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This week’s roundup of legal news includes probate reform, family, media, and employment law; plus recent case law and commentary.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 4 December 2023
This week’s roundup includes probate mysteries, crime stats, magisterial bias, and recent judicial speeches and professional commentary. Plus recent case law and case comments.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 27 November 2023
Returning after a mid-autumn break, our latest roundup includes a king’s speech, a ministers’ reshuffle, a lost case, a sadly-missed Judge, and a lively debate about family law. Plus recent case law and commentary.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 20 November 2023
We review Mr Justice Barrett’s primer on the literary approach to legal writing… Continue reading about Book review: Great Legal Writing – lessons from literature
Nick Wallis covered both the English and American court battles between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, his blogging and tweeting crowdfunded by his followers. Then he turned it all into a book, which is reviewed here by Paul Magrath. Reposted with permission from the Court and Tribunal Observers’ Network. … Continue reading about Book review – Depp v Heard: the unreal story, by Nick Wallis
David Burrows considers the position of non-parties such as journalists or lay observers in attending, making sense of, and reporting on family courts appeals.… Continue reading about Understanding of the ‘intelligent and well-informed’ observer in open family courts
This week’s roundup of legal news includes prisons and sentencing, the legal profession and the senior judiciary. Plus recent case law and commentary.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 16 October 2023
ICLR will be in Geneva, Switzerland in the next few days, attending IALL’s 2023 Annual Course… Continue reading about #IALL2023 – Geneva, here we come!
We welcome you back at the start of another legal year with a rapid roundup of legal news and commentary over the long vacation.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 2 October 2023
In this guest post by Frank Cranmer, reposted from the Law & Religion UK blog, we are reminded of the key differences between the two separate but oft-confused pan-European legal regimes. … Continue reading about The ECJ and the ECtHR: an updated idiot’s guide
