Reviews
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Paul Magrath tries out the Pepper v Hart service enabling research of parliamentary papers provided by Public Information Online. … Continue reading about Review: Pepper v Hart and Public Information Online
Paul Magrath on how two cases in the Court of Common Pleas inspired the fictional school scenes in Nicholas Nickleby, and the consequences of Dickens’s novel for the real school and its head. … Continue reading about Book review: Nicholas Nickleby and the Yorkshire Schools – fact v fiction, by Robert J Kirkpatrick
Pupil barrister and former law reporter Sarah Parker welcomes to her bookshelf the latest edition of a comprehensive and detailed handbook on legal research. … Continue reading about Book review: Legal Research – A Practitioners Handbook, by Emily Allbon (with Ian Hunter)
In what is more of a digest than a review, Paul Magrath considers Sir Mark Warby’s recent Thomas Sutton Lecture on legal figures associated with the Charterhouse in London.… Continue reading about More and more: Law and the Charterhouse in London
The latest Supreme Court Yearbook is a treasure trove of senior judicial and academic commentary, particularly on the topic of the apex court’s use and approach to comparative law, according to Paul Magrath. … Continue reading about Book review: The UK Supreme Court Yearbook, Vol 9 (2017-2018)
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
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
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
In a guest post, Mr Justice Dingemans reviews the latest collection of short stories about the resident judge of a fictional Crown Court… Continue reading about Book review: Judge Walden – Call the Next Case, by Peter Murphy
