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Published in: openJusticeInnocent before proven guilty? How a 2017 policy is bringing race into the courtroom.New research reveals that a policy that requires defendants to state their nationality in the criminal court is...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionCan true justice be done remotely?An emergency response to the pandemic has fast-tracked the digitalisation of the UK justice system. But do remote...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionDisposable lives: how the plight of immigration detainees is highlighted during COVID-19The UK government’s continued use of immigration detention lacks moral and legal justification. But it comes as no surprise.
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionDemocracy to autocracy? COVID-19 is exposing a crisis in the UK constitutionThe response to COVID-19 is showing how the UK’s unwritten constitution puts democracy at risk. Even in times of...
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Published in: openJusticePrice and prejudice: automated decision-making and the UK government (podcast)We spoke to lawyer Cori Crider about why automated decision-making in government is a major challenge of our time.
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationPrice and prejudice: automated decision-making and the UK governmentThe use of automated decision-making in UK public services is on the rise. Do not be fooled by the cloak of...
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Published in: openJusticeRace and citizenship in BritainAnthony Brown knows what it's like to have to fight for his citizenship rights. He is determined to help others...
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Published in: openJusticeThe Unlawful StateA new series investigating unlawful decisions by public authorities and the tools to fight back.
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Published in: openJustice‘Serious disruption to the life of the community’ - policing of the Extinction Rebellion protestsWhat happens when the idealism, creativity and energy of climate activists are pitched against the criminal justice...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionThe judiciary in an age of political chaosLast week’s Supreme Court decision that Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament was unlawful re-established...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy the British constitution's finest moment should also be its lastToday's Supreme Court judges have been brave - but now only an huge and overdue exercise in democracy towards a new...
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Published in: openJusticeThe human stories behind the Dunkirk evictionsThis week, 700 people were evicted from Grande-Synthe and other nearby temporary migrant camps in Dunkirk, France....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK rape survivors face ‘digital strip searches’ and other deterrents to justiceThe proportion of reported rapes that end in conviction is shockingly low – and new forms of obstacles to justice...
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Published in: openJusticeLegal aid mattersLegal aid is 70 years old today. We need to celebrate it's past and campaign for it's future.
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Published in: openJustice"They told me to stop crying at night": How the UK is failing asylum seeking childrenFigures suggest that many young asylum seekers arriving in the UK have their ages wrongly disputed leading to...
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Published in: openJusticeIt’s time to radically rethink our immigration systemToday marks one year since Sajid Javid was appointed Home Secretary. So far he has failed to live up to his promises.
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Published in: openJusticeWe’ve achieved same sex marriage in England and Wales. But this is only half the battle.Today, we celebrate the fifth year of marriage equality in England and Wales. But discriminatory immigration rules...
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Published in: openJusticeWhat next for justice?The government have finally pledged to take some action on the access to justice crisis. Now we need to hold them to...
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Published in: openJusticeRe-writing history: how the MoJ strayed from the founding principles of legal aidThe latest round of legal aid cuts, reviewed last month, show a flagrant denial of the noble principles upon which...
