Reviews
News, analysis, comment and updates from ICLR's case law and UK legislation platform
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
Paul Magrath reviews the latest courtroom thriller from Peter Murphy, in which barrister Ben Schroeder deals with a case involving spies, drug dealers and high level police corruption.… Continue reading
David Burrows reviews a book that considers to what extent in recent years the senior judiciary have shaped the law themselves or left the job of law reform to Parliament. … Continue reading
We review a handy guidebook to getting the best out of remote hearings and business meetings … Continue reading
Paul Magrath reviews a former judge’s analysis of the challenge of opening up the family courts to better public scrutiny… Continue reading
Paul Magrath considers what has proved to be a timely and prophetic book about moving the conduct of litigation away from the physical courtroom… Continue reading
We review the Model Law Commission Report 2019 and discover the views of intelligent and dedicated school pupils on how the law of the land should be improved. … Continue reading
Paul Magrath tries out the Pepper v Hart service enabling research of parliamentary papers provided by Public Information Online. … Continue reading
Paul Magrath on how two cases in the Court of Common Pleas inspired the fictional school scenes in Nicholas Nickleby, and the consequences of Dickens’s novel for the real school and its head. … Continue reading
Pupil barrister and former law reporter Sarah Parker welcomes to her bookshelf the latest edition of a comprehensive and detailed handbook on legal research. … Continue reading
