#Legal Reform

Articles (30)

• 🇬🇧 Probe launched into policing of man wrongly jailed for 38 years — 27/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  An investigation has been launched into the policing of Peter Sullivan, who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1986.

  Related: #Miscarriage of Justice, #Police Investigation
• 🇺🇸 Redressing racism in the courts: The Rocky Myers case — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  No Black defendant in a murder case should be represented by a lawyer affiliated with the KKK without their knowledge and consent

  Related: #Racial Justice
• 🇬🇧 Why axe so many juries? My plan would solve the courts crisis without harming justice | Alan Moses — 23/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>The backlog in England and Wales is serious but there are other ways to address it. There are many retired judges and calling them into action could be key</p><p>Hyperbolic cliches fly back and for...

  Related: #Judicial Efficiency
• 🇬🇧 Call to cancel threat of prison for council tax non-payment — 23/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Debt charity StepChange says there are clear differences between councils when chasing unpaid tax.

  Related: #Social Justice
• 🇬🇧 Lords vote to back clause pardoning women convicted over illegal abortions — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Peers’ decision welcomed as ‘landmark moment’ after attempt to strike out amendment is defeated</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/mar/19/labour-eu-iran-covid-loc...

  Related: #Abortion Rights
• 🇺🇸 Congress considers blowing up internet law — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Internet platforms' liability shield Section 230 faced another round of attack at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday, this time with two distinct undercurrents complicating the conversat...

  Related: #Internet Regulation
• 🇺🇦 Why must Ukraine's justice system adapt to a traumatized society? — 18/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  Ukraine is rebuilding courts, laws, and institutions while the war continues. At the same time, it faces the vital task of helping its people rebuild their lives. Our European integration debate is r...

  Related: #Trauma Recovery
• 🇺🇸 The Faroe Islands Are Changing Some of Europe’s Strictest Abortion Rules — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  A new law allowing abortion up to 12 weeks will be a major shift in an archipelago of 55,000 people, and there are strong feelings on both sides.

  Related: #Abortion Rights
• 🇬🇧 Dog owners to face unlimited fines if their pets attack livestock under new law — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Police will have new powers to seize and detain dogs that have attacked or chased farm animals.

  Related: #Animal Welfare
• 🇬🇧 MP: 'My mum killed the man who abused her - but we'd see her as a victim today' — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Labour MP Naz Shah has told Sky News about the abuse her mother faced - and how it led her to kill the man she knew as "uncle".

  Related: #Domestic Violence
• 🇺🇸 How bankruptcy reform can provide justice for child sexual abuse victims — 14/03/2026 [USA]

  Many institutions responsible for child sexual abuse have learned how to weaponize these legal tools to shield themselves from responsibility.

  Related: #Victim Justice
• 🇬🇧 Senegal approves tougher anti-gay law as rights groups raise concerns — 12/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  "Violence and fear" will spike and "equality and non-discrimination" will be trampled on, warn critics.

  Related: #LGBTQ Rights
• 🇬🇧 Proposed law change will protect abusive men who push women to suicide, campaigners warn — 12/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Charity criticises new measures that would make it harder for inquests to pass verdict of unlawful killing</p><p>Men whose abusive behaviour drives women to take their own lives are more likely to ...

  Related: #Domestic Abuse
• 🇺🇸 Hegseth Calls for Assessment, Alignment of DOW Legal Functions, Operations — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called on the joint forces service secretaries to work through their general counsels to conduct a "ruthless, no-excuses review" of the War Department's assorted legal su...

  Related: #Organizational Alignment
• 🇬🇧 Jury trial changes survive Labour rebellion to clear first hurdle — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Legislation to restrict jury trials for all but the most serious cases has passed its first major Commons hurdle - despite a rebellion by some Labour MPs.

  Related: #Political Conflict
• 🇬🇧 Lammy urges Labour MPs to back jury trial cuts — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The justice secretary says the limits are required to stem a growing backlog of cases in crown courts.

  Related: #Political Advocacy
• 🇬🇧 Jess Phillips backs jury bill as she reveals she is ‘victim of courts backlog’ — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Exclusive: Safeguarding minister says man accused of restraining order breach will not come to court until 2028</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/mar/10/cost-of-...

  Related: #Justice System
• 🇬🇧 Thousands of lawyers urge Keir Starmer to rethink plans to cut jury trials — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Government facing prospect of most serious backbench revolt yet over proposals for England and Wales </p><p>Plans to curtail the number of jury trials in England and Wales have been described as “u...

  Related: #Justice System
• 🇬🇧 Thousands of lawyers oppose jury restriction plan — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Lawyers including top barristers and retired judges urge the government to drop a plan to abolish some jury trials.

  Related: #Judicial Rights
• 🇬🇧 Overhaul of rape inquiries threatened by lack of courtroom awareness, says expert — 09/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Exclusive: Independent adviser says some judges in England and Wales have not heard of changes to way cases are investigated</p><p>An overhaul of the way police investigate rape is being put at ris...

  Related: #Criminal Justice
• 🇬🇧 PM urged to rethink plans for jury trials - by fellow lawyers — 09/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  More than 3,200 lawyers have written to the prime minister urging him to "rethink" plans to restrict jury trials for all but the most serious cases.

  Related: #Government Policy
• 🇬🇧 Labour lawyers ‘blocked’ from briefing MPs on jury trials overhaul before vote — 09/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Leader of rebel group says there is deep concern within Society of Labour Lawyers about courts and tribunals bill </p><p>Lawyers affiliated to Labour were “blocked” from briefing party MPs to share...

  Related: #Political Transparency
• 🇺🇸 Democrats eye extending foreign bribery statute of limitations — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  A group of Democratic senators led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have introduced a new bill to strengthen enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by extending the 1977 law’s statute of l...

  Related: #Anti-Corruption
• 🇬🇧 Proposed law does not protect children born to convicted paedophiles, Lords to hear — 09/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Amendment to victims and courts bill in England and Wales aims to remove anomaly in parental responsibility</p><p>A proposed <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-action-to-protect...

  Related: #Child Protection
• 🇺🇸 What to know about the charge that Mandelson and former Prince Andrew may face — 24/02/2026 [USA]

  Both are under investigation for the same offense — misconduct in public office — and while neither of them has been charged yet, their high-profile arrests have shone a spotlight on an ancient law th...

  Related: #Public Accountability, #High-Profile Investigations
• 🇬🇧 Shaheen Malik: An acid attack survivor's fight for justice and dignity — 11/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Malik recently petitioned India's top court to include survivors forced to ingest acid under disability law.

  Related: #Human Rights, #Social Justice
• 🇺🇸 Call to change law after BBC finds women were covertly filmed on nights out — 10/02/2026 [USA]

  A private members' bill asks for a change to voyeurism legislation to stop videos being posted online for profit.

  Related: #Women's Rights, #Digital Privacy
• 🇺🇸 8/11: The Takeout: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch — 09/02/2026 [USA]

  U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch talks about his book, "Over Rules: The Human Toll of Too Much Law," and his views on the court's impact on the lives of everyday Americans.

  Related: #Judiciary, #Governance
• 🇺🇸 Millions of documents - but Epstein's victims say they are no closer to justice — 06/02/2026 [USA]

  One campaigner says the files are "symptomatic of a broken system of how we treat women - how we view survivors".

  Related: #Justice System, #Human Rights
• 🇺🇸 Michael B. Jordan leads in a powerful story of justice and redemption — 01/02/2026 [USA]

  Based on the true story of a lawyer who fights to free wrongly convicted men on death row

  Related: #Justice, #Civil Rights