The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has just released a major new report: Access to Justice for Litigants in Person (or self-represented litigants). The report attacks head-on the prospect of thousands more people having to represent themselves in court once civl legal aid is mostly taken away. The 94-page report, written by a group including a [...]
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A blueprint for a simpler, fairer justice system
Posted in Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Family, In the news, Judges and Juries, Politics / Public Order, Technology on November 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Snooping councils, phone hacking, CCTV… time to reform surveillance laws?
Posted in Art. 10 | Freedom of Expression, Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Art. 8 | Right to Privacy/Family, Criminal, Freedom of Information, In the news, Politics / Public Order, Public/Private, Technology on November 4, 2011 | 5 Comments »
JUSTICE, a law reform and human rights organisation, has today published a significant and wide-ranging critique of state surveillance powers contained in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). The report - Freedom from Suspicion – Surveillance Reform for a Digital Age – is by Eric Metcalfe, former director of JUSTICE and recently returned to practise as [...]
Court of Appeal upholds 7 of 10 riot sentences, including Facebook cases – Obiter J
Posted in Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Children, Criminal, In the news, Technology, tagged riots on October 18, 2011 | 4 Comments »
R v Blackshaw and others [2011] EWCA Crim 2312 – Read judgments / press summary The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) has issued judgment in relation to ten appeals against sentences imposed for convictions arising from the August disorder. On 20th August, in a post related to the August disorder, Law and Lawyers looked at [...]
Don’t throw the BAILII out with the bath water
Posted in Art. 10 | Freedom of Expression, In the news, Judges and Juries, Technology, tagged BAILII on September 26, 2011 | 8 Comments »
The Guardian published an editorial today arguing that court judgments should be opened up to the public. The editorial challenges the fact that BAILII, the charity which currently publishes most judgments online, is not searchable on Google. Broadly speaking, it is good to see The Guardian taking up this somewhat esoteric but important topic. As [...]
The revolution will be televised
Posted in Art. 10 | Freedom of Expression, Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, In the news, Media, Technology on September 7, 2011 | 8 Comments »
The Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has announced that the ban on broadcasting in courts is to be lifted. Broadcasting will initially be allowed from the Court of Appeal, and the Government will “look to expand” to the Crown Court later. All changes “will be worked out in close consultation with the judiciary“. Broadcasting in court is [...]
Full internet ban for sex offenders ruled unlawful
Posted in Art. 8 | Right to Privacy/Family, Case law, Case summaries, Children, Criminal, In the news, Technology on August 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Regina v Smith & Others [2011] EWCA Crim 1772 Read Judgment In a detailed judgment, the Court of Appeal has emphasised the importance of a sentencing court considering whether making a Sexual Offences Prevention Order is necessary and, if so, tightly drafting its terms to be proportionate and not oppressive. The Court of Appeal (Criminal [...]
Facebook contempt trial begins tomorrow
Posted in Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Criminal, In the news, Media, Technology, tagged Facebook contempt on June 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Tomorrow sees the beginning of a contempt of court prosecution against a juror who allegedly communicated on the social networking site Facebook with a defendant who had already been acquitted. The co-editor of this blog, Angus McCullough QC, is representing the Attorney General in the case; he is not the writer of this post. Isabel McArdle has already [...]
Must lawyers blog and tweet?
Posted in In the news, Media, Technology, tagged #lawblogs on May 24, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Lots of lawyers are blogging and tweeting. Should they be? I spoke last Thursday at the second #lawblogs event, kindly hosted in the grand (not to mention establishment) surrounding of The Law Society. The event was attended by around 75 people, most of whom had a passion for legal blogging and tweeting. You can read [...]
Victory! UK Supreme Court hearings to be streamed live
Posted in Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, In the news, Media, Technology on May 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
That was quick! The Supreme Court appear to have responded to the request I made on Thursday that hearings be broadcast live on the internet. From today, Sky News will be broadcasting all hearings live via this website. All hearings at the court are filmed, but until now only broadcasters had been able to use [...]
Show us the Supreme Court footage!
Posted in Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, In the news, Media, Technology on May 12, 2011 | 6 Comments »
The Director of Public Prosecutions has told the Society of Editors that more court hearings should be televised. The Ministry of Justice have responded by saying that they are considering changes but would want to consult the senior judiciary before making any “firm proposals”. Starmer is right to say that “shining a light on the workings of [...]
#lawblogs is back on Thursday 19 May – how to sign up
Posted in Media, Technology, tagged #lawblogs on May 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Update – apologies for the earlier confusion. The details below are correct and confirmed. The second #lawblogs event will be held on 19 May 2011 at 6pm. The Law Society at 113 Chancery Lane have kindly agreed to host the event. To reserve your place, send an email to lawblogsevent@gmail.com with the subject heading “Legal [...]
Roll up, roll up!
Posted in In the news, Technology, tagged legal blogs on April 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Someone pointed out to me yesterday that our blog roll, that is our list of links to other sites, had disappeared. To my horror, they were right, and to my double horror, it turned out that the list of links was woefully inadequate. So, the much-improved list is back, a bit lower down on the [...]
A manifesto for 21st century open justice
Posted in In the news, Technology on March 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
One of the country’s most senior judges, Lord Neuberger, has given a stirring speech on the challenges of open justice in the 21st century. His ideas are progressive and practical, and amount to a manifesto for building a more open justice system, fit for the internet age. The annual Judicial Studies Board lecture has in [...]
That was the future of legal blogging
Posted in Blog news, Technology on February 18, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Last night, 35 legal bloggers, tweeters and journalists descended on 1 Crown Office Row chambers to debate the future of legal blogging. Twitter was abuzz with the event, and you can read the tweets even if you are not signed up to a Twitter account. The panel was made up legal bloggers David Allen Green [...]
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Home Office policy on forced marriage violates Article 8 family life
Posted in Art. 10 | Freedom of Expression, Art. 8 | Right to Privacy/Family, Case comments, Criminal, Technology, Terrorism on October 13, 2011 |
R (on the application of Quila and another) (FC) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant); R (on the application of Bibi and another) (FC) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) [2011] UKSC 45 – read judgment. The Supreme Court has ruled that the Home Secretary’s refusal to grant [...]
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