Weekly Notes

This week is Justice Week 2018 and as our latest roundup attests, there have been some big law stories in recent days although respect for the rule of law itself — even among lawmakers — seems to have taken yet another battering.… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and comment includes a big Brexit march, a fracking upset, a winning personality and a helpful judge.

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This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes judicial pay, barristerial dress and dressings down, immigration transparency and the right not to make a gay cake. … Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes diversity at law, discrimination in the courts, legal aid research, and Brexit. But we begin with more civil partnerships.… Continue reading

We welcome our readers back for the start of a new legal year and the resumption of our weekly roundup of legal news and commentary.… Continue reading

This last roundup of the Trinity Term includes unwatched corruption trials, a farewell to Sir James, a probation system rethink, parliamentary reports on criminal legal aid and sexual harassment at work, and another Daily Mail fiasco.… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes a legal aid desert, courts in chaos, divorce reform, breach of privacy and contempt of court. Human Rights Legal aid ‘deserts’ impeding enforcement In its report, Enforcing human rights (HC 669, HL Paper 171) published on 19 July 2018, the Joint Select Committee on Human Rights… Continue reading

This week’s roundup includes new courts for old, lower court fees, judicial recruitment, legal tech, and rapidly dating Brexit developments. Courts City of London fraud and cyber crime complex The Ministry of Justice announced last week that a new courts complex specifically designed to tackle cyber crime, fraud, and economic crime would be opened on… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and comment includes an Act of Withdrawal, new judges, anonymised litigants, legal books and bullies, and a bit about ICLR. Plus murder and unwanted criminal connections overseas. Legislation EU Withdrawal Act The Queen gave her formal assent to the passage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, which you… Continue reading

This week’s roundup steals a march on Brexit, and casts an eye on probation, accountancy, family courts and young criminals, before tripping the maple leaf rag. Brexit March for second vote rambles against the shambles The second anniversary of the referendum in which just shy of 52% of those eligible to do so (some 17… Continue reading