For International Women’s Day, we celebrate the women who have played a pivotal role either in the legal field or created waves of change that have echoed into law
As we strive to recover from the pandemic and learn to live with the long-term consequences of life with COVID-19 in our societies, should we be using this opportunity to put children’s rights at the centre of our recovery plans asks Dr Fiona MacDonald?
Hayley Brain examines the background behind the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination which was introduced in September 2021
In March 2021, the government announced that police forces in England and Wales would be required to record misogyny as a hate crime. Was this a significant moment in the campaign to tackle violence against women?
New legislation on the so called ‘rough sex defence’ and consent to harm have just been introduced but will they solve the problem in homicide cases. Alexandra Dobson analyses the issues
Pioneering when it was enacted, the 2004 Gender Recognition Act (GRA) has been called 'dated' and in need of reform. Dr Ruth Gaffney-Rhys looks at what the GRA says and why it needs improving
With devolution evolving over 20 years, a question to consider is whether Wales should and indeed could, institute a codified constitution. Brian Dowrick considers some of the issues
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has had to be considered by national law due to the number of females who emigrate to the UK from countries with a high incidence of FGM