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All rise, if able: Traditional way judges are greeted on entering court to change as courts ditch simple 'all rise' announcement to be more 'inclusive' to disabled peopleBy SAM MERRIMAN, SOCIAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT Published: 10:32 EDT, 6 May 2025 | Updated: 10:33 EDT, 6 May 2025 The centuries-old call of ‘all rise’ when a judge enters a courtroom is to be replaced with the ‘inclusive’ modern alternative of ‘all rise, if able’, it has emerged.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Sam Merriman

The centuries-old call of ‘all rise’ when a judge enters a courtroom is to be replaced with the ‘inclusive’ modern alternative of ‘all rise, if able’, it has emerged. The change will be introduced to all courts in England and Wales in the coming weeks to ‘promote inclusion’ for defendants, witnesses and lawyers who are disabled.

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Sam Merriman

Call to charge gamers who carry out virtual rapes in online metaverse as real-life sex attackersBy SAM MERRIMAN, SOCIAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT Published: 17:04 EDT, 3 May 2025 | Updated: 17:04 EDT, 3 May 2025 Gamers who carry out virtual rapes in the 'metaverse' should be charged as real-life sex attackers, a legal expert insists.

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Sam Merriman

Britain's first transgender judge is planning to take the Government to the European Court of Human Rights over the Supreme Court’s landmark biological sex ruling. Victoria McCloud - who stepped down last year after making a series of controversial statements - claimed the judgement violated her human rights and left her feeling ‘contained and segregated’.