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As the party conference season draws to a close, our weekly roundup of legal news and comment considers various aspects of Brexit, some scrutiny of the Court of Protection, sentence inflation in the criminal courts and a battle royal between Crown Court bibles. Politics Conference follies Brexit and the Tories have made a mess of… Continue reading
Congratulations to Ben Haseldine, seen here on the left, receiving this year’s ICLR Pupillage Award from the Chair of our Council, Richard Fleck, on the right. The presentation took place at a small reception held at the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London. Ben is starting pupillage at 4 King’s Bench Walk, in the chambers of… Continue reading
Guest post by David Burrows Child’s involvement in proceedings: ‘child’s perspective’ United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) Art 12.1 requires that signatories (of which the UK is one) “shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in… Continue reading
Our regular roundup of legal news and commentary resumes after the long summer recess with a selection focussing on the judiciary, court reform, and access to justice. We’ll have more in due course – there’s a lot to catch up on after the break. An additional excitement comes from the fact that, during the legal vacation, we took the opportunity to switch over to our lovely new website, ICLR.3 … Continue reading
Guest post by James Keeley The rule of law keeps us from chaos. It accepts who we are as human beings embracing our ethnicity, our sexuality and our abilities as well as our limitations. Through it we are given the chance to speak freely so long as we do so without prejudice and without harming… Continue reading
When ICLR was founded in 1865, the Solicitors Journal was already almost a decade old. For many years, the two publishers have been associated, principally through the legal case summaries which ICLR’s reporters have contributed to the magazine. Earlier this month, the journal’s current owners made the no doubt agonising decision to close it down.… Continue reading
On 15 September 2017, we will be changing the ordering process used for pay-as-you-go PDF purchasing. Please read the following carefully. Since 2011, we have made individual PDFs of all of our cases reports available for one-off purchase using our e-commerce store at iclr.co.uk. As of 15 September 2017, we will decommission that e-commerce process… Continue reading
We are pleased to announce that Daniel Hoadley (former ICLR law reporter and co-designer of ICLR Online) will be delivering a talk on open access to case law at the Law Via The Internet annual conference at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey (19-21 October 2017). Not one to pull his punches, Daniel’s talk… Continue reading
The concept of “no fault divorce” has gained traction in recent years, but the recent case of Owens v Owens and the image it conjures up of a wife trapped in a loveless marriage has concentrated people’s minds on the issue. As the case heads towards a further appeal hearing in the Supreme Court, David… Continue reading
ICLR is pleased to announce that the winner of the ICLR Busfield Prize 2017 is Ms Sophie Clayton… Continue reading