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This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes diversity at law, discrimination in the courts, legal aid research, and Brexit. But we begin with more civil partnerships.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR — 8 October 2018
We welcome our readers back for the start of a new legal year and the resumption of our weekly roundup of legal news and commentary.… Continue reading about Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR – 1 October 2018
Team ICLR is on its way to the 37th Annual Course of the International Association of Law Libraries.… Continue reading about #IALL2018 – Luxembourg, here we come!
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA) is the latest step in bringing the hitherto unknown surveillance activities of the State into the light and under statutory control through ‘world-leading oversight’, or — depending on your point of view — the “the most intrusive surveillance regime of any democracy” that legitimises the surveillance State. (The former was how then Home Secretary Amber Rudd described it in a departmental press release; the latter was the reaction of the human rights campaign group, Liberty.)… Continue reading about Book review: Blackstone’s Guide to the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, by Simon McKay
ITV was given unprecedented access to the workings of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) but the resulting documentary was long on sentiment and rather short on legal explanation, reports Paul Magrath… Continue reading about TV review: Inside the Court of Appeal (ITV)
Whoever the Secret Barrister is, they deserve massive kudos for drawing to the attention of those who might well prefer to look away the critical state of the criminal justice system in this country.… Continue reading about Book review: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken, by the Secret Barrister
David Burrows considers the recent privacy claim by Cliff Richard against the BBC in the context of family law and the restrictions on the reporting of private hearings.… Continue reading about Privacy: Cliff Richard and family law
The third Child Protection conference supported by The Transparency Project will take place on Saturday 15th September 2018 at the Conway Hall in London. In this guest post, Sarah Phillimore explains the thinking behind the event and what it aims to achieve.… Continue reading about Child Protection conference 2018: future risk of emotional harm
David Burrows explores issues of privilege arising from recent revelations about the conduct of the US President’s former lawyer… Continue reading about President Trump and Michael Cohen: advice privilege and the ‘iniquity exemption’
Elanor Dymott used to work for ICLR as a law reporter. Then she became a novelist. Silver and Salt is her second book and makes excellent holiday reading for the long vacation, as Paul Magrath finds out.… Continue reading about Silver and Salt: Elanor Dymott’s novel of photographic life – and death
