Law According To A King

What I think drove me to the law is the idea that I can help people. I grew up watching people on TV be scared and alone, and then a lawyer would turn up and fight for them. I wanted to be that lawyer - I wanted to help people. It sounds dumb, but honestly the idea of becoming a lawyer first came into my head when I watched Ally McBeal . Seeing someone be funny and honest and flawed while being able to put on that suit, head into the courtroom, and kick some ass. I told the partner that at my first vacation scheme interview for a corporate law firm, and he laughed and said that maybe there will be less dancing in the toilets in their office than there is in Ally McBeal. I smiled back, and replied there would be less dancing until I arrived.  The law can be an immensely powerful thing - of course, I'm biased. We all see the world through the lenses we choose, but it is undeniable the impact that the law and lawyers have had on the world. We might not have started the journeys, but s...

Lady Hale, the first female President of the UK Supreme Court, has long been an advocate for increased diversity at the bench. A self-avowed feminist, it is unlikely that she would have taken a different viewpoint, but when one of the finest legal minds in the United Kingdom says something, it is important to listen.  There are different kinds of diversity, Lady Hale reminds us - from race and ethnicity, to gender, socio-economic class and legal specialism. A family lawyer, Hale took the lead on some of the most significant family law cases in modern legal history, from Stack v Dowden , which established that factors other than financial contributions can be taken into account when dividing a property, to R (Gentle and Or) v The Prime Minister & Ors , where although the applicant was ultimately unsuccessful in her attempt to open an independent inquiry into the Iraq War, the position of Lady Hale as a judicial force was cemented, crediting her family specialism with her unique ...

Today marks one year since my very first blog post on Boris Johnson's decision to prorogue Parliament. My predictions and legal judgment, in that case, missed the mark entirely, leading to a later post in which I analysed the Supreme Court's decision that unanimously held the prorogation of Parliament wasn't just unlawful, but null and void entirely.  I started this blog to help deepen my understanding of the legal world, improve my exam grades at law school, and explore new topics that my course didn't cover. I have achieved all three of these. The past year has seen me write posts on the liability of Willy Wonka, the Black Lives Matter movement and the US Constitution's Commerce Clause. I have covered the laws of property, tort, contract, constitutions, and intellectual property, and improved my exam average by a solid 1%! This blog, which I initially only shared with close friends and family, has surpassed all of my expectations, from 1 view per post to over 100 ...