We review the latest report in which state school students participating in an educational charity’s Model Law Commission make their suggestions for changes in the law.… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news includes party politics and the police, intermediaries in court, open and closed government, and family law guidance. Plus recent case law and commentary.… Continue reading
David Burrows considers controlling or coercive behaviour in the context of family relationships, as defined in statute and given context in some recent cases. … Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes parliamentary buildings, the battle over lawfare, royal probate transparency, and some recent case law.… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes environmental failings, mercy killings, crypto assets, wills and a royal rhyme. Plus recently indexed case law.… Continue reading
Our first roundup of the Hilary Term catches up on recent legal news and commentary, including a statue toppled, a child catcher caught, a half baked case, and the snapshot of a bygone scandal.… Continue reading
ICLR is hiring. This post considers what are the qualities that make a good law reporter… Continue reading
We swim in a sea of data. Our digital devices know where we’ve been, who we’ve communicated with, what we’ve looked at and how we’ve responded. As a result, each one of us is an open book. An open Facebook, indeed, or something similar. And we’ve allowed this to happen because we wanted to have… Continue reading
“I have tasted the bitterness of injustice” Mahmood Mattan tells the imam who visits him in jail, as he awaits his execution for a crime we now know he did not commit. Mattan, a Somali seaman who has settled in Cardiff’s Tiger Bay, has been fingered for the murder of Violet Volacki, a Jewish shopkeeper,… Continue reading
We wish all our friends in the legal world and beyond a very pleasant Christmas break, and a Happy New Year for 2022. This has been a difficult year for many, yet again, but we still hope for better to come. ICLR will be closed until 4 January 2021. Some support will be provided via… Continue reading