Top UK lawyer hits out at ‘authoritarian’ attacks on legal profession
Exclusive: Respect for law being undermined by ‘disparagement of lawyers and judges’, says Helena Kennedy
December 2022
Rishi Sunak confirms UK could block Scotland’s gender recognition bill
Westminster looking at ‘nuclear option’ to stop bill on self-identification for people wanting to change legal gender
July 2022
Turkey should face international court over Yazidi genocide, report says
Exclusive: Investigation by group of prominent human rights lawyers also criticises Syria and Iraq
March 2022
Book of the day
We Uyghurs Have No Say by Ilham Tohti review – a people ignored
Report urges Scottish government to introduce misogyny act
September 2021
QC calls on UK to support female judges at risk in Afghanistan
Government urged to give sanctuary to hundreds of female judges and lawyers living under the Taliban
March 2021
Defiant Johnson tells China: ‘I stand behind sanctioned MPs’
Politicians facing Beijing ban for views on Uighurs welcomed to Rose Garden
February 2021
Scottish misogyny law must protect all women, says Helena Kennedy
QC discusses the task ahead as she begins her scrutiny into whether Scotland needs a separate offence of misogynist abuse
November 2020
Release of lauded Iranian documentary halted amid dispute with TV film-makers
Coup 53, which charts MI6’s role in the shah’s restoration, suspended as makers of a 1985 show say it sullies their names
October 2020
UK must be 'brave' and prosecute gulf royal accused of sexual assault, says top QC
Helena Kennedy says CPS must pursue case against UAE minister accused of assaulting British citizen Caitlin McNamara at Hay Abu Dhabi festival
October 2018
Eve Was Shamed by Helena Kennedy review – how British justice is failing women
The firebrand QC makes an incisive and sobering case that the legal system still discriminates against women
Book of the day
Murder by The Book by Claire Harman review – scandalous Victorian mystery
Did one novel written in 1839 inspire a lurid murder and an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria?
Book of the day
Eve Was Shamed: How British Justice Is Failing Women by Helena Kennedy review – a fiercely critical eye
Helena Kennedy: ‘Brexit is a disaster for women’
Secure hospitals are not penal institutions
July 2018
Charlotte Church and Katie Price to guest edit Woman's Hour
Singer to discuss creative failings of UK schools, while Price will tackle online trolling
March 2017
The profile
Helena Kennedy: ‘We’re making a society that’s hard, where only money matters’
The principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, never went to university, but she is determined people from all backgrounds should have the opportunity to learn
February 2017
Gary Lineker joins stars to condemn scrapping of Dubs refugee scheme
More than 200 celebrities including Keira Knightley and Mark Rylance tell Theresa May that ending scheme is ‘truly shameful’
December 2016
EU citizens should collect proof of living in UK, says Helena Kennedy
Lords Brexit reports: QC advises making file of documents as Lords committee she chairs calls on PM to safeguard rights of EU nationals in Britain
July 2016
Charlie Falconer to blame for lord chancellor folly
Letters: I personally do not believe that Liz Truss could possibly be worse than Chris Grayling. Lord Falconer’s ridiculous reform was bound to lead to such appointments
