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David Burrows considers the life cycle and status of the humble practice direction. … Continue reading
David Burrows responds on the subject of footnotes in law, recommending their use as an authorial aside in legal and academic writing. … Continue reading
Dates can be critical, particularly when legal rights and obligations depend on them. It is a matter of concern if they appear to shift, as Paul Magrath explains. … Continue reading
Elijah Granet discusses the advantages of using footnotes for citations of case law in judgments, in common with other common law jurisdictions. … Continue reading
We examine the claims and methods of a book which is said to offer the first quantitative study of decision-making in the UK Supreme Court during its first decade. … Continue reading
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution has been conducting an inquiry into the effect of Covid-19 on the courts and access to justice. This post surveys the oral evidence given so far. … Continue reading
David Burrows considers recent cases which test the open justice principle by reference to court documents and potentially confidential information. … Continue reading
As the summer vacation beckons, this term’s final roundup of legal news and commentary includes national (in)security, deprivation of citizenship, a semi-centenary of law centres, remote will witnessing, and what’s been happening in the courts. But first, a message from our CEO.… Continue reading
Dr Jo Beswick, senior law lecturer at Staffordshire University, reviews a former prisoner’s account of their journey through the criminal justice system, and finds that it challenges many of the popular misconceptions about prison life.… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes crimes against emergency workers and shop staff, a pandemic boost to extremism, the rise of modern slavery, more lockdown litigation, and the threats to international human rights in Hong Kong and elsewhere.… Continue reading
