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Occupy: The Law
The Occupy London Stock Exchange (Occupy LSX) camp has attracted attention due to the controversial indecision of the St. Paul’s Cathedral authorities. Now that three leading clergymen have stepped...
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Restoring Human Dignity
“Restorative processes give victims the chance to tell offenders the real impact of their crime, to get answers to their questions, and an apology. It lets offenders understand the real impact of what...
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Time is a Healer – but only when the Truth comes out
It has this week come to light that the recently scrutinised Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (OPONI) feels it can no longer investigate the killings of anyone shot dead by a police...
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Equality for the Intern Generation
People born within the past thirty years have most likely been told, at least since studying for their GCSEs, that ‘work experience’ is a key factor in their career prospects. Lately, the importance...
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Should marital status determine a parent’s right to adopt?
A Belfast court has heard that it is not in a child’s interests to be adopted by gay parents in Northern Ireland. Laws in the rest of the UK facilitate adoption by homosexual individuals, but this...
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Public protest vs. Private ownership
Occupy LSX has been evicted by a high court order, while Occupy Belfast has just set up camp in a disused bank in the city centre. The future of the Occupy movement in the United Kingdom is now in...
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Consequences of Legal Aid reform: The struggle of the Citizens’ Advice Bureau
The consequences of legal aid reform in the United Kingdom are vast. Contrary to some political parties’ message, there is an alternative to these cuts. They are avoidable, and are, as such, merely...
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Locked-In Syndrome & the Right to Die
The case of Tony Nicklinson has been in the public eye since early 2011, but it is an apt time to consider the potential – both moral and legal – of a “common law defence of necessity” to a murder...
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A new approach to sexism in the UK, dear?
The triumph of Meryl Streep at the 2012 Golden Globes may have seemed predictable to many. This woman from New Jersey has come to dominate the film industry, attracting critical acclaim with every role...
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Identity in a Post-Racial society
The outgoing head of the Church of England, Dr. Rowan Williams, has spoken out on the impact of identity politics in 21st century United Kingdom. Acknowledging the importance of civil liberty activism...
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