Britain’s vaunted equality framework masks a daily reality where disabled and neurodivergent people remain excluded, detained and ignored because weak enforcement, elastic legal tests and political drift strip statutory rights of practical meaning.
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) is the UK’s only judicial body empowered to oversee complaints against state surveillance and covert activities by intelligence agencies, police forces, and local authorities.
New evidence confirms ‘Police Scotland Angels’ was a covert intelligence operation, raising serious questions about the ICO’s role in enabling state surveillance in Scotland.
John Robertson, a fierce advocate for whistleblowers and free speech, is taking on Synova LLP in court.
Irina Woodhead’s case against Shell unveils systemic failures in whistleblower protections and UK justice.
The UK justice system faces an unprecedented crisis due to decades of underfunding and judicial inefficiencies, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. With case backlogs in Crown and civil courts leaving victims, defendants, and litigants in limbo, the government risks breaching human rights obligations under Article 6(1) of the ECHR. This article examines the human cost of delays, state accountability, and urgent reforms needed to restore public confidence and uphold justice.