Weekly Notes

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

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes cameras in court (again), employment winners and losers, and tales of injustice in foreign parts.… Continue reading

As the new law term begins, we welcome our readers back with our first roundup of the legal year, catching up with legal news and commentary over the holiday break.… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and comment covers the election result, human rights, family law and legal education.… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary covers crime, probation, international justice, data protection, Christmas music — and as little as possible about the impending election.… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary cannot altogether avoid the general election (to which last week’s manifesto roundup was dedicated) but concentrates on crime, terrorism, media, family and civil law matters.… Continue reading

In the last week or so all the main political parties have published their election manifestos. As in previous elections, we concentrate on their promises about law and justice, and how they have been received. This post covers the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Green and Brexit parties. Normal roundups will resume next week.… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary focuses on the pre-manifesto promises of the main parties in the UK election, some updates on media law practice and the regulation of algorithms and AI. It’s been a thin week otherwise.… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and commentary includes pro bono heroes and election villains, some depressing prison statistics, and a pause for two minutes silence, this morning, to remember all those who gave their lives in war.… Continue reading