This week’s Queen’s speech has been described as a “mouse of a programme” but last year’s speech contained a raft of new measures to transform the justice system and keep both the legal profession and civil libertarians very interested. Twelve months on this is what has happened to them. Read the full story

Weighing in at just under eight minutes, last week’s Queen’s speech has been generally regarded as lightweight. But it contained a raft of new measures to transform the justice system and keep both the legal profession and civil libertarians very interested. Read the full story

Out will go the existing Serious and Organised Crime Agency, and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, and in will come the National Crime Agency (NCA) under plans announced by the Home Office. The NCA will become fully operational from December 2013. Read the full story