The impact of Coronavirus, part 1: trial by jury during a pandemic
Covid 19: the current situation is so fast moving that anything written will almost inevitably be out of date by the time it is typed. However, following the effective “lock...
Weekly Digest: 30 March 2020
This week's edition considers one judgment from the Supreme Court and two from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). In Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department the Supreme Court...
Weekly Digest: 23 March 2020
This week’s edition considers one judgment of the Supreme Court, two of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), two of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) and two of the...
Making the most of pupillage
Readers of this blog range from law students to seasoned silks and judges. Somewhere in the middle are those in the midst of the pupillage process, whether preparing to start...
Weekly Digest: 16 March 2020
This week’s edition considers one judgment from the Supreme Court, one from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and one from the Court of Appeal (Civil Division). In Copeland, the Supreme...
Weekly Digest: 9 March 2020
This week’s edition considers two judgments of the Court of Appeal and one of the Divisional Court. In R v Ngoie the Court considered an appeal against conviction. The primary issue considered...
Weekly Digest: 2 March 2020
This week’s edition considers one judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, one of the Supreme Court and one of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). In Guaghran v UK the...
Weekly Digest: 24 February 2020
This week’s edition considers one judgment from the Supreme Court and one from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). In the matter of an application by Deborah McGuinness for Judicial...
‘Full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing’?
It has long been recognized in English law that it is no defence to a breach of an order of the court to assert that the order itself was invalid [1]....
Weekly Digest: 17 February 2020
This week’s edition considers one judgment from the Supreme Court, three judgments from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), two judgments from the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) and one...