Review: Tom Bingham and the Transformation of the Law

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Review: Tom Bingham and the Transformation of the Law

The arc of the book is ambitious, attempting nothing less than the charting of the “transformation” in the law which took place over the course of Bingham's career. In a reflection on Bingham's popularity as a judge, the editors have assembled a stellar array of contributors. Of the 53 essays in the book, two are written by current members of the UK Supreme Court, eight by Court of Appeal judges, two by High Court judges, one by a US Supreme Court Justice, as well as a dazzling host of academics and practitioners from both domestic and foreign jurisdictions (This article first appeared in Public Law in January 2011).

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Landlords free to ignore deposit protection deadlines

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Landlords free to ignore deposit protection deadlines

The Court of Appeal's decision in Tiensia says a strict interpretation of Housing Act allows landlords to disregard deadlines for tenant deposit schemes (This article first appeared in The Guardian on 15 November 2010).

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Review: Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer

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Review: Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer

These memoirs benefit from a career spent at the heart of some of the most controversial criminal cases of the past four decades, including those of Barry George, the Birmingham Six, the "Ricin" trial and the posthumous appeal of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK (This review first appeared in the New Statesman on 24 September 2009).

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Review: The New British Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor

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Review: The New British Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor

The New British Constitution is written with the rare combination of erudition and elegance that places it firmly in the tradition of Dicey and Bagehot. After four decades of observing and writing about constitutional affairs, Bogdanor has become part of the constitutional furniture. Baroness Helena Kennedy QC once noted that “laws are the autobiography of the nation”. If so, then they have a fine biographer in Professor Bogdanor (This article was first published in the journal Judicial Review in 2009).

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