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Sarah Phillimore reviews a new book by Frank Feehan QC and Caroline Harrison on the rights of vulnerable witnesses and the duties of advocates towards them in family and criminal proceedings… Continue reading about Book review: Vulnerable Witnesses within Family and Criminal Proceedings
It’s been a while since we’ve done a roundup of legal podcasts and, as the summer gives way to autumn, with new terms both legal and academic due to start soon, we thought it might be useful to look at some of the new ones and remind ourselves of some of the established favourites. … Continue reading about Podcasts in law – a selection
David Burrows considers what a recent Supreme Court decision says for open justice and common law proceedings generally, and family proceedings in particular. … Continue reading about Release of court documents to people who are not parties to the proceedings
In Court Number One the author (who is also a practising barrister) presents an anthology of great trials from the Central Criminal Court, generally known (after the street name) as The Old Bailey, and the epicentre of the English criminal justice system in the 20th century.… Continue reading about Book review: Court Number One – The Old Bailey Trials that Defined Modern Britain, by Thomas Grant
On 7 August 2019, the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting’s newly formed research lab, ICLR&D, launched the prototype version of its legal natural language processing system, Blackstone. … Continue reading about Open source NLP and machine learning for legal texts. What is Blackstone and how did we build it?
As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Legal Aid Act 1949, David Burrows looks at the origins and current state of public funding for legal advice and litigation… Continue reading about Legal aid: a seventieth birthday
This last roundup of the Trinity Term looks at the prospects of a shakeup in Downing Street and Whitehall, and reviews the state of play in the courts, the judiciary, the prisons, and other legal developments, before concluding with a nice message from the head of family justice.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR — 29 July 2019
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes the probable loss of yet another Lord Chancellor through the revolving door of Justice; plus courts reform and security, a crackdown on non-disclosure agreements, legal professions and information.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR — 22 July 2019
Jurisdiction to make and enforce an order Two very different aspects of the reporting restrictions order (RRO) can be seen in case law over the past couple of weeks. In AB (Application for Reporting Restrictions: Inquest) [2019] EWHC 1668 (QB) (27 June 2019) the question of service of an application in civil proceedings and the… Continue reading about Reporting restrictions orders; and contempt of restriction orders
In a recent case the Court of Appeal has reminded practitioners of the need to cite The Law Reports in accordance with the relevant Practice Direction … Continue reading about Citation of authorities: ignore the practice direction at your peril!
