This week’s roundup of legal news includes legislation on human rights, crime, immigration and online safety; the courts and the judiciary; and the latest case law and commentary. — Legislation Bills, bills, bills… The government under the prime ministership of Rishi Sunak has refocused its legislative objectives in some regards, while maintaining much of the existing wish list of ambitious reform. …

This week’s roundup of legal news includes a roundup of current inquiries and their problems; the international promotion of the rule of law; plus recent case law and commentary. — Public Inquiries Recently we included an item here about retired judges, what they do, and how it ought to be regulated. But of course one of the main things senior retired judges (as well as serving judges) can do is chair public inquiries. A number of them are doing just that. …

This latest roundup of legal news includes court reform, family law and media regulation (or the lack thereof); plus recent case law and commentary. — Courts HMCTS Reform Seven years into its proudly boasted £1.3bn court modernisation programme, HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is once again falling behind on delivering critical reforms to its services. …

This week’s roundup of legal news includes digital assets, legal technology, immigration, judicial afterlives, and entertainment. Plus recent case law and commentary. — Law reform Digital assets The Law Commission has recommended the creation in English law of a distinct category of personal property to better recognise and protect the unique features of digital assets such as crypto-currencies, non fungible tokens (NFTs) and tokenised securities.

This week’s roundup of legal news includes political resignations and the fallout from a falling out, a bad report, a new set of rules, and some recent case law and commentary. — Politics Autodefenestration The former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson announced his resignation as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, after becoming aware of the contents of the report of the investigation by the parliamentary Privileges Committee into allegations that he knowingly or recklessly misled the House of Commons over breaches of his…

This week’s roundup of legal news includes Canada conference report, a judicial review claim by the government, and some recent judicial speeches, case law and commentary. — Conference report Lots of AI at IRL themed #CALL/ACBD2023 The theme of this year’s conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries was initialised “IRL”, representing Innovation, Research and Leadership — but with an obvious nod to the fact that this was the first such event to be held In Real Life after several years of pandemic remoteness. …

This week’s roundup of legal news included swearing in a Justice Minister, reforming rape trials, and recent case law and commentary. — Politics New Lord Chancellor sworn in Last week Alex Chalk KC MP was officially sworn in as Lord Chancellor. He is depicted standing at the door to the judges’ entrance to the Royal Courts of Justice, next to a sign that says Strictly Private. Chalk is also, of course, Secretary of State for Justice, ie a…

This week’s roundup includes crypto regulation, judicial diversity, new legislation, and arbitral transparency. Plus recent case law and commentary. — ICLR news New look, new ads The ICLR Blog and Knowledge pages have been updated as part of a new look to the information section of our website. We’ve redesigned the menu and the user interface quite a bit too. We’ve also launched an exciting new advertising campaign, with posters featuring images from Lincoln’s Inn Library…

This week’s roundup of legal news includes public order policing, retained EU law, the Post Office IT scandal, open justice, AI regulation and more. Plus recent case law and commentary. — Police Corrie not sorry The King was in his counting house, counting out his money (of which he has no shortage) The Queen was in the parlour, eating bread and honey (or more probably lighting up a gasper) The Knave was in the local nick, and that was not so funny… (because they were…