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An ICLR team will be walking the London Legal Walk on 18 May 2015 to help raise funds for free legal advice centres in and around London. This is the 11th annual London Legal Walk and is the largest gathering of legal professionals in the UK all walking with friends and colleagues supporting access to… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and events concentrates initially on the General Election, just in case you’ve not read anything about it anywhere else. Having regard to the Conservatives’ unexpected victory, what might it mean for law and justice? And we extend a nervous welcome to our new Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove. But first… …… Continue reading
What a Fix-Up!: The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 was published (as a Kindle download) on 5 May, just two days before the 2015 General Election. Its author, Garl Gardner, is a barrister who worked for 12 years as a lawyer in government service and currently writes the Head of Legal blog. He also teaches law and… Continue reading
What do the politicians promise on law and justice? Or to ask a more pertinent question, what promises on law and justice can we expect to see the various parties break on coming to, or sharing in, power? This post covers three main parties: Conservative, Liberal Democrat, and Labour, plus two emergent players, UKIP and… Continue reading
TURNING THE TIDE / RENVERSER LA MARÉE is the theme for the 52nd annual Canadian Association of Law Libraries/L’Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit Conference 2015 which is being held this year in Atlantic Canada. The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is dedicated to promoting the networking, professional development and career growth of all… Continue reading
This week’s charivari of legalities and illegalities includes a slapdown for Elveden, a shakeup for Tower Hamlets, a commercial appraisal of social media accounts and yet more tales of a thousand and one rights (and wrongs) from abroad. UPDATED 4 May Operation Elveden – prosecution or persecution? CPS slammed for charging journalists with conspiracy to… Continue reading
This week’s hoedown of legal news from home and abroad includes lawyers at the barricades, a prosecution service on the defensive, and a return to the planet of the apertures. Plus a set of Russian dolls and other victims of overseas injustice. Also worth reading: Custodians and gatekeepers: maintaining access to public legal information, by Paul… Continue reading
Find out which cases have been getting the most votes for inclusion in our special Anniversary Edition, to celebrate ICLR’s sesquicentenary. We’ve been reporting cases for 150 years and now we’re putting them all on trial. Which cases made the biggest difference in the development of the common law? Which are the landmarks that really… Continue reading
What’s the difference between a “law report” and a “transcript”? This is one of those questions where the answer is as obvious to some as it is inconspicuous to others. It is also a question that may, quite reasonably, strike some as a bit pedantic. However, there is a distinction and it doesn’t hurt to be… Continue reading
A bumper crop of legal news and events from home and abroad as Weekly Notes returns after a break for the Easter law vacation. Manifestoes for Justice Election fever pitch for legal services professions The major political parties have finally published their manifestoes for the forthcoming General Election. Given that the Fixed Term Parliaments… Continue reading
