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Private companies which provide public services should be brought under the remit of Freedom of Information legislation, the UK's Information Commissioner has said. In a new report called Outsourcing Oversight?: The case for reforming access to information law, Information Commissioner Elizabeth Den

The law "still has trouble seeing children as real people", the president of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, has said. The senior judge reflected on the human rights of children and people with mental disabilities as she delivered the Society of Legal Scholars Centenary Lecture 2018 at the University

A former soldier who contracted Q fever in Afghanistan is suing the Ministry of Defence in what could be a landmark case, the BBC reports. Wayne Bass said his life has been ruined by the condition that could have been prevented had he been given antibiotics to protect him from the disease.

Budget supermarket chain Aldi is offering graduates a comparable starting salary to some of the biggest international law firms, new research shows. A new report from High Fliers Research places Aldi among the highest published graduate starting salaries for 2019 at £44,000.

A law firm funder which in part aims to fill the gap left by swingeing cuts to legal aid has raised £100 million in finance. SpectraLegal, a provider of finance and litigation risk management services established in 2014, is currently developing financing options for the UK legal services

The UK government has failed to give assurances that it will not repeal or replace the Human Rights Act – a stark contrast to its proclaimed commitment to "shared values of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms" – the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee has stated. T

The law has become fairer to women in the past three and a half decades, but "no-one can claim that the battle is over", the president of the UK Supreme Court has said. Speaking at an event to mark the Birmingham Law Society's 200th anniversary, Lady Hale reflected on the progress since she and Susa

Diversity in the legal profession is declining because fewer state-educated pupils are going into law than in the past, according to Cherie Blair QC. Social and economic diversity have been greater problems in law than gender, the wife of former prime minister Tony Blair said.

The Attorney General for Northern Ireland should apply to intervene in litigation involving the north-south interconnector to clarify devolution issues referred to the UK Supreme Court. Stating that it was desirable for legal questions to be determined against the background of a clear factual matri

Lord Neuberger, former president of the UK Supreme Court, has said there is a "powerful argument" that the Brexit process cannot be halted without legislation. The retired judge presided over the court's ruling two years ago that Parliament had to approve the triggering of article 50 of the Treaty o

President of the UK Supreme Court Lady Hale has said in a rare political comment that austerity has made life more difficult for the poor. In a speech delivered last month at the Isle of Man Law Society, but only published yesterday, the judge said: “While some families are fighting for legal

“No negligence where the doctors disagree” used to be the approach of the courts to expert evidence in medical cases. That deference has eroded in recent years.

The UK government has announced a consultation on new laws to protect consumers from loss where they have already paid for products but not received them when the retailer goes bust. The Law Commission examined the issue of consumer prepayments on retailer insolvency in a July 2016 report which reco

The judiciary must become more diverse to address the perception that judges are “beings from another planet”, the president of the UK's highest court has said. Lady Hale said that there should be a more balanced female to male and white to non-white ratio in the UK Supreme Court in an i

Techniques used by police and lawyers to trawl through the phones and private data of rape complainants are to be investigated by a watchdog. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced it will undertake an inquiry into whether data protection rules are being breached within the