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This week’s roundup of legal news and comment includes legal aid and the rule of law, parole board transparency revisited, a court reporting crisis, and a divinely inspired judicial intervention in the jury room. Legal Aid Cash for courts not cases, says Gauke The new Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, David Gauke,… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and comment includes a ministerial reshuffle, transparency of parole board and coroner’s court decisions, and media regulation. Politics All change at the Ministry As with the changing of the guard (depicted), cabinet reshuffles seem to involve a lot of individuals marching in and out of Downing Street, with not… Continue reading
Giving his first annual press conference since his appointment earlier this year, the Lord Chief Justice said his two main concerns would be to increase awareness of what judges do, and to secure reforms needed to modernise the justice system. After his speech, he answered questions from the press, some of which raised interesting issues… Continue reading
The great hall in the Royal Courts of Justice has a cathedral-like splendour by day, but on a freezing midwinter evening its dim chandeliers failed to dispel the cavernous gloom. It was here that a crowd of some 62 legal professionals gathered on the evening of Monday 11 December, to hear about the latest developments in… Continue reading
Team ICLR is in San Diego, California for the 112th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Schools. The conference runs from January 3 – 6, 2018 and its theme this year is Access to Justice The AALS 2018 Annual Meeting will be held in San Diego at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, 333 W. Harbor… Continue reading
Richard Barr wrote a regular column for the Solicitors Journal for many years. Now the best of his musings on life as a solicitor in a country firm have now been collected into a book, mysteriously titled The Savage Poodle. Review by Paul Magrath. According to his publishers, Richard Barr is a clinical negligence lawyer with… Continue reading
David Burrows considers practitioner issues arising in a recent case in which a husband applied for an injunction to prevent a firm of solicitors, with whom he had previously had a preliminary consultation, from acting for his wife in divorce proceedings between them, and ponders an unexplained reference to ‘skull painting’… The ‘blasé’ evidence… Continue reading
Our last roundup of legal news and commentary for the term and for the year includes the latest Brexit deal, plans for the MoJ and the courts, and some notorious recent cases. Brexit EU leaders approve last week’s deal On 15 December the European Council (the Heads of Government of EU member states) signalled its… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes the Brexit threshold deal, the judiciary and its critics, family law transparency and accountability, and the triumph of luxury in the marketplace. Politics Brexit in Brussels – a feast of fudge On Wednesday they were saying Davis was bluffing and Brexit was doomed. David had promised… Continue reading
Reviewed by Paul Magrath His Honour Judge Walden is the resident judge (RJ) at Bermondsey Crown Court. This means that as well as conducting an unusually interesting variety of cases, he has to manage the court staff and facilities, and juggle the lists to ensure a fair distribution of work to his judicial colleagues –… Continue reading
