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Digitising documents, yes. Digitising clients, no. The Secret Barrister’s resistance to the video-link revolution is both practical and principled  

28 September 2018 / The Secret Barrister
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Is the leak in employment protection fixed?

What’s the gig issue?  Pimlico Plumbers v Smith lives up to neither its hype nor condemnation but  has missed the opportunity to clarify the status of today’s app-led, on-demand workforce, writes Chris Milsom  

31 August 2018 / Chris Milsom
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The Jogee effect

John Crilly’s release in April 2018 marks the only conviction quashed as a result of  Jogee. Paul Taylor QC considers the evolution of the law on joint enterprise and impact on potential appellants convicted under the ‘old law’  

31 August 2018 / Paul Taylor KC
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It’s a sham? The changing definition of marriage of convenience

Allan Briddock examines a significantly widened definition of ‘marriage of convenience’ and how the new test could catch out many genuine relationships  

27 July 2018 / Allan Briddock
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Therapy animals and ABE

Australia and the United States are increasingly using animals to support effective participation in courts. Will it catch on over here? Professor Penny Cooper explores the issues to consider in England and Wales  

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Gender recognition and trans equality

With trans headlines constantly in the news, Claire McCann examines the law on trans rights and the dangers of misinformed debate  

27 July 2018 / Claire McCann
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Religious rights and conflicts in law

What’s happening to religion and belief? Britain may be becoming less religious, but there’s a growing body of case law examined here by Robin Allen QC 

27 July 2018 / Robin Allen KC
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The medieval junior

Spare a thought for your medieval equivalent: Edward Walker describes a rambunctious day-in-the-life of a 15th century junior  

29 June 2018 / Edward Walker
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Reaching the point of no [search] return

Google fail? Heather Rogers QC puts the legal record straight on the first two ‘right to be forgotten’ cases – tried under the twilight data protection regime but with issues far from resolved  

29 June 2018 / Heather Rogers KC
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Achieving sea-change: criminal disclosure failures

Too little, too late? As the CPS publishes its disclosure review, Narita Bahra and Fiona Robertson assess whether its assurances and safeguards can possibly achieve the pledged sea change  

29 June 2018 / Fiona Robertson / Narita Bahra KC
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