"I had faith in the system, it would protect me...we're fighting for accountability, to put the system right." – Seema Misra OBE. Join Seema in calling for fair compensation for those wrongly convicted ✊: shorturl.at/jll7C #PayUp4TimeSpent #PostOffice

The Regulator of Social Housing has handed the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea a C4 grading. The worst possible consumer rating for serious failings in health and fire safety for residents. 8 years on after Grenfell. They should be absolutely ASHAMED of themselves and

Solicitor paid £77,000 in fees into his own bank account zurl.co/lVWq3

Correction: RBKC were given a C3 rating. Still appalling considering the councils history around conditions and fire safety. Around 1 third of their homes don’t meet the current decent homes standard (the bar for that is extremely low as it is)

SCIE sounds the alarm on MCA reform – Mental Capacity Law and Policy: mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/scie-sounds-th…

‘Prisoner trapped on abolished indefinite jail term took his own life after government refused to resentence him’ independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…

"I'm very unconvinced as a point of principle that depriving someone of their liberty to force them to undergo therapy is a good way forward" Lieven J addresses the challenges of a "cuckooing" case with characteristic frankness openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/08/27/lie… via Open Justice Court of Protection Project

SRA v Claire Frances Gill - Notes from the case management hearing as Carter-Ruck solicitor alleged to have "sent or arranged to be sent correspondence which contained an improper threat of litigation" mouseinthecourt.co.uk/2025/08/28/sra…

The POA survey is now live for all members in public sector prisons in England and Wales. Contact your branch officials for the link which was provided in a circular to them today or access via the members section of the POA website . Don’t delay fill in today .

Anonymity order granted in landmark open justice case: lawgazette.co.uk/news/anonymity…

Following the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on R v Hayes and R v Palombo, we have reviewed the cases of connected defendants. Read our updated statement here: gov.uk/government/new…

Large law firms could face prosecution for overbilling zurl.co/TLSOF

Hearing you can ask to observe via cloud video platform from Brighton - 10am Friday 29th August 2025 Just email the court to ask for the link. #NotSecretCourt

📈Today, 29 August 2025, 139 out of the 516 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting. That's 27% of them. #courtstats #CS29082025 courtstats.co.uk

⚠️Faulty court technology is preventing the public from seeing crucial evidence. Across dozens of hearings, courtwatchers saw faulty video screen links to be a source of delays and found they were unable to see evidence intended to be viewed by the entire courtroom. 🧵[1/6]

We're excited to be partnering with Support BAILII to share our fantastic LegalAction magazine content. Early days, but you'll notice links at the top of transcripts that take you to expert insight on the case from our authors. Here's a taster 👉 bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/… #AccessToJustice

The judgment in easyGroup -v- Premier Inn Hotels is now available on the judicial website: judiciary.uk/judgments/easy…

📈Today, 1 September 2025, 98 out of the 516 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting. That's 19% of them. #courtstats #CS01092025 courtstats.co.uk

** Joe & Sandra Preston wanted to reach out to offer support to other families going through difficult DOLS and court cases. The court order said they'd risk prison. We helped them ask the judge to change that. Read how! openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/08/29/mak… via Open Justice Court of Protection Project

Excited to announce that the new edition of Defending Suspects at Police Stations publishes in November! You can pre-order your print copy here: lag.org.uk/?id=216837