Life's A Picnic

Police fines leave courts with nothing to do

Letter leaked to The Times shows courts are being cancelled because more offenders are being given on-the-spot fines

Rushdie wins apology from ex-bodyguard

Claims of the Booker Prize-winning author's behaviour while under police protection were 'complete lies', a court heard

Rushdie in court to settle libel case

Author will not claim damages despite false allegations made against him in book serialised by The Mail on Sunday newspaper

Officer in race bias case against Sir Ian Blair

Britain’s most senior Asian officer claims he was subjected to a catalogue of victimisation and harassment at Scotland Yard

Surge in repossession orders clog up courts

Courts are having to delay adoption hearings and personal injury claims to deal with a surge in mortgage repossessions

Report raises concerns of racism at solicitors' watchdog

A report by Lord Ouseley has found deficiencies and failures in the SRA's treatment of black and minority ethnic solicitors

‘The smell hits the back of your throat and brings tears to the eyes'

Frank Morgan and his neighbours have spent thousands on legal fees yet can't stop the expansion of a nearby composting site

Stagg awarded £700,000 damages

Cleared Colin Stagg says he is getting his life back after he wins damages over police who tried a 'honey trap' sting

A judge by any other name: the fashion in legal titles

It is only relatively recently that the law lords have added place names to their titles, says Richard Harrison

Justice or giving comfort to thieves?

Confiscation is one of the fastest-growing areas of criminal law - and it is a law that is proving to be highly controversial

Detective's fury over Jersey probe 'failures'

A note from the senior officer in the child murder and abuse investigation claims it has been hampered by prosecutors

More rape compensation payouts cut over drink

It has emerged that dozens of rape victims had their compensation payments cut because they had been drinking when attacked

Father told: ‘You won’t need a lawyer’

The father of Private Geoff Gray, who died whilst on duty at Deepcut barracks, found his son's inquest hearing 'terrifying"

Families fight for legal aid at inquests

Bereaved families struggle to represent themselves at inquests because of government curbs on relatives receiving legal aid

Councils to get the power to ‘spy’ on e-mails

Rights intended to help fight terror extended to cover public health, threats to public safety and prevention of self-harm

Man Utd trainee given record £4.5m for injury

Ben Collett joined United at the age of nine and Sir Alex Ferguson considered him one of the team's brightest talents

Ministers deny drunken rape victims get payout cut

Government claims that 14 cases where payments were reduced had been based on a misunderstanding

Is the law bleeding the NHS to death?

The NHS may have to cough up £9 billion in lawsuits. Is compensation culture killing our health service?