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Long battle

1967: 'People before planes' – the Stanstead airport battle

Is crowdfunding the new way of financing judicial reviews?

Following radical cuts to legal aid, Isabel McArdle and Michael Deacon consider how solicitors can assist clients hoping to raise the funds necessary for a judicial review claim

Miller, Brexit, and the European Court

Professor Abimbola A Olowofoyeku explains why a Supreme Court reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union may be required before Brexit can be implemented

Unelected and independent

The number of politicians and journalists who seem wilfully ignorant of the role of the judiciary is downright frightening, writes John van der Luit-Drummond

'Finely balanced' article 50 challenge could go to European Court

Great Repeal Act is 'a complete red herring' devised for politicians to bat around parliament, says Dominic Grieve QC

History shows the pliability of lawyers during times of political upheaval

'Lawyers who do not choose the dark side will have to show that the rule of law is worth fighting for,' says Sir Geoffrey Nice QC

The importance of effective decision making

Tiffany Cloynes advises local authorities on the actions they must take to ensure their decisions are safe from challenges

Pardon or apology?

Statutory pardons for those convicted of outdated 'gross indecency' laws is a good start, but it does not close the book on the persecution of LGBT people, writes John van der Luit-Drummond