Last week's rape trial shows a youth justice review is not enough – we need to rip up the whole system and start again, say campaigners. Ailsa Dixon reports
The Court of Appeal's endorsement of the admissibility of questionable tape-based evidence should cause considerable disquiet among criminal lawyers, says Benjamin Newton
Mediation apparently originated in the Far East although it seems to me almost quintessentially English. The one I attended this month was frightfully civilised and served with plenty of tea. All that was missing were the cucumber sandwiches.
