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We review Mr Justice Barrett’s primer on the literary approach to legal writing… Continue reading about Book review: Great Legal Writing – lessons from literature
Nick Wallis covered both the English and American court battles between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, his blogging and tweeting crowdfunded by his followers. Then he turned it all into a book, which is reviewed here by Paul Magrath. Reposted with permission from the Court and Tribunal Observers’ Network. … Continue reading about Book review – Depp v Heard: the unreal story, by Nick Wallis
David Burrows considers the position of non-parties such as journalists or lay observers in attending, making sense of, and reporting on family courts appeals.… Continue reading about Understanding of the ‘intelligent and well-informed’ observer in open family courts
This week’s roundup of legal news includes prisons and sentencing, the legal profession and the senior judiciary. Plus recent case law and commentary.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 16 October 2023
ICLR will be in Geneva, Switzerland in the next few days, attending IALL’s 2023 Annual Course… Continue reading about #IALL2023 – Geneva, here we come!
We welcome you back at the start of another legal year with a rapid roundup of legal news and commentary over the long vacation.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 2 October 2023
In this guest post by Frank Cranmer, reposted from the Law & Religion UK blog, we are reminded of the key differences between the two separate but oft-confused pan-European legal regimes. … Continue reading about The ECJ and the ECtHR: an updated idiot’s guide
David Burrows on the conventional respect shown by judges towards each others’ decisions, even when not strictly bound by the rules of precedent, and how it applies in particular to the subject of anonymity in family cases. … Continue reading about Judicial comity and the common law
In May 2023 the Ministry of Justice launched a consultation on Open Justice. The consultation closed on 7 September 2023. This was ICLR’s response. … Continue reading about Open Justice – ICLR responds to MOJ consultation
The National Archives launched its Find Case Law database in mid-April 2022, under a new judgment publication system mandated by the Ministry of Justice. ICLR systematically monitored the publication of listed cases under this new system over its first twelve months of operation. Our report combines statistics for the efficiency and coverage of cases listed for judgment in the Daily Cause List with other publication data, and monitors the relationship between the listing and publication of judgments as part of the overall judgments data ecosystem and its importance to Open Justice.… Continue reading about Publication of listed judgments: towards a new benchmark of digital open justice – Final report
