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Today, we are very pleased to announce our new collection of Irish case law is available on JustisOne. The Justis Irish Cases (JIC) and the Judgments in the Law Library (JILL), including signed PDFs of...

Change can be scary for some. But when a course prospectus warns you of the negative repercussions if you are faint-hearted, you start imagining the worst. Given the massive influx of barristers in the recent...

“To LLB or not to LLB? That is the question”. As exam period approaches, many students at various stages of their education will be contemplating whether to, and perhaps what to, study at university. For...

Whether you’re looking to start your first six or considering a third, applying for pupillage can be an overwhelming experience. With the Bar Standards Board (BSB) requiring that pupillages are advertised only on the central...

Justis Publishing, the London-based legal information provider behind Justis and JustCite—-two leading databases for UK legal research, has unveiled its newest research platform—-JustisOne. This new “intelligent” research platform has greatly expanded the content of its...

“Look to where the Law is going, not where the Law is.” Ayomide Akin-Oteniya recently organised an event at Hogan Lovells on celebrating diversity in the legal industry. The event was comprised of a number of talks...

It was recently reported by the BBC that in the future jobs will increasingly be at risk of automation from artificial intelligence (AI). Boston Consulting Group predicts that by 2025 up to one quarter of jobs...

Court; The theatre of the legal world where the law comes to life. An experience that can be unforgettable and fascinating in equal measure. For anyone interested in seeing the law in practice, but who hasn’t attended...

Exam period is approaching so it’s worth stocking up on tips on how to get the best of your revision. Scoring high marks in exams is not just about what you know or how much...

We live in a world of facial recognition, genome sequencing, and automatic fraud detection. You can talk to your phone out loud have it translate your words into any language you like. Your car can...

Preparing for a moot can be stressful. The scenario you are given may include issues which you have no prior knowledge on. Don’t panic, instead break down the preparation process step by step. Identify the...

Knowing how you best learn is perhaps one of the most important things you can gain in your time studying. Are you a visual or auditory learner? Armed with this awareness you can start planning...

There seems to be widespread opposition to the right to die from Parliament. This opinion seems to be rather consistent and entrenched as the BBC reported that 74% of MPs voted against the Assisted Dying...

Every law student is looking for the secret to writing a good law essay. “What do I need to include?” “How do I organise my ideas?” But most importantly, “how can I get access to...

Developments in science and technology have transformed virtually every industry and although it has been slow to adapt, the legal sector is no different. Clients are increasingly turning to the internet for legal information, and...

The United States may be known for its bizarre cases, but the courtrooms of England and Wales are not immune to their fair share of the downright peculiar court cases. Pringles are … crisps In...

When a woman says, “I do” this in past times has meant that she gives up her ability to say, “I don’t want to”. This was the rule in common law for many centuries, taking...

The judgment in the case of CHEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria AD v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsias is inconsistent with the Equality Act 2010 (EA2010),. Since being handed down on 16th July 2015,.there is the real potential that...

Google, owner of YouTube, has announced that it will help fund the legal fees for content creators who have received takedown notices, where their material is considered to be fair use. Under the terms of...

The Northern Ireland Assembly was established as part of the Belfast Agreement reached at the multi-party negotiations on Friday 10th April 1998, known as the “Good Friday Agreement”, which established the idea of “parity of...

I attended the Law via the Internet conference in Sydney last month, as I have done a number of times since 2008.  This has always been an interesting conference to attend due to the sheer...

Trisan Hyatt, tenant at Invictus Chambers, considers the Court of Appeal’s decision in R (Unison) v Lord Chancellor and another (2015) EWCA Civ 935. In January 2015 Unison, the public sector trade union, was granted permission...

Tuesday saw a success in the long-running battle between the European Union and telecommunications companies over mobile phone roaming charges; a problem that plagues holidaymakers across Europe. The Plenary of the European Parliament has finally adopted an...

Determining the exact place which legal positivism and natural law as legal philosophies have in law can be difficult for students when first presented with these theories. Both are philosophical theories concerning the genesis of the...

Legal research can be a real headache as a law student. When I began my internship at Justis Publishing the only platform which I had felt comfortable using was Westlaw. This was until I got a chance...

The way we are using technology is an ever-evolving process. As we adapt to new releases and advancements, all the while increasing our reliance on them, their presence becomes irreplaceable. For example the Chartered Information...

Lord Devlin in the Wolfenden Committee argued that the law should serve a normative function in excluding social changes that are yet to become dominant public norms as perceived by society at large. This therefore...

  The case of Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd and Others [2002] UKHL 22 is a major development in the area of causation in tort law. The House of Lords here decided that in...

Intern, Fojan Nourouzi, writes on her reaction to seeing JustisOne for the first time and what she thinks it could do for law students at university. My first reaction to seeing JustisOne was ‘what a time-saver!”....

We’re attending AALL, are you? This July we are excited to be attending the 108th annual Conference of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following the highly successful release of our...