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This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes courts and legal services, legal aid, immigration rules, prisoner votes and some news from foreign parts. But first a play of cards as we try to game the system with a joker in the pack. Gaming When is a card game not very sporting? A pair… Continue reading
Paul Magrath wonders how seriously we should take the prospect of judges and court staff engaging with the public on social media The traditional and until recently the official view was that, in order to maintain public respect for their office, judges should not engage in public discourse outside the courtroom. They could write legal articles… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and comment is less discursive than usual because we’re on the road, but it covers Brexit, legal services regulation, conference news and more. Brexit Still talking Prior to travelling to Brussels for last week’s European Council summit meeting, Theresa May sent an open letter to EU nationals living in… Continue reading
The 36th Annual Course of the International Association of Law Libraries in Atlanta, Georgia, USA will focus on “Civil Rights, Human Rights, and Other Critical Issues in U.S. Law”. Given both the location and recent events in the United States, it promises to be both interesting and highly topical. ICLR will be there. The conference… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and comment includes new courts, old cuts, fallout from Grenfell, a dark funeral, and help and support for the Bar and its babies. Courts New “flagship” court for City of London At a time when many courts are being closed down and rationalised, and while others struggle to cope with wonky… Continue reading
A debate has been raging on Twitter about dining in hall in the Inns of Court. It’s a tradition that goes back centuries, but in recent years the requirement to complete a certain number of dinners to qualify as a barrister has grown less and less significant. The question is, should they be abandoned altogether… Continue reading
As the party conference season draws to a close, our weekly roundup of legal news and comment considers various aspects of Brexit, some scrutiny of the Court of Protection, sentence inflation in the criminal courts and a battle royal between Crown Court bibles. Politics Conference follies Brexit and the Tories have made a mess of… Continue reading
Congratulations to Ben Haseldine, seen here on the left, receiving this year’s ICLR Pupillage Award from the Chair of our Council, Richard Fleck, on the right. The presentation took place at a small reception held at the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London. Ben is starting pupillage at 4 King’s Bench Walk, in the chambers of… Continue reading
Guest post by David Burrows Child’s involvement in proceedings: ‘child’s perspective’ United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) Art 12.1 requires that signatories (of which the UK is one) “shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in… Continue reading
Our regular roundup of legal news and commentary resumes after the long summer recess with a selection focussing on the judiciary, court reform, and access to justice. We’ll have more in due course – there’s a lot to catch up on after the break. An additional excitement comes from the fact that, during the legal vacation, we took the opportunity to switch over to our lovely new website, ICLR.3 … Continue reading
