When does Art.8 ECHR go too far?

Sometimes, we come across a case which just fascinates us from a moral as well as a legal perspective and we thought we’d share just such a case with you. In A Local Authority v JB Mrs Justice Roberts had to examine restrictions placed on a 36 year old man who suffered impaired cognition and autism.

If you’re a law student you really do need to be able to talk about Miller (No.2). In terms of Constitutional and Public law it was an absolute cracker of a case. The law in those areas isn’t meant to be exciting but this absolutely was.

Are you a cyclist? If so the recent case of Brushett v Hazeldean matters to you. Mr Hazeldean was riding his bicycle across a junction when Ms Brushett walked out in front of him while looking at her phone. Both Mr Hazeldean and Ms Brushett were injured in the ensuing collision but only Ms Brushett brought proceedings. Mr Hazeldean was not insured, didn’t believe in the “claims culture” and didn’t immediately take legal advice on the claim against him….

The great thing about the legal profession is its breadth and the really wide range of work available. Arguments between solicitors and barristers about the relative prestige and interest of their roles have been raging for many years but similarly solicitors argue about the merits and demerits of different areas of work. Is it better to be supporting the less well off and trying to ensure their continued access to justice notwithstanding the cuts to Legal Aid provision, or to be doing City work, dealing with very big numbers in huge commercial cases?

This year we’ve embarked on a particularly comprehensive revision of our casebooks. We’ve thoroughly revised our GDL casebook, for example, the first time dates have been added to all cases and we’re sure that the additional context will help you. We’re also excited to let you know that there are going to be seven new casebooks for each of the seven core foundation subjects. These are at the final production phase and should be ready from this Autumn term.

Ongoing updating of the guides has brought me to Equity and Trusts. A bit of a “marmite subject” I think? Personally, I have always liked it, but I think there are plenty who feel otherwise and perhaps fewer with a take it or leave it approach.

What a time to start studying Constitutional Law! When we updated our guides we revised (well, rewrote actually) the Brexit section extensively three times. Things were changing so much that it sometimes felt that what we had written the day before was ancient history. The week we have just been through has added a lot of additional material and we thought a quick blog about it might be helpful.

Here at Law Answered we’ve been hard at work updating all our guides to take account of changes in law and legal practice over the last year. We are in the process of releasing our new guides and hope that if your legal studies are ongoing and you’ve found our guides useful in the past you’ll take a look at our new editions.

Sometimes the learning of all the law you need to know for professional qualification can seem like a never ending slog. We know! We’ve been there and going through all our guides every year to look for updates is quite hard work too! So, is it worth it? Is this a career we can recommend?