In the course of her Henry Hodge Memorial Lecture at the Law Society in June of last year, Baroness Hale recalled Lord Justice Mathew’s aphorism that “in England, justice is open to all — like the Ritz”. I don’t know about the Ritz — I don’t get there that often, entirely through pressure of work, [...]
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Crashing the Ritz
Posted in Lady Hale, Legal aid, Litigation funding, Unusual and newsworthy on 18 January, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Care Home Kid
Posted in Human rights, of children, Unusual and newsworthy on 5 April, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If, like me, you’ve sometimes gathered up your papers at the end of a care application and wondered, “What next for this child?” — or even if you haven’t — can I recommend to you the two BBC documentaries by Neil Morrissey, which are available on iplayer here, but only for the next couple of [...]
Radmacher v Granatino: Where to Find It
Posted in Ancillary relief, Divorce, Pre-nups, Unusual and newsworthy on 21 October, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Most of you will probably have found this already, but I thought I would post this link to the Supreme Court website where the Radmacher judgment is published in full. There is also a version of it on the Guardian law page hosted on Scribd, but for some reason when I tried it last night [...]
Where’s your sense of humour?
Posted in Divorce, Openness in Family Courts, Splitting up, Unusual and newsworthy on 1 October, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You’ve got to love this story from the Daily Telegraph about the intellectual property rights to laugh about the divorce. A stand-up comedian, Stephen Grant, was asked by his ex-wife’s lawyers to give an undertaking that the divorce would not form part of his act. It’s not quite clear from the story what happened, because [...]
Edlington trial: Judge refused access to Serious Case Review
Posted in criminal law, Openness in Family Courts, Reporting and media, Unusual and newsworthy on 22 January, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A busy day today. Those who keep up with this blog will know that I take a very keen interest in openness in the family courts and the comparisons, sometimes invidious, with what happens in criminal cases. In that regard I bring your attention to this story from the Times that Mr Justice Keith has [...]
Facebook: the New Co-Respondent!
Posted in Divorce, Unusual and newsworthy on 15 January, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Facebook has been cited as a ground for divorce in about one in five cases
Who owns the spoils of the Titanic?
Posted in Unusual and newsworthy on 27 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I want to try to cover the more unusual property case where possible, and this story caught my eye because I have a proud family connection to the Titanic and indeed knew someone who had walked on its decks: my grandfather, Sam Hamilton, was one of the many men of Harland & Wolff in Belfast [...]
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