Law

Labour's attempts to restore confidence in justice system leads to rise in criminalisation for minor offences

Government urged to criminalise 'knowingly or recklessly' losing information after latest security breach fiasco

Jacqui Smith calls prisoner details security breach by PA Consulting 'completely unacceptable'

Tories and Lib Dems urge government to reconsider ID card plan following loss of memory stick containing information on offenders

Home secretary announces changes including increasing length of time child-sex offenders can be banned from travelling abroad

Letter: Unfortunately your report on Herman Ouseley's investigation into why minority ethnic lawyers feature disproportionately in the work of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (Report, August 14) did not accurately reflect his findings

Move to hold Sudan leader over Darfur 'genocide' sparks outcry against Argentine prosecutor

Personal records of pioneering pathologist could shed new light on classic English murder trials

Human rights committee says UK laws block matters of public interest and encourage libel tourism

Hundreds of public bodies are to be given power to access personal text, emails and internet use. By Alan Travis

Ministers say guidelines wrongly applied but compensation body says no review mechanism in place

Tories claim that bail is too easily granted, and offenders hold the criminal justice system in contempt