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Terror
Late last night, Guardian Law reported that four men (three of them aged 19, the eldest aged 24) were arrested in the West Midlands area and have been charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of...
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Learning the Law
If I were to be completely honest about it, I’d say that I went through at least a third of my undergraduate law degree in virtual ignorance of the one thing you would expect a law student to know...
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Twitter Joke Trial | WLR (D) Case Summary
CRIME — Message of menacing character — Sending by means of public electronic communications network — Defendant in Twitter message apparently threatening to blow up airport — Whether offence of...
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The Vague and Elusive Defence of Duress
When I was a law student studying criminal law, one concept that frequently eluded me was the defence of duress by threats. In my own rough and inelegant way, I learnt that the defence of duress by...
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To Prosecute or Not to Prosecute – That is the Question
I have perceived, in recent months, an increase in the amount of airtime and column inches devoted to the way in which the Crown Prosecution Service (the CPS) arrives at a decision as to whether or not...
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The Justice [] Gap
I recently wrote a post for The Justice Gap blog about some of the issues raised by the litigant in person-phenomenon and you can read it here.
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Conceptualising Confrontation | Part 6 | Anonymous Witness Evidence in...
In English law, the reception of anonymous witness evidence is governed by the statutory regime contained in Part III of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (CJA 2009) which placed the temporary powers...
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Conceptualising Confrontation | Part 7 | Concluding Notes
This is the final part of a series of blog posts I’ve been putting out, under the rubric of ‘Conceptualising Confrontation’, since the spring of 2011. To read the other parts in the series, go to the...
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Guest Post: Judges on strike – could it happen here?
Judges in Egypt have threatened to go on strike in protest against a decree, issued by new president Mohammed Mursi, the terms of which place the president above any law and declare that his decisions...
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The Curious Case of the Judgment Enhancers
On 6 February 2013, I gave a seminar at the offices of Lewis Silkin LLP entitled “The Curious Case of the Judgment Enhancers”. This is a transcript of the seminar I delivered, for those who are...
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Are decisions of the Crown Court binding?
A very interesting question was raised by @greg_callus on Twitter this morning: are the decisions of the Crown Court binding on itself and the magistrates’ court? The question arose from Sweeney J’s...
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New Feature on Carrefax: ICLR Case Summaries Feed
I’ve just added a new and nifty little feature to this blog: on the right-hand navigation pane, just beneath the “Recent Transmissions” list, you will now see a self-updating feed of free case...
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No obligation to hold public inquiry into Malayan civilian deaths in 1948:...
The Court of Appeal in Keyu v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2014] EWCA Civ 312; [2014] WLR (D) 138 dismissed an application by the claimants for a public inquiry or similar...
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Appeals against conviction on grounds of incompetent representation: R v...
On 20 March 2014, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) dismissed an application by the defendant for permission to appeal against his conviction of two counts of sexual touching of a girl under 13...
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“Rotting Links”– Permanence in Legal Scholarship in the Digital Age
Just a quick note on an essay I read today by Jonathan Zittrain, Kendra Albert and Lawrence Less in the Harvard Law Review which I found pretty interesting and may be of interest to legal information...
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The Justice [] Gap
I recently wrote a post for The Justice Gap blog about some of the issues raised by the litigant in person-phenomenon and you can read it here.
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Defending Inner Temple Library
Jack of Kent has just posted an excellent blog post in defence of Inner Temple Library against an incredibly misconceived plan to carve up a significant portion of the Library (58% at current...
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Understanding case preparation research routes
The legal information market in the UK is a mish-mash of free and very expensive research platforms. Some of them online, others are in print. In the online market, at one end of the spectrum, we have...
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Legal Research in the UK
Earlier on today, I put up a quick post calling for assistance in some research I’m undertaking to better understand the ways in which practising lawyers go about researching issues of law in 2016....
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Typeform
I’m turning into a bit of geek when it comes to new apps and online tools and love it when I find something new that works well and renders beautiful results. One such recent find is an online tool...
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