A fragment of legal history may soon be passing out of the country: the judge’s copy of the book at the centre of one of Britain’s most infamous trials – annotated by his wife – who deserves her own footnote in legal history
New requirements for the Bar to publish information about price, service and redress
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?
Seeking practitioners’ views: important new research will inform recommendations around best practice, policy change and training in the Court of Protection
The cost of employing the staff team is often the largest single element of expenditure for a set of chambers. Are your set’s employees ‘fully engaged’ or are they simply ‘coming to work’? asks Catherine Calder
In the pink? There’s a new wave of barely there; bubbles for those not naturally inclined to rosé; and a de-alcoholised version worth a tipple
Judge Walden: call the next case
Author: Peter Murphy
Publisher: No Exit Press
ISBN: 9780857302977
Are we losing yet another Lord Chancellor?
The international lawyer, academic and prize-winning public intellectual on Donald Trump, climate change and why lawyers should recognise that they are merely a means to an end
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Following growth in the wider business, Express Chambers is looking to recruit a qualified barrister or solicitor-advocate in the very early stages of their career.
Chair of the Bar finds common ground on legal services between our two jurisdictions, plus an update on jury trials
A £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs has been made to the leading UK charity tackling international parental child abduction and the movement of children across international borders
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, outlines the drug and alcohol testing options available for family law professionals, and how a new, free guide can help identify the most appropriate testing method for each specific case
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Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, examines the latest ONS data on drug misuse and its implications for toxicology testing in family law cases
An interview with Rob Wagg, CEO of New Park Court Chambers
There is no typical day in the life as a Supreme Court judicial assistant, says Josephine Gillingwater, and that’s what makes the role so enjoyably diverse
With at least 31 reports of AI hallucinations in UK legal cases over 800 worldwide and judges using AI to assist in judicial decision-making, the risks and benefits are impossible to ignore. Matthew Lee examines how different jurisdictions are responding
What has changed, and why? Paul Secher unpacks the new standards aligning the recruiting, training and appraising of judges the first major change to the system for ten years
The deprivation of liberty is the most significant power the state can exercise. Drawing on frontline experience, Chris Henley KC explains why replacing trial by jury with judge-only trials risks undermining justice
Baffled by the government’s proposed s 41 reforms and by the Law Commission’s preferred model, Laura Hoyano looks at what won’t work, and what will