Weekly Notes

Our roundup resumes after the short Easter vacation, with a fresh collection of Covid-19 related guidance and commentary, and legal thoughts from at home and abroad.… Continue reading

We began this year’s Hilary Term with busy plans for legislation to Get Brexit Done, to modernise marriage and divorce laws, to deal with crime and domestic violence, and to help refugees and victims of the Windrush scandal. We end it with a population in the grip of pandemic, struggling to protect our health service and prevent economic collapse, and keeping the lamp of justice alive in the flickering screens of video conference apps. Greetings from the home study.… Continue reading

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