In this first piece in my new series I describe the chambers I joined more than 50 years ago – a typical London common law set. Continue reading “Law and Practice in the 1960s: (1) Chambers at 2 Crown Office Row”
In this first piece in my new series I describe the chambers I joined more than 50 years ago – a typical London common law set. Continue reading “Law and Practice in the 1960s: (1) Chambers at 2 Crown Office Row”
The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s announcement yesterday that there was at last to be real progress in meeting the challenges involved in modernising the courts attracted these two immediate comments in the Twittersphere: Continue reading “Court modernisation and the promised £700 million investment”
This lecture was by way of being my farewell to the scene of court modernisation. Continue reading “November 2004: Court modernisation and the crisis facing our civil courts”
I am republishing this paper now, because it shows that the sort of modernising ideas which the Chancellor of the Exchequer authorised yesterday were being implemented in Singapore 20 years ago. Continue reading “1997: Court Technology in Singapore”
I believe that this talk is worth republishing now, because it gives a good idea of the progress that had been made on a large number of fronts before the Treasury turned the spending tap off 12 years ago. Continue reading “June 2003: The use of technology in the Courts”
The third and final part (consisting of five readings) of the evening in Middle Temple Hall on 16th November 2015 Continue reading “4. Shakespeare and legal language”
The second part (consisting of four readings) of the evening in Middle Temple Hall on 16th November 2015 Continue reading “3. Shakespeare and civil rights”
The first part (consisting of three readings) of the evening in Middle Temple Hall on 16th November 2015 Continue reading “2. Shakespeare and justice”
I am a patron of Peace Brigades International (UK) and the president of its Lawyers’ Advisory Committee. Continue reading “1. Shakespeare and the law”
This paper, written for an international conference held at Courtroom 21 in Williamsburg, Virginia in February 2004, Continue reading “February 2004: The Implications of Courtroom Technology”