Solicitors Journal

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Solicitors Journal
CategoriesTrade magazine
FrequencyMonthly
First issue1856; 166 years ago (1856)
CompanyInternational In-house Counsel Journal Limited
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inCambridge
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.solicitorsjournal.com
ISSN0038-1047

Solicitors Journal is a monthly legal journal published in the United Kingdom by the International In-house Counsel Journal, Cambridge.[1] It was established in 1856[2] and covers "practical and independent updates and analysis about the latest developments affecting the legal profession."[3] The magazine has its headquarters in Cambridge.[2]

History[]

The Solicitors Journal replaced the Legal Observer and Solicitors Journal, also known as the Legal Observer (1830–1856).[4][5][6][7] The Weekly Reporter (1853–1906) merged into the Solicitors Journal.[8][9] The Weekly Reporter's common law editor from 1862 to 1866 was .[10]

The journal was published weekly until September 2017, when it was closed by its then owner, Wilmington plc.[11] It was previously published by Longman Group UK Ltd.[12] Publication resumed in January 2019 as a monthly magazine, by International In-house Counsel Journal Limited, based in Cambridge and King's Lynn.[13]

Editors included ,[14][15] ,[16] (from 1872 to 1912),[17] (1912 to 1925),[18] David Hughes Parry[19] (1925 to 1928),[20] John Robert Perceval-Maxwell (1928 to 1929),[21] (1929 to 1948),[22] John Passmore Widgery (1948 to 1955),[23] Philip Asterley Jones (1956 to 1968),[24] (1968 to 1988),[25][26] Julian Harris[27] and Marie Staunton[28] (1990[29] to 1997).[30]

Citing[]

The Solicitors Journal publishes law reports. For the purposes of citation, its name may be abbreviated to "SJ"[31] or "Sol Jo",[32] while "Solicitors' Journal and Reporter" may be abbreviated to "Sol J & R".[33]

References[]

