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Cases and their status as good law. In a Common Law jurisdiction, judges have the ability to change or clarify the law and to set precedents which bind the court in later cases. But as the law is continually developing, and as cases decided by one court can be affected by later decisions of a higher… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of recent law stories from home and abroad looks at legal regulation, deregulation and amateurisation; at investigation of abuse and abuse of investigation; and at attempts to prosecute economic crime and prevent gay marriage. Other recent posts of interest (from the new Transparency Project blog): Open justice and access to law: why BAILII… Continue reading
If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing properly. If a right is worth having, it’s worth protecting that right in wartime, peacetime and any time in between. In a civilised and democratic society, such as we all claim to want to protect, the presumption of individual liberty does not simply evaporate as… Continue reading
This week’s roundup looks at open justice, transparency, the independence of a sometimes outspoken judiciary, and the risk of removing special canteens in the criminal court. Plus the usual survey of law and injustice in foreign parts. Also on the blog this week: Terror makes tyrants of us all: Boris and the Reverse Burden proposal Judges, Journalists… Continue reading
This week’s selection looks like a Bank Holiday Celebrity Special, with Cliff Richard and the shadows of controversy, Julian Assange and his novel predicament, and Shakespeare’s fatal injunction challenged. Plus law and injustice from around the globe. UPDATED: 26 August 2014 We’re all going on a summer holiday… …while the cops grab a warrant to… Continue reading
With this week’s roundup of legal news from home and abroad we get into another Vine mess over copyright, we pit an unstoppable force against an immovable object, we question the value of victim statements and we look back in anger at the miscarriages of justice before the ending of the death penalty. Another Vine mess…… Continue reading
Reviewed by Paul Magrath When the life of an accused man hangs in the balance, even a point of statutory construction can be turned to nail-biting drama. In A Matter for the Jury, Peter Murphy continues the story of Ben Schroeder, a young barrister in the 1960s, with a tense account of his first murder… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news from home and abroad goes “in camera” to see who put the ape into aperture, gets court in the cross-fire of legal funding, and notes how a fake sheikh’s fakery led to a shakeup of more than 30 criminal cases. There’s also a bumper crop of tales of injustice from… Continue reading
The ICLR’s weekly roundup of legal news from home and abroad resumes after a brief holiday, with tales of legal aid, legal hindrance and a legal (omni)shambles, among other topical matters. And don’t forget: ICLR Criminal Law Updater (July 2014) Internet Newsletter for Lawyers (July 2014) Legal Aid turns 65 The Legal Aid and Advice… Continue reading
Welcome to the ICLR Criminal Law Updater for July 2014. Here’s our round up of the reportable and unreportable criminal cases decided in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and the UK Supreme Court over the last four weeks. Where a transcript is available on BAILII, a linked reference has been provided. Reportable Cases R… Continue reading
