Solicitors Journal
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 Standish Grove Grady.[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 William Shaen,[14][15] Alexander Edward Miller,[16] William Mitchell Fawcett (from 1872 to 1912),[17] John Mason Lightwood (1912 to 1925),[18] David Hughes Parry[19] (1925 to 1928),[20] John Robert Perceval-Maxwell (1928 to 1929),[21] Thomas Cunliffe (1929 to 1948),[22] John Passmore Widgery (1948 to 1955),[23] Philip Asterley Jones (1956 to 1968),[24] Neville David Vandyk (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
- "Back from the dead" in "Obiter", The Law Society Gazette, 22 October 2018
- 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.
- Solicitors Journal web site, About us (Retrieved 21 July 2011)
- 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
- "The Solicitors Journal and Reporter" (1856) 52 Legal Observer and Solicitors Journal 537, 553, 555, 569
- Samuel J Rogal. "Maugham, Robert Ormond the elder". A William Somerset Maugham Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. 1997. 167 at 168
- 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 ; Harry Kirk, Portrait of a Profession, Oyez, 1976.
- Owen Hood Phillips. A First Book of English Law. Sweet & Maxwell. Fourth Edition. 1960. Page 169.
- 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
- "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.
- Ponsford, Dominic (15 September 2017). "Wilmington to shut down Solicitors Journal after 160 years in print". Press Gazette. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- Volume 135 (1991). See also Willing's Press Guide (1993).
- "International In-house Counsel Journal Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- (1987) 32 The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 319
- As to William Shaen, see (1887) 31 Solicitors Journal 312 and 320 (12 March) ; (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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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)
- "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
- "Sir David Hughes Parry" (1973) 117 Solicitors Journal 42 (19 January)
- (1963) 107 Solicitors Journal 62; "J R P Maxwell" (1963) 113 The Law Journal 94 (8 February)
- "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.
- (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
- "125 Volumes Completed" (1981) 125 Solicitors Journal 851 (18/25 December) Google Books; "Jones, Philip Asterley", Who Was Who, A & C Black.
- "Vandyk, Neville David", Who Was Who, A & C Black, online edition, Oxford University Press.
- "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
- "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
- "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.
- "Staunton, Marie", The World Who's Who of Women, Eleventh Edition, Taylor & Francis, 1992, Google Books
- "In person: Marie Staunton" (2000) 144 Solicitors Journal
- Owen Hood Phillips. A First Book of English Law. Sweet & Maxwell. Fourth Edition. 1960. Page 169.
- Gary Slapper and David Kelly. The English Legal System. Eighteenth Edition. Routledge. 2017. Page 139.
- 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.
Further reading
- Steve Wilson and Phillip Kenny. The Law Student's Handbook. Oxford University Press. 2010. ISBN 9780199562176. p 125
- Solicitors Journal to close after 160 years. The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland. 18 September 2017.
- A sad farewell to Solicitors' Journal. Incorporated Council of Law Reporting. 26 September 2017.
- Solicitors Journal goes under after 160 years. The Brief. The Times. 19 September 2017.
- So farewell then, SJ, The Law Society Gazette, 15 September 2017
- "Centenary of The Solicitors' Journal" (1957) 107 The Law Journal 76
- Laurel Brake and Marysa Demoor. Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland. Academia Press and British Library. 2009. Page 585. See also "Professional Journals" at pages 509 and 510.
- (1964) 3 The Solicitor Quarterly 115 (April) Google Books
- Owen Hood Phillips. A First Book of English Law. Sweet & Maxwell. Fourth Edition. 1960. Page 169.
- Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. Page 47.
- Winfield, Percy H. The Chief Sources of English Legal History. Harvard University Press. 1925. Reprinted by Beard Books. 2000. Page 193.
- Michael Harwood. Conveyancing Law & Practice. Second Edition. Cavendish Publishing Limited. 1996. Page 528.
External links
- Official website
- Solicitors Journal and Reporter. WorldCat.
- Solicitors Journal and Weekly Reporter. WorldCat.