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‘Judicial overreach’: A response to Sumption

In the 2019 Reith Lectures Lord Sumption argues that law is taking over the space once occupied by politics. Is it really the time and the place for reduced accountability to the law? 

19 July 2019 / Patrick O’Connor KC

Vulnerable adults in the Court of Protection

Seeking practitioners’ views: important new research will inform recommendations around best practice, policy change and training in the Court of Protection 

19 July 2019 / Professor Penny Cooper

Brexit and the constitution: 7 lessons

We’re having a constitutional moment... the Brexit process has exposed a dysfunctional relationship between law and politics in Westminster. Have we learned any lessons? 

24 June 2019 / Dr Jack Simson Caird

Following Grenfell

The serious human rights and equality questions raised by the tragedy have been specifically analysed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in a parallel project to the public inquiry 

24 June 2019 / Isabel Buchanan / Jason Pobjoy

45 years at the criminal Bar: A head above the parapet

Anthony Heaton-Armstrong takes the opportunity of retirement to reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly of his 45 years in practice at the criminal Bar 

24 June 2019 / Anthony Heaton-Armstrong

FGM asylum claims

We need more political discourse on FGM internationally and an urgent review of the Home Secretary’s handling of asylum claims – whilst jurisprudence evolves 

24 June 2019 / Dr Charlotte Proudman

Scrapping snap evictions

Beware unintended consequences: billed as the biggest change to the private rental sector in a generation, could abolishing section 21 no-fault evictions end up harming the very people it is intended to help? 

24 June 2019 / James Browne

How to e-work Pt 2

Take heart: e-bundling will soon become second nature. A step-by-step housekeeping guide on how to handle everyday e-bundles using PDF Expert (Mac), Acrobat and PDF-XChange (Windows)   

30 May 2019 / Paul Hart

No one’s fault

Fault-based divorce law has long been felt to aggravate family conflict and the significant publicity generated by Owens v Owens has forced the government to consider the issue again. A look at the proposed reforms 

Booze and the Bar

Now that the joys of dry January are gone, how are you feeling about your drinking? A barrister’s frank account 

30 May 2019 / Anon
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Chair of the Bar Sam Townend KC highlights some of the key achievements at the Bar Council this year

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