Reviews
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In this guest post, actor Andrew Woodall shares his reaction to the Secret Barrister’s forensic demolition of public legal misinformation… Continue reading about Book review: Fake Law, by the Secret Barrister – a non-lawyer’s view
An engaging account of a busy and varied legal life, told with a brisk good humour and an absence of introspection or jurisprudential angst. The title refers to an incident at Woking Golf Club.… Continue reading about Book review: Playing off the Roof, by Simon Brown
We examine the claims and methods of a book which is said to offer the first quantitative study of decision-making in the UK Supreme Court during its first decade. … Continue reading about Book review: A court of specialists, by Chris Hanretty
Dr Jo Beswick, senior law lecturer at Staffordshire University, reviews a former prisoner’s account of their journey through the criminal justice system, and finds that it challenges many of the popular misconceptions about prison life.… Continue reading about Book Review: A Bit of A Stretch – The Diaries of A Prisoner, by Chris Atkins
Paul Magrath reviews the latest courtroom thriller from Peter Murphy, in which barrister Ben Schroeder deals with a case involving spies, drug dealers and high level police corruption.… Continue reading about Book review: Verbal, by Peter Murphy
David Burrows reviews a book that considers to what extent in recent years the senior judiciary have shaped the law themselves or left the job of law reform to Parliament. … Continue reading about Book review: Enemies of the People? How Judges Shape Society, by Joshua Rozenberg
We review a handy guidebook to getting the best out of remote hearings and business meetings … Continue reading about Book review: The Virtual Workspace: 50 tips for effective video conferencing, by Andrew King
Paul Magrath reviews a former judge’s analysis of the challenge of opening up the family courts to better public scrutiny… Continue reading about Book review: The ‘Secret’ Family Court: fact or fiction? by Clifford Bellamy
Paul Magrath considers what has proved to be a timely and prophetic book about moving the conduct of litigation away from the physical courtroom… Continue reading about Book review: Online Courts and the Future of Justice by Richard Susskind
We review the Model Law Commission Report 2019 and discover the views of intelligent and dedicated school pupils on how the law of the land should be improved. … Continue reading about The Model Law Commission: a Big Voice for London students
