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COMPETENCIES, CHALLENGES, CONNECTIONS is the theme for the Canadian Association of Law Libraries/L’Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit annual Conference 2016, which is being held at Vancouver, British Columbia. The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is dedicated to promoting the networking, professional development and career growth of all law librarians in Canada, no matter… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes press freedom (or lack of it), probation services, undercover anonymity, copyright infringement, and pupillage. Enjoy! Human Rights World Press Freedom Day On 3 May each year we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, which was first proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993, following a recommendation… Continue reading
This week’s dance round the legal maypole includes news and commentary about the historic fresh inquest verdicts from Hillsborough, a Home Secretarial salvo against Strasbourg, three tiers of judicial recruitment, and problems with fair trials. Inquests Hillsborough verdicts A second set of inquests into the deaths of 96 football fans killed at the Hillsborough… Continue reading
Law reporters have always depended on the goodwill of advocates and instructing solicitors in providing copies of pleadings, skeleton arguments and authorities bundles to help in the process of reporting important precedents. In the past, such help was sought and given unofficially. Although there has been a series of practice directions on how court bundles… Continue reading
This week’s collection of legal news and comment includes another court fees hike, the fate of the privacy injunction, a ban on making art in an art gallery, the mingling of caffeine and the printed word, and some other rather asinine stuff to divert you from your timesheets and deadlines. Privacy “The Law is an Ass”:… Continue reading
This week’s selection of legal news and events includes fact-checking the EU before the referendum, a new European data protection regime, a copyright claim that’s music to the lawyer’s ears, and the poison of a “millstone” name. European Union Facts amid the fog of lies, damned lies and bogus statistics Thanks to a generous public,… Continue reading
Guest post by David Burrows Confidentiality, privilege and the Panama papers The leak of information from a firm of Panama lawyers – the Panama papers – raises a variety of questions for English lawyers, notably in the areas of confidentiality and of legal professional privilege (LPP). Papers held by a lawyer are confidential –… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and comment includes an embarrassing Panamanian data leak, guidance on intellectual property, some views on judicial diversity and a collection of good and bad developments overseas. And after last week’s folly, it’s all perfectly serious. Panama: a question of trust(s) Here’s how it began (according to Süddeutsche Zeitung): Over… Continue reading
As a new development, to complement the fact that ICLR Online now includes search and retrieval of all legislation currently in force, both as enacted and as updated, via the official government legislation service (www.legislation.gov.uk), we will be publishing periodical updates on some of the new enactments which you may not be able to find… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and comment concentrates on what’s been happening in the international sphere, from terrorism in Brussels to war crimes in Bosnia, and the targeting of journalists and lawyers elsewhere. But we start with some items from the domestic front. Policing Private hearings of public inquiry The so-called “Spycops” inquiry chaired… Continue reading
