Weekly Notes
News, analysis, comment and updates from ICLR's case law and UK legislation platform
This week’s roundup steals a march on Brexit, and casts an eye on probation, accountancy, family courts and young criminals, before tripping the maple leaf rag. Brexit March for second vote rambles against the shambles The second anniversary of the referendum in which just shy of 52% of those eligible to do so (some 17… Continue reading
This week’s roundup covers a blocked ban on upskirting, bankers’ profitable wills, a looming crisis of children in care, open courts and a diverse judiciary, plus rifled copyright from the USA and a rebel yell from Oz. Crime Upskirting shambles On Friday 15 June the Ministry of Justice announced that ‘“Upskirting” is set to… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and comment focuses on the courts, court reform, legal aid and family law. Court reform HMCTS Reform programme The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon, delivering the first Sir Henry Brooke Memorial Lecture under the title The Age of Reform, provided a somewhat panglossian* update on the current… Continue reading
Returning on the eve of the new Trinity law term, we catch up on some of the legal stories and commentary over the last fortnight. These include the application of international law in cyberspace, of domestic law to social media, and of European law to data protection. Plus developments relating to judges, courts and case… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and comment includes the match made in heaven, or at any rate Windsor – among other, less frothy content, such as forensic science, courts, coroners and end of life decisions in the family courts. Royal Wedding Legal commentary Lest readers might think we had succumbed to the national hysteria… Continue reading
Our weekly roundup of legal news and commentary returns after a fortnight’s gap while we attended a conference in Darwin and other events in Australia. This week’s selection has a lot about family law, for reasons that will become apparent; also immigration, legal aid in criminal cases, freedom of information, court reform, and copyright. Family… Continue reading
This week’s roundup comes from Darwin, Australia, where ICLR is sponsoring the Australian Law Librarians’ Association biennial conference, #ALLA2018. We’ve encountered warm weather, cold beer, glorious sunsets and snapping crocodiles – but no law librarians, so far. The conference proper starts on 2 May, and we’ll bring you more news about it in due course.… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes cautionary tales from court, a pricking of passing-off pomposity, a papal intervention over a baby’s best interests, Brexit, and investigation into NDAs and sexual harassment. (Separate post on legal education to follow.) Courts Cautionary tales about conduct Two recent blog posts discuss issues around breaches of… Continue reading
Our first roundup of the Easter term includes chemical weapons, media law and data protection claims, immigration justice and injustice, and some older stories you may have missed over the holiday recess. Media law BBC facing Cliff edge In the trial in the claim by Sir Cliff Richard against the BBC before Mann J in… Continue reading
The last weekly roundup of the Hilary Term includes data protection, chemical weapons, criminal lawyers up in arms over justice and legal aid, and some fairly fishy business with Brexit. Data Protection Cambridge Analytica and other Facebook friends The Information Commissioner’s Office after a somewhat agonising delay was granted a warrant on Friday 23 March… Continue reading
