Weekly Notes

This week’s roundup includes election manifestos, divorce reform, crime and punishment, and legal services. Politics General Election manifestos launched The three main political parties launched their manifestos last week. On Tuesday 16 May, Labour launched its previously leaked manifesto, under the title For The Many Not The Few. On Thursday, the Conservatives launched theirs, entitled… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes election crimes, legal services, and the law of the gig economy. Plus: legalising cannabis in Canada (the giggle economy), and the not so funny use of Pokemon Go. Election [f]law Tory election expenses: CPS declines to prosecute On 10 May the Crown Prosecution Service announced that… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and comment comes from Ottawa where team ICLR are attending the Canadian Association of Law Libraries annual conference. And no, we’re not doing all of it in both French and English, fun though that might be (and a suitable test of the editor’s schoolboy French). ICLR in Ottawa Welcome to… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes last minute legislation, legal services, law in the movies, and a survey of judgment opening lines. If there’s a theme, it’s “sieze the day” —or: fame may not be the spur, but don’t spurn it. Legislation Washup and Go Parliament was prorogued last week, to use the… Continue reading

We mark the end of the Easter law vacation and the start of the new term with an update of legal news and commentary including the British and French elections, the fate of pending legislation, legal services regulation and a fatal ruling from SCOTUS. Legislation The fate — and fatality — of bills Theresa May’s… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes some of the sillier aspects of Brexit, along with judges behaving boldly, and a clearer view of transparency in the family courts. As the phoney war cools in Gibraltar the real one hots up in Syria. Brexit No feel for ‘no deal’ The Exiting the European Union Committee… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary is mainly about Brexit and what’s been happening – or not happening – in the courts, here and abroad. Brexit Trigger warning On 29 March, some 9 months after it had been mandated by the ‘will of the people’ as expressed in the EU referendum, Theresa May… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes terrorism, politics, and the judiciary, plus transparency in the family courts and an exciting new development at ICLR.     Judiciary LCJ v LC Who will stand up for the judiciary? A row has erupted between the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor over the… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary covers everything from politics to war and a bit of law in between. Some lighter notes amid the gloom, but mostly they’re laughter in the dark.   Brexit & Breakup To lose one union may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two looks like carelessness. Parliament having finally… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary features the Lord Chancellor, a crisis in the judiciary, libellous tweets, and the Lords and Knights of Brexit. In short, another mixed bag of goodies (and baddies). Policy Lord Chancellor interviewed, wriggles a bit, slips off hook Last week’s BBC Radio 4 Law in Action programme was… Continue reading