• Sir James Munby obituary

    Energetic high court judge who became president of the family division and drove through reformsOutspoken when highlighting injustice, Sir James Munby became skilled at inserting resonating rebukes that embarrassed the government into his judgments.As president of the high court’s family division when cuts to legal aid were depriving litigants of representation and NHS services failing to provide patients with appropriate treatment, he challenged ministers directly where he believed it nec
  • British army veterans call to keep immunity clause in Northern Ireland legacy law

    Government’s remedial order would give judges the power to revive Troubles-related civil actionsUK politics live – latest updatesBritish military veteran groups have condemned a government attempt to remove immunity provisions from Northern Ireland legacy legislation, claiming it will expose former soldiers to “hounding” through the courts.MPs are to vote on Wednesday on a motion to reverse a Tory-era law that granted conditional immunity to those accused of wrongdoing du

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