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When retired judge Peter Murphy invited Baroness Hale of Richmond to write the foreword to his latest collection of comic stories about a fictitious judge, he can have little thought that one of the fictional cases she would be introducing might have striking parallels with a real one coming before the Supreme Court.… Continue reading about Blowing the whistle for justice: could a fictitious judge have inspired a supreme new precedent?
David Burrows explores the relationship between common law and court rules and practice directions, in seeking to challenge the routine privacy of family court hearings. … Continue reading about A voyage round Mr Boddington
Open and shut cases: Paul Magrath reviews the latest collection of entertaining curiosities from the Resident Judge of Bermondsey Crown Court… Continue reading about Book review: Judge Walden – Call the Next Case by Peter Murphy
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes Brexit, torture, extinction, legal information and conciliation.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 14 October 2019
His Honour Nicholas Chambers QC will be giving a talk on 26 November 2019 on the role of the judge in various types of conciliation procedure. … Continue reading about Settlement: is the future with the judges? Talk at Brick Court Chambers
Following a recent case, Louise Hopson, assistant editor of the Business Law Reports, points out the risks faced by SIPP providers who fail to ensure the suitability of investments, even when acting for clients on an execution-only basis.… Continue reading about SIPP firms and the duty to investigate customers’ investments
Welcome back to a new legal year with the first of this term’s roundups of legal news and commentary. We begin by reviewing what’s been happening in the legal world over the long summer vacation, including some significant developments in constitutional law.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 7 October 2019
For all practical purposes, the free legal database run by the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) is an official source of judgments from senior courts that any member of the public or any journalist can use. But while anyone can read individual judgments and quote bits of them elsewhere, what are the rules about downloading and re-using the content in bulk? Is it public open data or are there restrictions on its re-use? There seems to be some confusion about this, which this article (reposted from the Transparency Project blog) aims to unpick.… Continue reading about BAILII and the re-use of judgments as public legal information
Louise Hopson, assistant editor of the Business Law Reports, highlights a recent Court of Appeal judgment warning practitioners against superfluous citation of unreported cases.… Continue reading about The Practice Direction revisited: avoiding the “kitchen-sink” approach to citation of authorities
David Burrows explains the current state of the common law on release of court material after a family case hearing… Continue reading about Scott v Scott and release of court material
