The rule of law cannot exist without access to justice. It is a fundamental right of every citizen. Any society that wishes to be thought of as just and fair needs to have mechanisms to ensure that the rule of law is maintained and that its members are able to obtain justice properly. The rule [...]

A magistrate who, during the sentencing of two 16 year-old boys, said that “Normal people would consider you absolute scum” has been relieved of his duties as chairman of the bench. The comment by Mr Austin Molloy was in response to the boys’ criminal acts of writing racist and sexually abusive words in prayer books [...]

Sir John Mortimer, QC, creator of Rumpole of the Bailey, barrister, playwright and author died on 16th January 2009, aged 85 years.  Read his obituary in The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5532245.ece

Darren Sylvester has put in to a podcast an article written in 2006 that focuses on the reforms to police powers of arrest contained in The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.