The question for the 2024 6KBW Essay Competition will be released on 8 July 2024. Further information can be found here. To inspire any potential essayists, here are the three winning...
The question for the 2023 6KBW Essay Competition will be released on 3 July 2023. Further information can be found here. To inspire any potential essayists, here are the three...
Lawyers involved in public inquiries often refer, half in jest and half out of fear, to a hypothetical future ‘inquiry into the inquiry’ in which their decisions will be scrutinised....
What is the point of section 45A? Section 45A of the Mental Health Act 1983 (‘MHA’) was inserted by the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997. The idea behind it is that...
Here you can read the winning entry to our 2021 Essay Competition, written by Cara Shepherd. Congratulations to Cara! Second place went to Sean O'Neill and third was Tochi Ejimofo....
With the invasion of Ukraine, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague has announced that he will launch an investigation into events there and President Vladimir Putin’s...
As the clouds of war gather over Ukraine, it is a convenient moment to consider the state of UK-Russo extradition relations and the likely impact of any further breaches of...
It now appears settled that the quotation “I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time” dates back to the 17th century and to Blaise...
In the recent case of Re T [2021] UKSC 35, the Supreme Court approved the use of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction to authorise the deprivation of liberty of a...
According to Clarendon, Sir John Kelyng (pronounced ‘Keeling’) was ‘a person of eminent learning, eminent suffering, never wore his gown after Rebellion, and was always in gaol’. As a judge,...