  1. ^ "Back from the dead" in "Obiter", The Law Society Gazette, 22 October 2018
  2. ^ a b Caroline Taggart (30 June 2010). Writer's Market 2010: Make Money Writing. F+W Media. p. 680. ISBN 978-0-7153-3529-1. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. ^ Solicitors Journal web site, About us (Retrieved 21 July 2011)
  4. ^ Julius J Marke (ed), A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University with Selected Annotations, Law Center of New York University, 1953, Library of Congress Catalog card 58-6489, Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (Union, New Jersey) 1999, p 1165
  5. ^ "The Solicitors Journal and Reporter" (1856) 52 Legal Observer and Solicitors Journal 537, 553, 555, 569
  6. ^ Samuel J Rogal. "Maugham, Robert Ormond the elder". A William Somerset Maugham Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. 1997. 167 at 168
  7. ^ A Complete List of British and Colonial Law Reports and Legal Periodicals, p 42; Anthony Musson and Chantal Stebbings, Making Legal History: Approaches and Methodologies, 2012, p 60; "Obituary" (1862) 6 Solicitors Journal and Reporter 728 (2 August); Boase, "Maugham, Robert Ormond", Modern English Biography, 1897, vol 1, p 801 [1]; Harry Kirk, Portrait of a Profession, Oyez, 1976.
  8. ^ Owen Hood Phillips. A First Book of English Law. Sweet & Maxwell. Fourth Edition. 1960. Page 169.
  9. ^ Julius J Marke (ed), A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University with Selected Annotations, Law Center of New York University, 1953, Library of Congress Catalog card 58-6489, Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (Union, New Jersey) 1999, p 16
  10. ^ "Obituary" (1892) 36 Solicitors Journal 154 (2 January). As to Grady, see Boase, "Grady, Standish Grove", Modern English Biography, vol 5 (1912 supplement); Men of the Time, 11th Ed, 487, 9th Ed, 473, 8th Ed, 430; Men at the Bar 184; Walford, County Families, 1860, p 262; WorldCat.
  11. ^ Ponsford, Dominic (15 September 2017). "Wilmington to shut down Solicitors Journal after 160 years in print". Press Gazette. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  12. ^ Volume 135 (1991). See also Willing's Press Guide (1993).
  13. ^ "International In-house Counsel Journal Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  14. ^ (1987) 32 The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 319
  15. ^ As to William Shaen, see (1887) 31 Solicitors Journal 312 and 320 (12 March) [2] [3]; (1987) 131 Solicitors Journal 292; "Obituary" (1887) 22 The Law Journal 156 (12 March); Frederic Boase, "Shaen William", Modern English Biography, Volume 3 (R-Z), 1965 reprint; "Obituary" (1887) 90 Illustrated London News 290 (12 March); Royle, Victorian Infidels, p 315; Judy Slinn, "Shaen, William (1821–1887)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  16. ^ "Our Portrait Gallery: Second Series: No 13: Alexander Edward Miller Esq QC" (1875) 85 Dublin University Magazine 152 at 155 (February) Internet Archive; E M Palmegiano, Perceptions of the Press in Nineteenth-Century British Periodicals: A Bibliography, Anthem Press, 2013, para 182 at p 197; The Spectator, 25 November 1865, p 1322; (1866) 2 Local Courts' and Municipal Gazette 96+1 (June). As to Miller, see "Miller, Sir Alexander Edward (1828-1903)", Dictionary of Indian Biography, p 305.
  17. ^ "Obituary" (1913) 47 The Law Journal 452; (1912) 133 The Law Times 270 (13 July) Google Books; (1913) 134 The Law Times 13; The Annual Register 1912, p 112. As to Fawcett, see Men at the Bar 149, WorldCat, Notes on Books and the list of book reviews of Fawcett's Law of Landlord and Tenant in Butterworth's catalogue.
  18. ^ "Mr J M Lightwood" (1947) 91 Solicitors Journal 234 (3 May). As to Lightwood, see G W Keeton, "Lightwood, John Mason (1852–1947)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (revised by Eric Metcalfe); "Obituary: The Late Mr. J. M. Lightwood — A Personal Note" (1947) 97 The Law Journal (New Series) 195 (No 4238, 18 April)
  19. ^ "A Noteworthy Centenary" (1957) 223 The Law Times 37 (18 January); "David Hughes Parry" (1972) 12 Journal of the Society of Public Teachers of Law 312
  20. ^ "Sir David Hughes Parry" (1973) 117 Solicitors Journal 42 (19 January)
  21. ^ (1963) 107 Solicitors Journal 62; "J R P Maxwell" (1963) 113 The Law Journal 94 (8 February)
  22. ^ "Mr. Thomas Cunliffe" (1966) 110 Solicitors Journal 358 (13 May); (1957) 101 Solicitors Journal 28 (January 5). As to Thomas Cunliffe (1895-1966), see "Cunliffe, Thomas", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, online edn, Oxford University Press.
  23. ^ (1961) 105 Solicitors Journal 23; "Centenary of the Solicitors' Journal" (1957) 101 Solicitors Journal 71 (19 January); Newspaper Press Directory, 1951 Edition, vol 102, p 357
  24. ^ "125 Volumes Completed" (1981) 125 Solicitors Journal 851 (18/25 December) Google Books; "Jones, Philip Asterley", Who Was Who, A & C Black.
  25. ^ "Vandyk, Neville David", Who Was Who, A & C Black, online edition, Oxford University Press.
  26. ^ "The Solicitors' Journal" (1968) 112 Solicitors Journal 438 (31 May); "Neville Vandyk" (1983) 127 Solicitors Journal 770; "The Solicitors' Journal" (1968) 6 Legal Executive 86
  27. ^ "Julian Harris joins Kato" (1990) 140 New Law Journal 608 (27 April) Google Books; "This Week's Contributors" (1991) 135 Solicitors Journal 33, 133 and 461 Google Books; (1989) 133 Solicitors Journal 1550 and 1585 Google Books; "Just passing through", Solicitors Journal, 25 September 2017
  28. ^ "Editor quits", The Times, 17 December 1996, p 33; "Amnesty on the rise" in "Observer", The Financial Times, 18 June 1990, p 18; Leading edge, The Sunday Times, 10 April 2011; "Staunton, Marie", Who's Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, online edn, Oxford University Press.
  29. ^ "Staunton, Marie", The World Who's Who of Women, Eleventh Edition, Taylor & Francis, 1992, Google Books
  30. ^ "In person: Marie Staunton" (2000) 144 Solicitors Journal
  31. ^ Owen Hood Phillips. A First Book of English Law. Sweet & Maxwell. Fourth Edition. 1960. Page 169.
  32. ^ Gary Slapper and David Kelly. The English Legal System. Eighteenth Edition. Routledge. 2017. Page 139.
  33. ^ Arthur English. A Dictionary of Words and Phrases Used in Ancient and Modern Law. Washington Law Book Co. 1898. Reprinted by Beard Books, Washington DC, 2000. Volume 2. Page 963.

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