Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7792

Jon Robins laments the state of a criminal justice system beset by legal aid cuts, unconscious bias & miscarriages of justice

Child claimants as well as adults should be able to recover damages for ‘lost years’, says David Regan

Michael Nash considers the history & complexities of the Commonwealth & salutes a fine British tradition

Duncan Bain fears the hostile environment for the Windrush generation has wider repercussions

Charlotte Hill dissects the much-anticipated judgment in Okpabi v Shell, where accountability for pollution in Nigeria was sought in the English courts

Can litigation funding negate a security for costs application, asks Georgina Squire

Ian Smith gets in line & tackles variation, termination & compensation

Current regime provides little redress for victims of miscarriages of justice