Charles Haddon-Cave, ‘English Law and Descent into Complexity’

ABSTRACT
The Rule of Law requires that the law is simple, clear and accessible. Yet English law has in become increasingly more complex, unclear and inaccessible. As modern life becomes more complex and challenging, we should pause and reflect whether this increasingly complexity is the right direction and what it means for fairness and access to justice. This lecture examines the main areas of our legal system, legislation, procedure and judgments, and seeks to identify some of the causes of complexity and considers what scope there is for creating a better, simpler and brighter future for the law.

Charles Haddon-Cave, English Law and Descent into Complexity, Gray’s Inn Reading, Barnard’s Inn, 17 June 2021.

First posted 2021-07-16 13:00:20

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