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This week’s lineup of recent legal news and events includes the prevention of pleasure, LIP service for lawyers, and the protection of children. And, for the sake of amusement, a rivalry of rubber ducks. Psychoactive Substances Bill Will it trip the law fantastic or just tread clumsily on our freedoms? The Government would like… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR – 5 June 2015
This week’s big news at home was the Queen’s Speech, with its promise of laws to come, while abroad the biggest event was the dawn raid detention of seven Fifa executives on an alleged corruption rap. Plus other legal news and events. Human Rights are Left (for the moment) So will British Bill just… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR – 29 May 2015
The ICLR team walked the London Legal Walk. Here are some pictures. Our team was:- Georgina Orde, Susanne Rook, Celia Fox, Scott McGlinchey, Matthew Brotherton We were walking with the Lord Chief Justice and thousands of lawyers to raise funds for the London Legal Support… Continue reading about We walked the walk! Please help support legal advice
Find out which cases have been getting the most votes for inclusion in our special Anniversary Edition, to celebrate ICLR’s sesquicentenary. We’ve been reporting cases for 150 years and now we’re putting them all on trial. Which cases made the biggest difference in the development of the common law? Which are the landmarks that really… Continue reading about Case Law On Trial: 1971 to 1995
This week’s conversazione in the salon of law and justice includes a ministerial dressing up, an unmade cake that made the law, a turn of the rainbow tide in the Emerald Isle and a bit of a hoo-hah over who does what, in court or out, and whether they should have or not. … Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR – 22 May 2015
Book review by Paul Magrath It is the mid-1960s and Ben Shroeder is a young barrister struggling to establish his career in the snobbish and prejudiced world of the English Bar. This is the third novel in a series which began with A Higher Duty, in which he served pupillage in the set of chambers… Continue reading about Chancery, chess and chicanery: “And is there Honey Still for Tea?” by Peter Murphy
Is Taurus claim all bull? Side one: Whole Lotta Law D’yer mak’er (copy of someone else’s song)? The Song Remains the Same (or does it?) Going to California (to file proceedings in the district court of LA) Side two: The Twelve Writs of Dr (not very) Sardonicus (Randy) California Dreaming Law has Found a Way… Continue reading about Coda: Spirit of Led Zeppelin (between rock and a hard case)
This week’s conglomeration of legalities includes a sheaf of Bills, some more slicing and dicing of Legal Aid, and a call to arms from the CBA. Counter-Extremism Bill Passive tolerance under threat One extremism deserves another, so religious extremism (which can lead to terrorism) is to be countered by a sort of digital extremism, from… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR – 15 May 2015
An ICLR team will be walking the London Legal Walk on 18 May 2015 to help raise funds for free legal advice centres in and around London. This is the 11th annual London Legal Walk and is the largest gathering of legal professionals in the UK all walking with friends and colleagues supporting access to… Continue reading about We’re walking the walk! Sponsorship welcome
This week’s roundup of legal news and events concentrates initially on the General Election, just in case you’ve not read anything about it anywhere else. Having regard to the Conservatives’ unexpected victory, what might it mean for law and justice? And we extend a nervous welcome to our new Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove. But first…… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR – 8 May 2015
