Joshua Rozenberg
- Opinion
Labour must rediscover joined-up government
Does the Labour government understand that unrealistic spending cuts may cost more to put right?
- Opinion
Court approval added to assisted dying bill
Although still recognisably the measure Lord Falconer has been trying to get through parliament for a decade, his latest bill has picked up some safeguards along the way.
- Opinion
King’s speech: Labour’s long to-do list
‘Hillsborough law’ is promised to be ‘the catalyst for a changed culture in the public sector by improving transparency and accountability’. How can you enforce a measure such as this?
- Opinion
What can lawyers expect from Labour?
The new prime minister is well aware that his most urgent legal challenge is prison overcrowding.
- Opinion
Labour must mend criminal justice
Letting prisoners out early may not sound as if it is putting the needs of victims first. But emergency measures can no longer be avoided.
- Opinion
The dangers of judicial overreach
National courts do make enforceable decisions. But prosecutors and judges must take the public with them.
- Feature
Assange saga approaches its denouement
Today, Julian Assange may hear whether his extradition is finally going ahead.
- Opinion
PM with inside knowledge can transform prisons
If polls are to be believed, a KC will be PM by the end of the year. Starmer would be the most senior practising lawyer in modern times to lead the government.
- Opinion
Post Office bill – messy but quick
Government’s Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill raises unprecedented constitutional issues.
- Opinion
Climate of fear raises the stakes on human rights
The European Court of Human Rights may answer some momentous questions for the first time in rulings to be delivered tomorrow.
- Opinion
Prisons: stalled bill raises stakes on early release
If there is to be no new legislation in the coming months, justice secretary Alex Chalk must simply stretch the existing provisions as far as he can.
- Opinion
Post Office convictions: setting the record straight
Legislation will be introduced ‘within weeks’ overturning wrongful convictions of hundreds of postmasters, the Ministry of Justice announced on 10 January.
- Opinion
Protesters forced government’s hand on new curbs
New public order powers have been announced by ministers. Different branches of government have promoted the proposed reforms in very different ways.
- Opinion
What the ICJ ‘genocide’ ruling means for Israel
The ICJ president Joan Donoghue must have tried hard to reach agreement on South Africa’s claim against Israel under the Genocide Convention of 1948.
- Opinion
Turning opinions into circumstances
Attorney general preps for test case on protesters accused of criminal damage.
- Opinion
Post Office scandal: lawyers in the frame
Although the scandal itself has now received extensive publicity, making amends has become ever more complicated.
- Opinion
Causes and effect – can juries spurn the law?
Jurors 'should obey the law', Lord Devlin said in his 1956 Hamlyn lectures. 'But it is an obedience which they cannot be compelled to give.'
- Opinion
Juries out on RASSO trials?
Barristers have submitted a strongly worded response to the Law Commission, which is currently considering the use of evidence in sexual prosecutions.
- Opinion
Sentence construction
Poor public understanding of sentencing is diluting the quality of debate.
- Opinion
Making the UK a safe place to go online
Although reforms will not be fully implemented before next year, service providers are already taking action to protect children from harm.