I see that in the 1993 talk I included in my last blog I said something about the storm that hit my father (and namesake) Continue reading “My father’s speech in December 1964 in the death penalty debate”
Month: January 2016
David Lammy’s Review of Criminal Justice: My Talk on Sentencing in 1993
I felt that I had moved 25 years back in time when I read today: Continue reading “David Lammy’s Review of Criminal Justice: My Talk on Sentencing in 1993”
Cecil Parkinson and Dove Cottage
Much has been written in the obituary columns about the political career of Cecil Parkinson, who died yesterday. Continue reading “Cecil Parkinson and Dove Cottage”
A Future Online Civil Court: (3) Six questions to answer
In Chapter 6 of his report Sir Michael Briggs poses six main questions: Continue reading “A Future Online Civil Court: (3) Six questions to answer”
A Future Online Civil Court: (2) The Concept
I don’t know how many people have more than a hazy idea of the scale of the changes that are soon to dominate our civil justice landscape. Continue reading “A Future Online Civil Court: (2) The Concept”
A Future Online Civil Court: (1) The Background
On 12th January 2016 the Judicial Office published Sir Michael Briggs’s Interim Report in the Civil Courts Structure Review. Continue reading “A Future Online Civil Court: (1) The Background”
BAILII: The British & Irish Legal Information Institute
I am subdividing the papers under the title of IT and the Law, so as to show which of them were originally written some time ago. Continue reading “BAILII: The British & Irish Legal Information Institute”
Collection of Papers on IT and the Law
I am subdividing the papers under the title of IT and the Law, so as to show which of them were originally written some time ago. Continue reading “Collection of Papers on IT and the Law”
The new Access to Justice Commission
I first met (Lord) Willy Bach seven years ago Continue reading “The new Access to Justice Commission”
Codifying private international law: making law dead but accessible?
The news that Professor Adrian Briggs has become an Honorary QC Continue reading “Codifying private international law: making law dead but accessible?”
Henry Brooke 