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Even reported judgments are a mixture of ratio decidendi and obiter dicta. So while the publication of all judgments might be a boost for open justice, what effect, asks David Burrows, might archiving all the court’s judgments have on the administration of justice? … Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes police corruption and cover-up, a promise to do better with rape prosecutions, questions about the constitution, weddings in the open air, and a new home for judgments.… Continue reading
This first weekly roundup of legal news for the Trinity Term includes an international get-together on the beach, a pledge to build back better in the courts, concerns over the collection of health data, media regulation, plus recent case summaries and commentary.… Continue reading
As more and more case law is published and available online, the key question for users is how to find the cases they need. How do they know they haven’t missed something? We look at how AI could help them find even the “unknown unknowns” that might be out there. … Continue reading
We survey some of the newer legal podcasts that have helped inform and distract us during the enforced isolation of the covid era. … Continue reading
We end the legal term with a roundup covering a range of institutional failures concerning the BBC, the Home Office, the Police, and the Post Office. Looks like they’re all going to need to pull their socks up and try a bit harder next term.… Continue reading
Who are the law-makers? David Burrows considers who really makes our laws and questions the accuracy of the description as applied to politicians merely by virtue of their participation in the legislative process. … Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news includes the government’s legislative to-do list; a defaulty county court judgment; plus the usual case law and commentary update.… Continue reading
In this guest post Dr Brian Barry looks at some of the factors and processes that influence judicial decision-making, and explains how he came to write his recent book, How Judges Judge… Continue reading
This week’s roundup includes major new legislation, miscarriages of justice and a dickens of an exhibition. Plus recent case law and commentary.… Continue reading
