Legal Cheek Journal
The most original writing about legal affairs on the internet.
Are we about to see the end of the magistrates’ court?
New reform plans may plunge the magistracy into an existential crisis
Are the courts too soft on contract breakers?
A critical look at the “take your money and move on” approach
Brexit: The impact on law firms’ projects and procurement teams
Will the UK adopt EU rules?
Article 50 challenge: An autopsy of the Supreme Court livestream
What did we learn, who stole the show, and who is going to win
Brexit and privacy law: Why are Facebook and Google investing in London now?
Reasons to be concerned
What can the world’s mightiest superheroes teach us about international law?
A look at the Syrian conflict through an Avengers lens
The Brexit High Court challenge: why the Lord Chief Justice has opened Pandora’s box
Welcome to the constitutional aftershocks of the leave vote
What would happen if the Queen went on a crime spree?
Prosecuting the monarch: a whistle stop tour of the legal difficulties
The law of legal costs and why the price of justice is so disproportionately expensive
Is the juice worth the squeeze?
This thing called tax – what to do about it and how to stop the scammers
Is it actually really simple?
Sci-fi nightmare: could law students soon be learning about judgments made by robots?
Finding the limits of AI’s advancement in the English common law
The privacy law storm gripping social media
Don’t trash the e-mails you receive from Facebook
The law of wrongful life: Should the children be able to make claims?
A wrong has been done, the child has suffered, they deserve compensation
The invisible crime of female genital mutilation
“Abused unchecked” report reveals zero convictions in 16 years, but maybe that’s because the law is far too unclear
The legality of psychiatric medicine and why our mental health system is so inadequate
A service user reflects on her experience
Joshua Rozenberg: The Leigh Day vs Ministry of Defence showdown explained
Fingers crossed the Supreme Court will be able to make sense of this human rights quandary
Are US airstrikes in Syria legal?
The law of war and why it could be improved
Fundamental dishonesty: Difficult to assess, but potentially serious for personal injury claimants
Fletchers trainee Katelyn Williams on the new Criminal Justice and Courts Act
Why soldiers deserve the legal right to refuse to fight
The lose-lose law of conscientious objection
Brexit: Who can pull the Article 50 trigger?
Theresa May and David Cameron are wrong