Weekly Notes

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes legislation, practice guidance and commentary, mostly about the conduct of court hearings and legal business under current Covid-19 restrictions.… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes a lot about Covid-19 and its effect on law and the administration of justice, with updates on practice and procedure. But there have been other stories, including the lessons learned (or not learned) about Windrush.… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes an appealing copyright claim, a valid will on a paper napkin, retro-tech in the courts, a bungled police investigation, and updates on the legal and practical effects of Coronavirus restrictions.… Continue reading

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

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

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

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

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary featuring, inter alia, a refugee bride, criminal voyeurism, illegal surveillance, and barristerial defamation.… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary takes us from Brexit to Future Wellbeing, two awful events in London, a massive case of corruption, a little learning and some recent legal viewing.… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes quite a lot about transparency, open justice and closed courts, as well as crimes at home and abroad and the harnessing of technology to fight it. But first we would like to wish all our readers a very healthy, happy and prosperous Lunar New Year (Gong Hei Fat Choy!)… Continue reading