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Published in: openJusticeHow to make the roads saferAs the number of UK cyclists soar, so do death and injury on the roads. These are two simple rules that would reduce...
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Published in: openJusticeIt's about time our judiciary started to reflect the people it servesA senior judiciary that so clearly fails to reflect the ethnic, gender and social composition of the nation...
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Published in: openJusticeDraconian cuts to legal aid for prisoners found to be unlawful by Court of AppealA rare thing: some good news for prisoners and legal aid.
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Published in: openJusticeDo fewer lawyers and judges of colour mean more prisoners of colour?When professionals within the criminal justice system cannot relate to the ordinary people that come before them,...
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Published in: openJusticeHow safe is the legal aid 'safety net'?When the government decimated legal aid, they created a ‘safety net’ for human rights related cases. Has the scheme...
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Published in: openJusticeHope for access to justice?Against a backdrop of cuts and closures, the Greater Manchester Law Centre opened its doors last year - an...
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Published in: openJusticeThe dark corners of our justice systemBy failing to allow access to prisons and youth detention centres, the Ministry of Justice is allowing abuse and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK government wants to move justice online - but can computers perform essentially human functions?Online courts may replace justice, empathy and judgment with compromise and efficiency.
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Published in: openJusticeOur criminal justice system is hiding its mistakesIf wrongly convicted of a crime, you would hope to find a transparent justice system that will help prove your...
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Published in: openJusticeThe far right must stop talking about the death penalty in EuropeFrom Marine Le Pen to Paul Nuttall, the far right has resurrected the idea of the death penalty in Europe. But it’s...
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Published in: openJusticeWhen no good deed goes unpunishedFamilies in the UK that open their doors to child relatives fleeing the camps of Calais are being penalised by...
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Published in: openJusticeUK government will be held accountable for complicity in torture and renditionAs Trump swears to bring back torture, the UK Supreme Court has held that the UK government will be held accountable...
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Published in: openJusticeAsylum seekers are left destitute and homeless due to a lack of legal aidOne of the least reported devastations caused by government legal aid cuts has been on asylum seekers. Vulnerable...
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Published in: openJusticeMore mega-prisons won't fix a broken societyThe British government is building more prisons to lock up more people in the most incarcerated country in Europe.
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Published in: openJusticeJustice - open to all, like the Ritz hotelThe government has committed to reviewing cuts to legal aid and the fight for justice and government accountability...
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Published in: openJusticeIt is the prisons, not the prisoners, that are to blame for record number of deathsThere were a record number of deaths in prison in 2016. The problem lies not with the vulnerability of prisoners or...
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Published in: openJusticeWhat we can learn from the Supreme Court decision on Article 50The Miller case teaches us about the British Constitution and exposes alarming ignorance from those at the top.
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Published in: openJusticeTo understand women's rights we must look at gendered lawsFollowing the global march for women's rights on Saturday, we must look more closely at the subtle but profound ways...
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Published in: openJusticeCan technology save access to justice?In the tsunami of austerity cuts, technology provides one of the few possible islands from which we can rebuild...
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Published in: openJusticeMake justice great again
openJustice had its official launch party this week. Helena Kennedy talked about access to justice, justice...