Guest post: #SAVEUKJUSTICE and whoring justice to Russian chavs – a few observations from a sardonic law blogger
The #SAVEUKJUSTICE demonstration outside the Ministry of Justice yesterday (4 June) was well attended. Coverage of the event has been…
Legal affairs
Uniting a profession, for what that’s worth – Bar and solicitors come together to oppose controversial legal aid reforms
It’s no mean feat to get the various branches of the profession and legal regulators singing from the same hymn…
Guest post: The real ‘scumbag criminal’ is still free – a matter at democracy’s heart
‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’ – Martin Luther King – Letter from a Birmingham Jail – 16…
Guest post: A Halsbury’s for the people and the battle against legal complexity
The Cabinet Office and the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel have published a very interesting report criticising the complexity and…
Libel law to be overhauled as Defamation Bill gets royal assent
A three-year battle to bring libel law into the 21st century came to a close yesterday (25 April) as the…
Committed to Crime – boutique firms and White-collar Crime
White-collar crime work was once the comfy preserve of niche London law firms that knew their way around the inside…
The Year of Discontent – Unions
The past 12 months have been marked by a steep increase in industrial action impacting a number of major corporates.…
Nerves of steel: Ireland
As little as five years ago, the consensus was that Ireland was a mature legal market. In a failed experiment,…
Appellation contrôlée
The European Court of Justice’s recent ruling on a seven-year fight between Google and LVMH could have significant effects on…