Legal Profession

An introductory guide to the sources of law and how you can find out more on the ICLR website… Continue reading about New (law) students: what is case law and how to find it

An update on the publication of judgments… Continue reading about Changes to Neutral Citations for Family Court and Court of Protection

A welcome development has been BAILII’s new collection of judicial speeches, as Paul Magrath explains… Continue reading about Judicial speeches

In this guest post, Scott Wortley recounts the history of the statute according to which all QCs are automatically re-styled KCs (or vice versa) upon the accession of a monarch of different sex.… Continue reading about Why did Queen’s Counsel automatically become King’s Counsel? Parliament and the Demise of the Crown Act 1901

In this guest post Katrina Crossley, Chief Executive of the ILBF, describes why the charity was set up and how it works. (Reproduced with kind permission from the BIALL newsletter.)… Continue reading about International Law Book Facility (ILBF)

Elijah Granet reflects on the long association of the Crown and the law, and looks back (and forward) to what happens when a new king or queen takes over… Continue reading about Crown and court, continuity and change: the implications of a monarch’s accession for the legal system

ICLR is hiring. This post considers what are the qualities that make a good law reporter… Continue reading about Could you be a law reporter?

Elijah Granet explains why he decided to create a more convenient and readable edition of the Bar Standards Board Handbook… Continue reading about Making the handbook handy: revising the BSB Handbook to be readable for humans

David Burrows looks back on a lifetime’s adventures in advocacy… Continue reading about Advocacy and all that; the first 45 years…