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Many private landlords lack the knowledge, skills and support needed to provide decent homes for renters, a new study has found. The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) study, by Dr Jennifer Harris and Professor Alex Marsh at the University of Bristol, is based on a survey carried out with over 1000 landlords and on 68 in-depth interviews with landlords, letting agents and experts.

Researchers devise an audit to test whether police deployment of facial recognition poses a threat to fundamental human rights, and analyse three instances of technology use by British police - with all three failing to meet -minimum ethical and legal standards-.

They can do it already: deliver pizzas and medicines, inspect windows for cleanliness, monitor crowds.

A minimum disclosure framework should inform the public about the type of data breach and the strategies the organisation affected has adopted to mitigate the damages.

The pathologies of the Welsh criminal justice system can only be properly addressed by devolving powers to Wales, academics from Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre conclude.

It is a well-known phenomenon: people coming to Europe from Afghanistan, Iran or Syria are, in the majority of cases, dependent on help from traffickers.

Journalists may face decades in prison for 'foreign interference' offences unless urgent changes are made to Australia's national security laws, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

Anniek de Ruijter appointed professor of Health Law and Policy She used to want to work in theater, but her career took a different direction: Anniek de Ruijter was appointed professor of Health Law and Policy at the UvA last September.

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn MP has spoken at the launch of a new campaign to expose clothing poverty during the current cost of living crisis, and ensure adequate clothing for all.

Edward Gibson and Eric Martinez are among this year's winners of the satiric prize, for explaining what makes legal documents so difficult to comprehend.

A University of Warwick expert in global health law is part of an international team exploring how we define the end of a crisis in a new project funded by the Wellcome Trust's new Discovery Award scheme.

A world-first report from Dr Allan McCay in the Law School scrutinises advances in neurotechnology and what they might mean for the law and the legal profession.

Health law and policy expert Joanne Rosen discusses the Supreme Court decision that overturned 'Roe' and 'Casey' and ushered in a new era of reproductive rights in the United States The long-awaited

During a media briefing Friday, experts from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions discussed the impact of the Supreme Court's decision to remove concealed carry restrictions in New Yor

Untraceable by design, the DIY guns are just as lethal as a traditional firearm and often made of the same materials.

Jens Kersten, an expert in constitutional law, conducts research into the environment and society in the Anthropocene - and supports an international movement to provide nature with better legal protection.

University of Toronto Faculty of Law students delve into journalism, media law issues during Toronto Star 'externship' From working with in-house counsel experts to advancing social justice initiativ

Health law and policy scholar Joanne Rosen discusses the legal arguments laid out in the pending 'Dobbs' decision that may prove the undoing of 'Roe' In a leaked draft majority opinion, the U.