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David Burrows considers the recent privacy claim by Cliff Richard against the BBC in the context of family law and the restrictions on the reporting of private hearings.… Continue reading
The third Child Protection conference supported by The Transparency Project will take place on Saturday 15th September 2018 at the Conway Hall in London. In this guest post, Sarah Phillimore explains the thinking behind the event and what it aims to achieve.… Continue reading
David Burrows explores issues of privilege arising from recent revelations about the conduct of the US President’s former lawyer… Continue reading
Elanor Dymott used to work for ICLR as a law reporter. Then she became a novelist. Silver and Salt is her second book and makes excellent holiday reading for the long vacation, as Paul Magrath finds out.… Continue reading
Disclosure: reliance of the family law on common law and civil proceedings rule “Disclosure” has had extensive press recently, mostly in relation to criminal proceedings. In the more narrow legal press, it is of concern to civil lawyers, especially in the burgeoning field of electronic disclosure and electronic access to documents and other material. Family… Continue reading
The NSW Law Reports are produced and published by the Council of Law Reporting for New South Wales and are the authorised report series of the NSW Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and Court of Criminal Appeal.… Continue reading
This last roundup of the Trinity Term includes unwatched corruption trials, a farewell to Sir James, a probation system rethink, parliamentary reports on criminal legal aid and sexual harassment at work, and another Daily Mail fiasco.… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes a legal aid desert, courts in chaos, divorce reform, breach of privacy and contempt of court. Human Rights Legal aid ‘deserts’ impeding enforcement In its report, Enforcing human rights (HC 669, HL Paper 171) published on 19 July 2018, the Joint Select Committee on Human Rights paints a depressing… Continue reading
Congratulations to Daniel Wand, winner of the ICLR Pupillage Award 2018 Daniel will be starting pupillage in October 2018 in the Chambers of Timothy Raggatt QC, at 4 King’s Bench Walk, which has expertise in all areas of common law. Daniel attended Hayes School in Kent before completing his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in… Continue reading
This week’s roundup includes new courts for old, lower court fees, judicial recruitment, legal tech, and rapidly dating Brexit developments. Courts City of London fraud and cyber crime complex The Ministry of Justice announced last week that a new courts complex specifically designed to tackle cyber crime, fraud, and economic crime would be opened on the site of… Continue reading
