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A ‘Charity’ Case in Point

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2014

Abstract

This article is written by Rebecca Herle who is the Head of Sales and Marketing at the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England & Wales (ICLR). Her article draws on material delivered by two of her colleagues at the ICLR, namely Daniel Hoadley's recent plenary session at the BIALL Conference 2014 called, ‘The Curious Case of the Judgment Enhancers’ and Paul Magrath's article published by Infolaw.co.uk, entitled ‘The Future of Law Reporting’. It also refers in part to Lord Neuberger's speech for the first annual BAILII Lecture (in 2012) entitled ‘No Judgment – No Justice’, and reflects upon the position of the ICLR in the legal profession today. From the birth of the ICLR in 1865 to the present day the article provides a brief history, and then explores the current day issues, of this charitable publisher in its surrounding legal environment. She also offers a glimpse into what the future might hold.

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Copyright © The Author(s) 2014. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 

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Footnotes

1 Hoadley, Daniel. The Curious Case of the Judgment Enhancers’ presented at the BIALL Annual Conference 2014. (June 2014) http://www.iclr.co.uk/biall-conference-2014-curious-case-judgment-enhancers/ Accessed July 2014.

3 His Lordship was referring to R v Sussex Justices, Ex parte McCarthy [1924] 1 KB 256 at 259, “… it is not merely of some importance but is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.”

4 See (n 1) at paras 1–2

5 J. Kimble, ‘The Straight Skinny on Better Judicial Opinions’, (2003) 9 Scribes Journal of Legal Writing 1 at p. 9

6 Ibid, at p. 4

7 See (n 1) at paras 33–34

8 Slater v May (1704) 2 Ld Raym 1071 at 1072

9 Lord Bingham cited in ‘Law Reporting and the Doctrine of Precedent in Halsbury's Laws of England Centenary Essays 2007’ (LexisNexis) (2007) at 71

10 See (n 1) at paras 35–36

11 For a general discussion of the future of law reporting see Paul Magrath, ‘The Future of Law Reporting’, Internet Newsletter for Lawyers (July 2014). http://www.infolaw.co.uk/newsletter/2014/07/the-future-of-law-reporting/ (accessed 27th June 2014)

12 Lord Thomas CJ, ‘Reshaping Justice’ (3 March 2014) http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Speeches/lcj-speech-reshaping-justice.pdf (accessed 27 June 2014)

13 Nicholas Lavender QC, ‘Update for the Profession from the Chairman of the Bar’, (12 March 2014) http://www.barcouncil.org.uk/media-centre/news-and-press-releases/2014/march/update-for-the-profession (accessed 27 June 2014)

14 See also Owen Bowcott, ‘Fraud Trial Legal Aid Ruling Overturned by Appeal Court’, The Guardian (London, 21 May 2014) <http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/may/21/fraud-trial-legal-aid-ruling-overturned-appeal-court> (accessed 27 June 2014)

15 The Law Society, ‘Practice Note on Alternative Business Structures’, (22 July 2013) http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/advice/practice-notes/alternative-business-structures (accessed 27 June 2014)

16 HM Courts & Tribunals Service, Lord Chief Justice speech: ‘IT for the Courts – Creating a Digital Future’, (29 May 2014) http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/announcements/it-for-the-courts-creating-a-digital-future (accessed 26 June 2014)

17 United Kingdom Supreme Court, ‘Practice Direction 14: Filing Documents in the Registry of the Supreme Court by electronic means’, (January 2012) http://supremecourt.uk/docs/practice-direction-14.pdf (accessed 27 June 2014)