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Counter-terrorism legislation has created a permanent zone of suspicion – but not for everyone.
Fracking protestors Rich Loizou, Simon Blevins and Richard Roberts released from prison on October 17.
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The criminalisation of fracking protesters is not the exception, it has become the rule.
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Record numbers of families rent privately in England. But the law has not kept a fair balance between landlord and tenant rights.
The Yard are hungry for data. We shouldn’t feed it.
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Allowing the police unfettered use of vast databases of information will begin to tilt the balance of power towards totalitarianism.
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A court has ruled that pre-existing mental health problems can be taken into account.
Sex workers protest in Westminster in early July.
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The opinions of current sex workers must be sought before any changes are made to the law governing the websites they use.
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The British home secretary has decided not to seek assurances from the US that it wouldn’t use the death penalty for an IS duo arrested in Syria. This must be opposed.
Vote Leave campaigners, including Darren Grimes, gather with Michael Gove.
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The Electoral Commission has ruled the official campaign to leave the EU broke funding rules.
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Victims of image based sexual abuse deserve legal clarity.
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FreeTommy protests depict the founder of the English Defence League as a hero. But his sentencing had nothing to do with the right to protest.
Might there be yet another way in which parliamentarians can unwittingly fall foul of dual citizenship laws?
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Just when we thought the dual citizenship debacle was coming to an end, there may be another sting in our Constitution’s tail.
Daryll Rowe.
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Cases like Daryll Rowe’s are very rare, but they have the power to transform both the law and public opinion.
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A mother is suing a doctor for circumcising her infant son without her consent.
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A history of how jurors have faced trial themselves for getting it wrong, or slipping up in court.
Now what?
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The powers exist but must be used with caution, explains a legal expert. They don’t form a vigilante’s charter.
We need more clarity around this difficult question: when are sexual acts so extreme that consent is irrelevant?
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How Australian courts might interpret consent in situations like this is far from clear, and needs to be sorted out.
The feudal origins of leasehold land has a lot to do with the Normans.
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To buy without owning, to pay rent on something that’s yours – the origins of leasehold ownership look increasingly out of place today.
Claims that peers could ‘block Brexit’ have been exaggerated.
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The Lords won’t block Brexit, but here’s what could happen when they debate the EU Withdrawal Bill.
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The Northern Irish party were horrified at the suggestion that Brexit might mean different customs rules. But when it comes to women’s rights, it’s a different story.
The Supreme Court judges as of October 2017.
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There are still far too few female, black, Asian and minority ethnic judges.