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Now illegal for 16- and 17-year-olds to marry or enter a civil partnership, even with parental consentCampaigners have hailed a new law raising the legal age of marriage in England and Wales as a significant milestone in child protection.The Marriage a…
New rules also cover transgender women ‘with their male genitalia intact’, says Dominic RaabRules barring some transgender women from female prisons in England and Wales are to come into force on Monday, the justice secretary has announced.Dominic Raab…
Practice of taking over people’s homes should be included in an overhaul of the Modern Slavery Act, say MPs “Cuckooing” in the homes of vulnerable people by drug gangs should become a criminal offence, according to a call from the Centre for Social Jus…
Landmark judgment by family court president Sir Andrew McFarlane confirms anyone can use the title ‘psychologist’.England’s most senior family court judge has advised there is a “need for rigour” and “clarity” when instructing psychologists to give exp…
After the Shamima Begum decision, figures show a dramatic increase in challenges to Home OfficeAt least 75 people successfully overturned Home Office orders to strip them of their British citizenship last year, according to records obtained by the Obse…
Mother of Joanna Brown, who was bludgeoned to death by husband Robert, says she ‘fears for women’The family of a woman murdered by her husband, who is due to walk free later this year, has called on Dominic Raab to review his release.Robert Brown, a …
Pola Raiz and its entire fleet of general cargo ships was blacklisted alongside more than 200 others by the US on Friday
Dominic Raab considering allowing judges to increase sentences of convicts who refuse to appearOffenders could be forced to show up in person for sentencing after the family of a murdered woman told ministers they wanted to confront her killer in court…
Indian seafarers’ organisation say it is ‘disgraceful’ that the situation is yet to be resolved
At issue is whether a protection afforded by the constitution applies to ‘informal’ fact-finding by members of CongressA federal appeals court appeared skeptical on Thursday of the justice department’s interpretation of US Congress members’ immunity fr…