Weekly Notes

This week’s dance round the legal maypole includes news and commentary about the historic fresh inquest verdicts from Hillsborough, a Home Secretarial salvo against Strasbourg, three tiers of judicial recruitment, and problems with fair trials.   Inquests Hillsborough verdicts A second set of inquests into the deaths of 96 football fans killed at the Hillsborough… Continue reading

This week’s collection of legal news and comment includes another court fees hike, the fate of the privacy injunction, a ban on making art in an art gallery, the mingling of caffeine and the printed word, and some other rather asinine stuff to divert you from your timesheets and deadlines. Privacy “The Law is an Ass”:… Continue reading

This week’s selection of legal news and events includes fact-checking the EU before the referendum, a new European data protection regime, a copyright claim that’s music to the lawyer’s ears, and the poison of a “millstone” name. European Union Facts amid the fog of lies, damned lies and bogus statistics Thanks to a generous public,… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and comment includes an embarrassing Panamanian data leak, guidance on intellectual property, some views on judicial diversity and a collection of good and bad developments overseas. And after last week’s folly, it’s all perfectly serious. Panama: a question of trust(s) Here’s how it began (according to Süddeutsche Zeitung):  Over… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and comment concentrates on what’s been happening in the international sphere, from terrorism in Brussels to war crimes in Bosnia, and the targeting of journalists and lawyers elsewhere. But we start with some items from the domestic front. Policing Private hearings of public inquiry The so-called “Spycops” inquiry chaired… Continue reading

This week’s budget deficit of legal news and commentary includes a weary resignation and some other stuff. Keep reading. It’s good. Budget IDS gives Osbo the PIP As others have no doubt pointed out, the Chancellor, George Osborne, often gives the impression of a blindfolded man attempting to pin the tail of projected growth onto… Continue reading

This week’s selection of legal news and comment includes recent lectures by genuinely top judges Lord Thomas and Lord Neuberger, a review by the NAO of confiscation orders, and reports of some recent legal events.   Lectures Three recent lectures on topics of law, the courts and liberty. Bailii Lecture “Developing commercial law through the… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and comment includes reports on the criminal justice system, a rallying cry for progress and transparency in the family justice system, and the use and abuse of freedom of information. Criminal justice: reports National Audit Office report The NAO has reported to the Ministry of Justice on Efficiency in… Continue reading

This week’s guided tour takes us behind the scenes at the BBC in the 1970s, to the more contemporary legal world of tribunals, prosecutors and the Supreme Court, and then back to the BBC for a mashed up glimpse of fictitious Victorian grime and detection. (But, no doubt to everyone’s relief, nothing this week about… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes the opening of the referendum season, the passing of two literary giants, the correction of a 30-year misdirection, and a new guide to Chancery practice. Plus Apple v FBI writ.   EU referendum In / Out / Shake it all about The Prime Minister David Cameron… Continue reading