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After the many children in need cases reported in recent years, including the trilogy of cases in last month’s PTSR, one might have thought that the courts had drawn the legal frontiers sufficiently clearly to eliminate funding disputes between publ…… Continue reading about An unseemly turf war fought in a monstrous labyrinth
In a week that sees another high-profile extradition, this time of Abu Hamza to the USA to face terrorism charges, the question put by Lord Justice Toulson in Regina (Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court (Article 19 i…… Continue reading about Publicity and the soul of justice; letting the media spotlight in
ICLR Encounters – a series of debates about issues affecting the law – kicked off last night with a fascinating encounter between Jon Snow, of Channel 4 News, and Elanor Dymott, law reporter turned novelist, at The Old Court Room in Lincoln’s Inn.… Continue reading about ICLR Encounters: The Truth, The Whole Truth, or a Version of the Truth…
Regrets? We’ve all had a few. Especially in our misspent youths. But as the latest post from the BabyBarista blog shows, there are some quite simple steps you can take to remedy even the most embarrassing (professionally speaking) lapses in your past. Chambers were discussing one of the candidates for a third six pupillage today.… Continue reading about Carbolic smoke bongs! A revealing post from BabyBarista
Some authorities are better than others; and some reports of those authorities are better than others. Don’t take our word for it: the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge has just issued a new practice direction on the matter. It reiterates what a previous Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, said a little over a decade ago… Continue reading about Practice makes perfect: a good argument deserves the best citation
We expect our judges to state their opinions in public – when giving judgment in open court. But in a week in which two senior judges have spoken outside court about the dangers of, er, judges speaking outside court, we should perhaps reflect on the other side of the same coin: the dangers of not… Continue reading about Open justice – or least said soonest mended?
Isobel Collins, Editor, Public and Third Sector Law Reports discusses some of the cases in the issue… Continue reading about Children in need
The stories that matter are the ones that go unheard. The threat of censorship is nothing new, but if we think that by living in a free country, with the right of free speech guaranteed by the article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, we don’t need to worry about censorship, then we… Continue reading about Libel reform: freedom, censorship and debate
You’re a pupil, about to embark on your second six months. You’ve finally earned the right to appear in court on behalf of a client. You’ve got your first brief. Nervous? You should be. “The problem is,” as one of the pupils depicted in the latest BabyBarista blog puts it, “that I’ll feel like a… Continue reading about Avoid the imposter syndrome with the ICLR online
Guest post by Isobel Collins, Editor of the Public and Third Sector Law Reports… Continue reading about What do a 13th century elm coffer, the Audit Commission Act 1998 and debt relief orders have in common?
