Reviews
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David Rosen reviews a primer on legal ethics which aims to spark debate and help lawyers develop an instinct for doing the right thing rather than relying on a prescriptive all-embracing code of conduct. … Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and comment includes the Parole Board, probation services, courts, legal information and pupillage.… Continue reading
David Burrows congratulates Nathalie Lieven QC on her appointment to the High Court bench in the Family Division, particularly in view of her background and experience in administrative law cases.… Continue reading
Paul Magrath reviews the new edition of a lawyer’s guide to effective legal language. … Continue reading
This is both a case book and a memoir, by one of our leading criminal practitioners. The cases are famous ones that got massive newspaper coverage at the time, and the man described in the memoir is both a typical and in some ways not a typical criminal law defender. Review by Paul Magrath.… Continue reading
The European Court in Luxembourg enjoys a level of support and quality of facilities that domestic courts, with the possible exception of the UK Supreme Court, can only envy. Before issuing its multi-lingual judgments, the judges have the benefit, not only of a superb modern library, but also the intensively researched opinion of an Advocate General, the nature of whose role is perhaps not as well known as it could be. … Continue reading
Whoever the Secret Barrister is, they deserve massive kudos for drawing to the attention of those who might well prefer to look away the critical state of the criminal justice system in this country.… Continue reading
Giving his first annual press conference since his appointment earlier this year, the Lord Chief Justice said his two main concerns would be to increase awareness of what judges do, and to secure reforms needed to modernise the justice system. After his speech, he answered questions from the press, some of which raised interesting issues… Continue reading
The great hall in the Royal Courts of Justice has a cathedral-like splendour by day, but on a freezing midwinter evening its dim chandeliers failed to dispel the cavernous gloom. It was here that a crowd of some 62 legal professionals gathered on the evening of Monday 11 December, to hear about the latest developments… Continue reading
