Dec 19, 2014 | Access to information, Privacy
James Michael, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, and chair of the Centre for Law and Information Policy Advisory Board, will discuss data protection and Freedom of Information past and present in his annual lecture on 20 January...
Dec 18, 2014 | Access to information, In court
Last week I was fortunate to attend a private view of Isobel Williams’ drawings from the UK Supreme Court, which are currently on display at Pinsent Masons LLP, near Liverpool Street. Followers of Williams’ work will know that she shares an alternative...
Nov 25, 2014 | Access to information
The Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press broke new ground in the way proceedings were conducted. And as Adam Wagner noted on the UK Human Rights Blog, it was the first time a public inquiry was shown live over the internet*. In his...
Nov 21, 2014 | ILPC Research and Publications, Uncategorized
In Ian McEwan’s The Children Act published this year, the author deftly weaves together the personal and professional lives of a High Court Judge in the family division, the fictional Fiona Maye. His tale is rooted in the reality of law and judging: the...