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Westminster update: home secretary responds to summer riots

Your weekly update on all the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall. This week: the home secretary's response to riots, the Conservative...

Threats to lawyers

We are continuing to support our members and have been contacting the solicitors’ firms and advice agencies on the target list to ensure they are...

Riots and attacks on lawyers

Our response on behalf of our members as a number of solicitors' firms and advice agencies are on a list of targets for further protest...

Annual general meeting 2024

The annual general meeting will be a hybrid event held on Wednesday 9 October 2024.

Westminster update: both houses debate king's speech

Your weekly update on all the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall. This week: Conservative leadership race, the king's speech and anti-SLAPP...

Westminster update: 40 bills announced in king's speech

Your weekly update on all the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall. This week: the king's speech, prison early releases and the...

What the king’s speech means for law and justice

The new UK government has set out an ambitious legislative plan and we are pleased to see the criminal justice system is on its agenda....

King's Speech: tackling justice system crisis must be a priority

The new UK government has set out an ambitious legislative plan and we are pleased to see the criminal justice system is on their agenda.

Back our criminal justice campaign

Due to many years of underinvestment, our criminal justice system is crumbling. We’re calling on government to address the problems.

Clearing record criminal court backlogs must be a priority for next government

Alarming new figures released today show the backlog of cases in our criminal courts continue to grow leaving victims and defendants waiting years for justice.

Indecision and delay kicks criminal legal aid decision into the long grass

The UK government’s indecision and delay on funding the criminal legal aid system has effectively kicked the issue into the long grass.

Crown Court backlog causes exposed

Urgent action is needed to reduce the Crown Court backlog which is extending misery for victims and defendants

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