Legal Profession
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In this guest post The Secret Magistrate author discusses questions of recruitment and training in the context of budget cuts and mounting pressure on the magistracy… Continue reading about The Secret Magistrate on how recent developments are affecting the recruitment of magistrates
In this guest post The Secret Magistrate author discusses the effect of budget cuts, court closures and court modernisation on volunteers dedicated to the idea of local justice… Continue reading about The Secret Magistrate on how budget cuts and court closures are affecting the morale of the magistracy
David Burrows considers the Cold War legacy of a marriage conducted in a foreign embassy under Soviet occupation, with echoes of the spy fiction of the late John le Carre. … Continue reading about Mr Justice Ormrod and a Cold War embassy marriage
David Burrows considers the family court’s power to vary or set aside its own orders. … Continue reading about Review of family proceedings orders
Following an earlier consultation, there has been a comprehensive rewriting of the rules of court dealing with the procedure to be adopted in relation to contempt of court. We summarise the key changes. … Continue reading about Contempt of Court: new rules and open justice provisions
David Burrows considers the life cycle and status of the humble practice direction. … Continue reading about Where have all the practice directions gone?
David Burrows considers recent cases which test the open justice principle by reference to court documents and potentially confidential information. … Continue reading about Advancement of administration of justice and the prism of confidentiality
David Burrows considers and compares recent cases on confidentiality and expectations of privacy for those under criminal investigation… Continue reading about Confidentiality and when to release or publish
David Burrows considers the ‘implied undertaking’ not to release or otherwise pass on documents disclosed under compulsion in family law proceedings and whether the same rules apply as in civil proceedings… Continue reading about An ‘implied undertaking’ for family proceedings: new law or old?
David Burrows considers the legality of court rules that frustrate the common law on open justice and proposes a more transparent approach to hearings concerning domestic abuse… Continue reading about Agenda for a law on open justice in family courts
