Tag: Legal affairs
Judges, you need to catch up with parliament in your treatment of transgender people
Stop reminding litigants what used to be between their legs
Race in the criminal justice system: What role does it play 20 years after the OJ Simpson trial?
Police brutality is alive and well on the streets of America
Legal professor LOSES judicial review challenging cancellation of controversial Southampton Law School conference
High Court judge rules that academic freedom was not at stake
Where’s the fair use?
Copyright law is struggling to keep pace with technology. Mayer Brown associate Jonathan Dack looks at what this means for vloggers as the #WTFU debate gathers pace
Religion and the law: Political correctness gone mad?
France is leading the way in the secularisation of the state, but will Britain follow its lead?
Could new EU legislation spell the end for vaping?
Vapers hold their breath as EU finalises onslaught on e-cigarette industry
Lawyers vs Grayling: Supreme Court case concluded halfway through hearing in shocking legal first
Was the government’s policy so bad the court didn’t even wait until the end of the hearing to strike it down?
Business or businessman: Who to sue when things go wrong
When can a third party claim against company members directly?
Legal academic granted permission to judicially review cancellation of controversial Southampton Law School conference
Exclusive: Freedom of speech row over cancelled "anti-Semitic" event to hit the courts
EU law or the ECHR: Which does more to combat racial discrimination in Europe?
Both offer something different, but there’s still a long way to go in the fight for racial harmony
Joshua Rozenberg: Delayed legal highs law will be a fruitful ground for litigation — when it’s finally implemented
Poppers are probably exempt from the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, but no one is quite sure about jalapeño peppers
Making a Murderer: Is our criminal appeals process any better?
The factually guilty routinely ‘let off on a technicality’, while the factually innocent stay in prison
Devil’s advocate – why bishops in the House of Lords must go
Political power should be earned
Coroners and Justice Act 2009: Is it a blessing or just further stressing?
The introduction of the loss of control defence is a step backwards for the criminal law
Top social media barrister says screenshotting Snapchats is unlikely to be illegal
Christina Michalos pours scorn on “extremely misleading” tabloid analysis
Compliance and the robot lawyer: What happens when it all goes wrong?
Who regulates robots?
Celeb law watch: Pop stars in the news
It’s been a busy week for Madonna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney
Hogan versus Gawker: Free speech can be costly
Gawker has been ordered to pay an astonishing $140 million in cumulative damages to the former US wrestling icon
Judges’ Crown Court sentencing remarks to be filmed for first time
Pilot could see parts of high profile trials shown live on TV
How law touches on every area of sport
An introduction to the little known world of sports law
A brief history of non-delegable duties in tort
When can duties be contracted out?