Ethnic minority and transgender criminals may be more likely to avoid prison under changes to sentencing guidelines that take effect next month.

Offenders would not need to show they were members of ethnic, cultural or other minorities to be considered for lighter punishment.

New guidance sent to UK judges late last month said they should consider the background of members of ethnic and religious minorities when deciding whether to impose a custodial or community sentence.

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Like here in Aotearoa, the uncodified nature of the United Kingdom constitution offers great flexibility — but it relies heavily on the executive to respect its conventions. Perhaps some lessons for home.

Isleworth Crown Court will close five of its fourteen courtrooms from March because of the cap on the number of "sitting days" the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is prepared to fund, according to a note from the court’s resident judge in west London.

OK, this really must stop. But we couldn’t resist sharing this collection sent in by a dear reader. Last one — promise. Nothing on Mr T next issue. Nada. Nothing. Hugest nothing ever. We have no cards left to play.

Plans to block “excessive” challenges to planning decisions in large infrastructure projects will continue the Conservatives’ attack on judicial review and risk increasing costs, lawyers warn, but lawyers are split on whether this could stifle scrutiny.

What the president did on his first day is nothing compared to what I’d do Autocorrect, artificial grass, and call centres — all would be banned under President Gerard.

Artificial intelligence triggers frothing excitement in legal circles, but the role of older technology is still being debated. Ministers have unveiled a review of how computer evidence is used in court. After the Post Office Horizon scandal, there are concerns that presumptions about the reliability of technology could lead to future miscarriages of justice.

In this new issue of Private Eye, the magazine swiped at Trump’s talk of taking control of the Panama Canal and buying Greenland from Denmark and jokingly suggested him as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize following his sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

This is not your grandfather’s attention. It is not a passive thing, an article read or a news report digested. This attention — via smartphones — seizes you. It energises and angers you. It may change your view of life, of politics, of yourself. The algorithm is the message. Gaining any attention wins elections; that’s why the Democrats lost.

Donald Trump has launched a fragrance collection that promises to embody confidence, resilience, and victory. A satirical dive into the world of presidential perfumes reveals why this might just be the most talked-about Christmas gift of the season.

A retired High Court judge is supporting a call for family lawyers and judges to have a greater awareness of the impact of trauma on people to avoid unjust outcomes for victims of abuse.

Politicians flee as demonstrators surge into the Senate crying ‘traitors’ at the outgoing president’s ‘dangerous’ judicial reforms.

First Supreme Court president declines a new term in former colony’s final court of appeal ‘for personal reasons’. Lord Phillips’s decision was welcomed by freedom of speech campaigners, but is criticised by pro-democracy campaigners.

Mr Justice Marcus Smith’s actions amounted to an abuse of power, the judicial conduct investigations office said.

The Mini has had its most important reboot since The Italian Job — and the spirit of cool Britannia has gone electric.

Meanwhile in Brazil, Elon Musk has called him an “evil dictator.” Police officers in São Paulo once nicknamed him “Kojak,” after the shaven-headed New York TV detective who would bend the rules to catch the bad guys. His supporters insist he is a “crusader,” the last line of defence for democracy in Brazil. The shaven-headed and conservative Alexandre de Moraes has become an unlikely hero of the left after taking on the X owner over disinformation on social media.

A report on the year’s appointments of judges and magistrates shows a better picture for women, but there are still too few ethnic minority post-holders The latest figures on judicial diversity over the past decade reveal that the percentage of women appointed has risen from 24 to 38 per cent, but the appointment of black judges has remained at 1 per cent.