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David Burrows considers the ‘implied undertaking’ not to release or otherwise pass on documents disclosed under compulsion in family law proceedings and whether the same rules apply as in civil proceedings… Continue reading about An ‘implied undertaking’ for family proceedings: new law or old?
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes a new Victims’ Code, domestic abuse, the rule of law, court reporting, terrorism, and advice on coping with Covid-19.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 9 March 2020
If you hold yourself out as a barrister on social media, then you’d better behave like one. Even if you’re not practising, you should still abide by the Code of Conduct. Offensive tweets can land you in trouble, as a recent case demonstrates.… Continue reading about Unregistered but not unregulated: non-practising barrister disciplined over offensive tweeting
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes planning law, Brexit, legal services in the time of coronavirus, the Grenfell Inquiry, a breach of the Barristerial Code, and consultation on a coppers’ covenant. … Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 2 March 2020
This week is Justice Week and our roundup of legal news and commentary includes a marriage that never was, an arrest warrant that might disappear, and what should and shouldn’t be happening in court. [Updated 28 Feb 2020]… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 24 February 2020
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes a cabinet reshuffle, internet regulation, coronavirus related laws, and discrimination in the justice system.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 17 February 2020
We review the Model Law Commission Report 2019 and discover the views of intelligent and dedicated school pupils on how the law of the land should be improved. … Continue reading about The Model Law Commission: a Big Voice for London students
Law reporter Matthew Brotherton takes a trip down Jackanapes Lane, subject of an Act of Parliament promoted by his ancestor, Thomas Brotherton MP, exactly 320 years ago today, and comments on how in law the past is always with us … Continue reading about The law and the morphing of past into present
This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary featuring, inter alia, a refugee bride, criminal voyeurism, illegal surveillance, and barristerial defamation.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR, 10 February 2020
David Burrows considers the legality of court rules that frustrate the common law on open justice and proposes a more transparent approach to hearings concerning domestic abuse… Continue reading about Agenda for a law on open justice in family courts
