors
John PodmoreDrugs, violence and overcrowding threaten both staff and inmates. After running HMP Brixton, I found that governors are the seeds of reform – support them, and change will come -
Concern that shielding MoD from legal action by channelling compensation claims into internal scheme will stifle debate
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Downing Street vehemently denies claims it plans to outlaw investigative journalism and public interest whistleblowers
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Editorial: Panorama’s investigation at HMP Northumberland shows a system that is failing to achieve even the most basic of penal goals
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Editorial: The law should recognise more than marriage as a way of giving rights to straight couples
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Justice secretary Liz Truss launches review of law under which a complainant’s sexual history can be admissible in court
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Editorial: The Law Commission’s proposals appear tailored to stop the Guardian ever again publishing something like the Snowden files
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So you want to switch off digitally? I’m afraid that will cost you…