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Ceri Thomas
The Prince Harry case is only the first salvo in the free press war
Sun 12 Jul 2026
Ciaran Tracey
Justice denied: Manchester 10 man refused compensation for three years spent behind bars
Sun 12 Jul 2026
The Observer view
First lady of evil
Sun 12 Jul 2026
Erica Wagner
Tributes pour in for ‘formidable’ former minister from the worlds of politics and television
Sat 11 Jul 2026
The Observatory
The Observatory: War and Peace
Sun 5 Jul 2026
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Slipping through the net: just two welfare checks on farmed fish in five years
Sun 5 Jul 2026
Patricia Clarke
The growing fear among big tech whistleblowers
Wed 1 Jul 2026
Melanie Reid
In the hands of abusers, holiness is another tool of control
Tue 30 Jun 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Age of criminal responsibility should be raised to 14, says Bar Council
Sun 28 Jun 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Doctor found guilty of sexual misconduct with teenage patient cleared to return to practise
Mon 22 Jun 2026
Kate Maltby
A new fight to end marital rape is following on from the Pelicot case
Mon 22 Jun 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Met chief Mark Rowley on the ‘Al Capone’ strategy to tackle the 100 worst abusers
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Kenan Malik
Sentencing the Palestine activists for terrorism places civil liberties in grave peril
Sat 13 Jun 2026
John Simpson
Nowak backlash risks worsening relationships between police and ethnic minority communities
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Kate Maltby
It’s not the British Museum’s job to police the culture wars
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Hugh Tomlinson
Right-wing US media and politicians attack ‘woke policing’ in the UK after death of Henry Nowak
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Charlotte Reck
Man convicted of murdering partner in brutal knife attack
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Rachel Sylvester
The crisis in Britain’s youth justice system: how is the government going to fix it?
Sun 31 May 2026
Kenan Malik
A tale of two tower block fires: in Milan, nine convicted – at Grenfell, we’re still waiting
Sun 24 May 2026
Philippe Sands
Rogue states won’t always get away with murder. In the end justice will prevail
Sun 24 May 2026
Susie Boniface
Nuclear test veterans hope for justice as secret files are released
Sun 24 May 2026
Adele Zeynep Walton
Ofcom fining a pro-suicide website is no substitute for a public inquiry into government failures
Sun 17 May 2026
Kenan Malik
The right of juries to follow their conscience is a vital bulwark of our democracy
Sun 17 May 2026
Charlotte Reck
Old Bailey judge gives evidence in murder trial of daughter’s partner
Sun 17 May 2026
Claudia Williams
Man found not guilty of driving wife to suicide
Wed 22 Apr 2026
Letters to the editor
‘Unsafe’ convictions are not a lost cause
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Tears and tantrums as power vacuum develops at the top of the judiciary
Wed 15 Apr 2026
The Observer Leader
The court of appeal is failing the justice system
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Richard Palmer
Prison guards and inmates sue Ministry of Justice over cancer-inducing radon gas
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Rachel Sylvester
NHS announces sweeping changes to prevent sexual abuse in surgery
Wed 25 Mar 2026
Megan Clement
‘It’s as if the women were cattle’: Fayed survivors look to France for justice
Fri 27 Feb 2026
Patricia Clarke
Meet the vibe lawyers: the AI chatbots wreaking havoc in the justice system
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Fred Harter
Labour may be digging itself into a hole
Wed 18 Feb 2026
Jess Swinburne
China’s new wave of attacks on pro-democracy activists
Mon 16 Feb 2026
Xavier Greenwood
Jimmy Lai needs the west to come to his rescue
Wed 17 Dec 2025
Fred Harter
Scrapping some British juries is a major change. It may not work
Thu 4 Dec 2025
The government has scrapped juries for some trials
8 mins • S1, E1247
John Simpson
David Lammy’s plan to slash jury trials criticised by his own expert adviser
Sun 30 Nov 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Thousands to lose the right to trial by jury in drive to fix court logjam
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Fred Harter
The acquittal of Soldier F leaves victims and their relatives still seeking closure
Tue 28 Oct 2025
Catherine Neilan
‘They lost their bottle’: why China spy case never reached courts
Sun 19 Oct 2025
James Tapper
Palestine Action leader to challenge Home Office ban
Sun 19 Oct 2025
Ruth Michaelson
Egypt releases its best-known political prisoner
Wed 24 Sept 2025
Rachel Sylvester
New laws to limit the ECHR would be no silver bullet
Wed 17 Sept 2025
Carolina Unzelte
Bolsonaro trial will finally challenge army’s iron grip
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Kenan Malik
Lucy Connolly is no hero, but her words shouldn’t be a crime
Sun 24 Aug 2025
Fred Harter
Hundreds of protestors have been charged with terrorism
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Nga Pham
Bangladesh war crimes tribunal puts its founder in the dock
Fri 8 Aug 2025
Fred Harter
Pardon me? Ghislaine Maxwell may seek deal with Trump
Wed 6 Aug 2025
Bex Sander
Age checks meant for children have sparked a free speech row
Mon 4 Aug 2025
Xavier Greenwood
The human impact of the Post Office scandal will go down in history
Wed 9 Jul 2025
Tom Gatti
The long walk to freedom
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Fred Harter
Britain’s newest terror threat is a protest group
Mon 30 Jun 2025
Chloe Hadjimatheou
Threat of US sanctions over Gaza forced me out, says ICC lawyer
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Ruth Michaelson
Hunger-striker’s plea: free my son from Cairo prison
Sun 1 Jun 2025
Rachael Healy
The great unmuzzling: Banning workplace NDAs
Thu 29 May 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Two crisis-hit prisons get a ‘Scandi beige’ conversion
Sat 24 May 2025
Is Britain ready to choose prison reform over punishment?
7 mins • S1, E1111
It's time for Starmer to get smart on crime
Tue 20 May 2025
What did Cassie Ventura’s testimony reveal about Sean “Diddy” Combs?
9 mins • S1, E1108
Camilla Cavendish
The quiet hero who exposed the grooming gangs
Sun 18 May 2025
Alexi Mostrous
The Global Artificial Intelligence Index 2024
Thu 19 Sept 2024
