Solicitors Journal is a
legal periodical published in the United Kingdom.
It was established in 1856.[1] It was published weekly until September 2017, when it ceased publication, and has been published monthly since January 2019, when it resumed publication.[2]
It is a general[3] law journal.[4] It was a newspaper[5] and was registered as a newspaper.[6] From January 2019, it is a
glossy magazine.[2]
Publishers
The original publisher was the Law Newspaper Company Limited.[7]
The Solicitors Journal publishes
law reports. For the purposes of
citation, its name may be abbreviated to "SJ"[35] or "Sol Jo",[36] while "Solicitors' Journal and Reporter" may be abbreviated to "Sol J & R".[37]
History
The Solicitors Journal replaced the Legal Observer and Solicitors Journal, also known as the Legal Observer (1830–1856).[38][39][40][41] The Weekly Reporter (1853–1906) merged into the Solicitors Journal.[42][43] The Weekly Reporter's common law editor from 1862 to 1866 was
Standish Grove Grady.[44]
^"General legal journal": Hannibal and Mountford, Criminal Litigation Handbook, [Criminal Litigation 2007-2008], (LPC Handbooks), Oxford University Press, 2007,
p 8; and Sprack, A Practical Approach to Criminal Procedure, 13th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2011, para 30.09 at
p 550.
^Theodore W Dwight, "Method of Preparing a Case for Argument" (1887) 1 Columbia Law Times 34 at
35 (No 2, November 1887); (1893) 1 The Scots Law Times
244 (28 October 1893); Schlesinger (ed), Formation of Contracts, Oceana Publications, (Oceana Book Number 269), 1968,
vol 1, p 237.
^Cordery's Law relating to Solicitors,
5th Edition, Butterworths, 1961, p xviii. The Second Supplement to the Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1858,
p 453.
^See, for example, (1898)
42 Solicitors' Journal and Reporter, (1910)
55 Solicitors' Journal and Weekly Reporter and (1993)
137 The Solicitors' Journal, passim.
^"The Law Newspaper Company Limited" (1856) 52 The Legal Observer
555; (1965)
109 Solicitors Journal 843 (29 October 1965); "Legal Periodicals in England" (2006)
28 Zeitschrift für Neuere Rechtsgeschichte 189
^(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)
[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.
^"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.
^"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
^(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
^"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
^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.
^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
[4]; 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.
"Centenary of The Solicitors' Journal" (1957) 107 The Law Journal 76
[5]
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)
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