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Jon Robins anatomises a criminal appeals system that appears to prioritise public confidence over individual fairness, that only grudgingly admits miscarriages of justice and that, even then, fails to compensate its victims unless they prove the very innocence they were presumed to have had in the first place. … Continue reading about Book review: Guilty until Proven Innocent, by Jon Robins
David Rosen reviews a primer on legal ethics which aims to spark debate and help lawyers develop an instinct for doing the right thing rather than relying on a prescriptive all-embracing code of conduct. … Continue reading about Book review: How to be an ethical solicitor by Mena Ruparel and Richard Burnham
David Burrows explains how parliamentary privilege was designed to stop the courts interfering with Parliament, not to allow parliamentarians to interfere with the work of the courts. He considers Lord Hain’s use of the privilege to trump a court injunction in the light of a recent speech on the matter by the Lord Chief Justice. … Continue reading about Parliamentary privilege and the rule of law
In this last roundup of the Hilary Term, we look at the latest law and policy stories including Brexit, Assange’s extradition, the Brunei boycott, legal aid and divorce myths and new crimes on the statute book. But who is the seasonal sacrificial lamb?… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR-15 April 2019
In a fascinating and instructive memoir, the former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, famed as the ‘Sheriff of Wall St’, explains the role and functions of a public prosecutor and recalls some of the most interesting cases of his career.… Continue reading about Book review: Doing Justice by Preet Bharara
This week’s roundup includes internet regulation, serious violence, copyright, data protection, prisons and probation, media law and animal rights.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR — 8 April 2019
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary takes a slight detour into the realms of folly, looking at all the week’s stories that might have been an April Fool’s Day jest, but actually weren’t. Hold onto your hats - unless you’re throwing them into the ring of course. (Updated edition.)… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR - 1 April 2019
Under plans originally drawn up in 2014, the Ministry of Justice is proposing to offer long-term prisoners the right to acquire a form of leasehold interest in their cells.… Continue reading about ‘Right to buy’ to be extended to prisoners
David Burrows considers the massive gulf in the approaches to human rights of two jurisdictions – the United States and the United Kingdom – that share a common law legacy. … Continue reading about Lord Wilson and human rights
It gives me great pleasure to launch ICLR&D, ICLR’s legal information lab. The development of the lab has been about eight months in the making and I want explain at outset what we’re trying to do and why. Open innovation with primary law needs a jumpstart in England and Wales Whether you want to call… Continue reading about It’s Alive! Launching ICLR&D
