New laws were supposed to protect people from living in unsafe conditions – but in the eyes of a judge, property guardians might not even count as ‘tenants’.
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Sally Challen, convicted of murdering her husband in 2010, will now face a retrial. A lawyer explains the legal significance of the ruling.
The end of the era of self-regulation for big tech companies is nigh.
According to Pornhub, the UK has a growing fascination with sex in public – and watching porn on mobile devices. But what does the law say?
It is little discussed and yet the administrative justice system is a cornerstone of social justice.
The government’s own review of its legislation to tackle ‘legal highs’ reveals the unintended consequences of the law – consequences we predicted.
Academic experts explain the key details of the draft Brexit deal agreed by UK and EU negotiators.
Studies looking at a cross section of the UK population have long recognised FOBTs as contributors to harmful gambling.
Counter-terrorism legislation has created a permanent zone of suspicion – but not for everyone.
The criminalisation of fracking protesters is not the exception, it has become the rule.
Record numbers of families rent privately in England. But the law has not kept a fair balance between landlord and tenant rights.
Allowing the police unfettered use of vast databases of information will begin to tilt the balance of power towards totalitarianism.
A court has ruled that pre-existing mental health problems can be taken into account.
The opinions of current sex workers must be sought before any changes are made to the law governing the websites they use.
The British home secretary has decided not to seek assurances from the US that it wouldn’t use the death penalty for an IS duo arrested in Syria. This must be opposed.
The Electoral Commission has ruled the official campaign to leave the EU broke funding rules.
Victims of image based sexual abuse deserve legal clarity.
FreeTommy protests depict the founder of the English Defence League as a hero. But his sentencing had nothing to do with the right to protest.
Just when we thought the dual citizenship debacle was coming to an end, there may be another sting in our Constitution’s tail.
Cases like Daryll Rowe’s are very rare, but they have the power to transform both the law and public opinion.
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Professor of Law, University of Essex
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Professor of Public Law and Socio Legal Studies, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Liverpool
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Lecturer in Criminal Law
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Professor of Property Law and Death Studies, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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Reader in Law at The City Law School, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor of Information and Communication Studies, University College Dublin
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Associate Professor of Strategy & IB, University of Bath
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Chair in Criminology, University of Liverpool
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Reader in Law, Cardiff University
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Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
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Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice , De Montfort University