Weekly Notes

This week’s tour d’horizon of legal issues covers a ministerial speech and its reception, a legal uprising, approval for a flawed scheme of advocatory accreditation, more tales of thwarted transparency, and a majority decision of the US Supreme Court making the Constitution fit for pride. Apologies for late posting – due to a Microsoft-enabled file loss issue. (Recovered eventually.)… Continue reading

This week’s collection of legal news and events includes more on Magna Carta, a legal triumph for Lego, a despatch on dubious dealings, and a survey of sickness and stress in the Civil Service. Plus more horrors from Abroad. And some nice pictures. You’re welcome.   Magna Carta redux Universal law that anyone can cite Celebrating the… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of recent legal news and events includes a magna kerfuffle over Magna Carta, transparency in family law and the case of the missing mum, and some truly awful stuff going on in foreign legal climes. Magna Carta wars Octocentenary stirs up jurisprudential ding-dong There are three primary sources of law in this… Continue reading

This week’s lineup of recent legal news and events includes the prevention of pleasure, LIP service for lawyers, and the protection of children. And, for the sake of amusement, a rivalry of rubber ducks.   Psychoactive Substances Bill Will it trip the law fantastic or just tread clumsily on our freedoms? The Government would like… Continue reading

This week’s big news at home was the Queen’s Speech, with its promise of laws to come, while abroad the biggest event was the dawn raid detention of seven Fifa executives on an alleged corruption rap. Plus other legal news and events.   Human Rights are Left (for the moment) So will British Bill just… Continue reading

This week’s conversazione in the salon of law and justice includes a ministerial dressing up, an unmade cake that made the law, a turn of the rainbow tide in the Emerald Isle and a bit of a hoo-hah over who does what, in court or out, and whether they should have or not.    … Continue reading

This week’s conglomeration of legalities includes a sheaf of Bills, some more slicing and dicing of Legal Aid, and a call to arms from the CBA. Counter-Extremism Bill Passive tolerance under threat One extremism deserves another, so religious extremism (which can lead to terrorism) is to be countered by a sort of digital extremism, from which… Continue reading

This week’s roundup of legal news and events concentrates initially on the General Election, just in case you’ve not read anything about it anywhere else. Having regard to the Conservatives’ unexpected victory, what might it mean for law and justice? And we extend a nervous welcome to our new Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove. But first… …… Continue reading

This week’s charivari of legalities and illegalities includes a slapdown for Elveden, a shakeup for Tower Hamlets, a commercial appraisal of social media accounts and yet more tales of a thousand and one rights (and wrongs) from abroad. UPDATED 4 May   Operation Elveden – prosecution or persecution? CPS slammed for charging journalists with conspiracy to… Continue reading

This week’s hoedown of legal news from home and abroad includes lawyers at the barricades, a prosecution service on the defensive, and a return to the planet of the apertures. Plus a set of Russian dolls and other victims of overseas injustice.   Also worth reading: Custodians and gatekeepers: maintaining access to public legal information, by Paul… Continue reading