Victims of domestic violence continue to be cross-examined by their abusers in family courts more than a year after the government promised to stop such ordeals, a report has found. Children’s lives were being put at risk because victims were not being given safe or
A group of prominent lawyers claim the official body responsible for investigating alleged miscarriages of justice is not fit for purpose. The lawyers have accused the Criminal Cases Review Commission, which decides whether alleged miscarriages of justice should be referred to the court of appeal, of
Steve Bannon, President Trump’s former senior adviser, was asked by Channel 4 News last week whether Europe was now the battleground for his ideas. In the “popular nationalist revolt,” he responded, “Europe leads”. It’s through this lens that we can view Tommy Robinson and the recent shenanigans
New South Wales has extended a pilot youth Koori court program to a second court in a move the Aboriginal Legal Service has said will reduce Indigenous youth detention rates. The state attorney general, Mark Speakman, announced on Thursday that he would commit $2.7m over
Fewer people are smoking worldwide, especially women, but only one country in eight is on track to meet a target of reducing tobacco use significantly by 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Three million people die prematurely each year due to tobacco
The US Supreme Court [official website] on Tuesday dismissed [text PDF] the case of City of Hays, Kansas v. Vogt [SCOTUSblog materials], deciding that the writ of certiorari was “improvidently granted.” At issue [SCOTUSblog report] was whether a defendant’s Fifth Amendment rights are violated when statements are admitted into evidence at a probable
If US President Donald Trump should sometime manage to re-start the cancelled nuclear summit talks with Kim Jung Un, his core focus should be on achieving stable nuclear deterrence, not “denuclearization.” In principle, of course, getting Pyongyang to relinquish its nuclear assets (both actual weapons
The US Supreme Court ruled [text, PDF] Tuesday in Lagos v. US [SCOTUSblog materials] that the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996(MVRA) [materials] applies only to government investigations and criminal proceedings, and not to a victim’s own private investigation or expenses incurred during civil or bankruptcy proceedings. In this case,
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington [official website] on Tuesday blocked [text, PDF] President Donald Trump’s administration from prematurely cutting off the Office of Adolescent Health [official website] funding awarded for science-based programs aimed at reducing teen pregnancy. King County sued the US Department of
Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said Tuesday that Syrian Law No. 10 of 2018[HRW report] will allow the government to take private property without compensation, which will discourage refugees from returning to the war-devastated country. The new law allows the government to create redevelopment zones, which