Legal Cheek Journal
The most original writing about legal affairs on the internet.

Should there be criminal liability for corporations?
Debate about corporate manslaughter thrust into spotlight following Grenfell Tower fire

Clause 8(e): The Cambridge Analytica enabling clause
Law student Joe Ferris delves deep into the Data Protection Bill in his runner-up entry to the BARBRI International Privacy Law Blogging Prize

In opposition to data ownership
Should you be paid for every page you like on Facebook? Read the winning entry to the BARBRI International Privacy Law Blogging Prize, by UCL law student Natalie Chyi

They say that data is the new oil — but who exactly owns it?
As part of Legal Cheek’s occasional series exploring buzzing legal research across the UK and internationally, today, on the day that new data protection rules come into force, we delve into the unchartered territory of the law on data ownership

Drunken consent in rape cases: Why the law leaves a lot to be desired
Legislation and case law raises questions

Consensual sadomasochism is private sex — not violence
Law students marvel at R v Brown, but has the law got it right?

Should sex offenders have access to the internet?
It's seen as a human right

Why DDoS protests won’t fit into freedom of expression rights
A response to 'Prioritise intent, not effects: A nuanced approach to DDOS cyber-attacks and free speech'

Brexit: Are we going to run out of time?
Politicians and academics grapple with Article 50 two-year deadline

Black Lives Matter: How to fix a failing criminal justice system?
A broken bridge to equality
Can we regulate Uber into ‘doing the right thing’?
In the first of its kind, Legal Cheek launches an occasional series exploring buzzing legal research across the UK and internationally

Yarl’s Wood hunger strike shines a spotlight on the shameful way the UK runs its immigration centres
120 detainees refuse food in protest

Why are British nationals being prosecuted for fighting against ISIS?
You risk your life fighting terrorists, then get treated like one when you come home

Is ‘national security’ fast becoming a tool of protectionism?
Growing use of national security grounds to intervene against foreign investments flies in the face of Theresa May's 'open for business' mantra

Joshua Rozenberg on the power of judicial review
Two major, and very different, cases step into the spotlight

Parliamentary bill fronted by nine-year-old boy spells landmark moment for organ donation
Everyone's talking about Max's Law

The legal minefield that is private space travel
International space law is now more important than ever before

The final countdown to GDPR compliance begins
Womble Bond Dickinson's data protection team explains the key points of the big legislative change of 2018

How young people see the abolition of net neutrality
Free competition between websites is an illusion already