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This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes the new hostile environment for asylum seekers (and their activist lawyers); a belated undertaking to capture court user data, and a stairway to final appellate court heaven (denied), plus some recent publications of interest.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 12 October 2020
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
Every year ICLR holds an office bake sale and sends a team on the LLST Legal Walk to help raise funds for legal aid and advice. This year, we were forced to walk (or bake) in socially distanced isolation, but we went ahead anyway.… Continue reading about Walking for Justice in London under Lockdown: the 2020 London Legal Walk 10xChallenge
Welcome back to our weekly roundup of legal news and commentary, as we begin the Michaelmas Term with a catchup of what’s been happening over the long vacation, including coping with coronavirus in the courts, legislating for Brexit, rule-of-lawyer-bashing, and so on.
… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 5 October 2020
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 responds on the subject of footnotes in law, recommending their use as an authorial aside in legal and academic writing. … Continue reading about In praise of the footnote in legal and academic writing
Dates can be critical, particularly when legal rights and obligations depend on them. It is a matter of concern if they appear to shift, as Paul Magrath explains. … Continue reading about Fresh Dates! (But when?) Setting the record straight
Elijah Granet discusses the advantages of using footnotes for citations of case law in judgments, in common with other common law jurisdictions. … Continue reading about Judges take note: but are we dragging our feet when we should be toeing the line?
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
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution has been conducting an inquiry into the effect of Covid-19 on the courts and access to justice. This post surveys the oral evidence given so far. … Continue reading about Has the revolution happened? Can we ever go back?
