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Solicitors Journal
CategoriesLegal periodical
First issue1856; 168 years ago (1856)
Websitewww.solicitorsjournal.com
ISSN0038-1047

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

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The original publisher was the Law Newspaper Company Limited.[7]

The journal was formerly published by Longman Group UK Ltd.[8] Longman Law, Tax and Finance then became FT Law & Tax,[9] a subsidiary of Financial Times Professional Ltd[10] and part of Pearson Professional Limited,[11] and the journal was published by FT Law & Tax.[12] FT Law & Tax became part of the Sweet & Maxwell Group in 1998.[13] The journal was bought from Sweet & Maxwell in November 2002 or in 2003 by Wilmington plc[14][15] who published it until September 2017.[16] It has been published by International In-house Counsel Journal Limited[2] a company with a registered office in Cambridge and a principal trading address in King's Lynn,[17] since January 2019.[2]

The journal formerly had its headquarters in London.[1]

Editors

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Editors included William Shaen,[18][19] Alexander Edward Miller,[20] William Mitchell Fawcett (from 1872 to 1912),[21] John Mason Lightwood (from 1912 to 1925),[22] David Hughes Parry[23] (from 1925 to 1928),[24] John Robert Perceval-Maxwell (from 1928 to 1929),[25] Thomas Cunliffe (from 1929 to 1948),[26] John Passmore Widgery (from 1948 to 1955),[27] Philip Asterley Jones (from 1956 to 1968),[28] Neville David Vandyk (from 1 April 1968 to 1988),[29][30] Julian Harris[31] and Marie Staunton[32] (from 1990[33] to 1997)[34]

Law reports and citation

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d "Back from the dead" in "Obiter", The Law Society Gazette, 22 October 2018
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ See, for example, (1898) 42 Solicitors' Journal and Reporter, (1910) 55 Solicitors' Journal and Weekly Reporter and (1993) 137 The Solicitors' Journal, passim.
  7. ^ "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
  8. ^ Volume 135 (1991). See also Willing's Press Guide (1993).
  9. ^ (1995) 139 Solicitors Journal, Supplement, 24 November 1995, p 39; Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 1997, p 191 [1]
  10. ^ Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory 1999, Bowker, 1998, p 3694
  11. ^ (1995) 139 Solicitors Journal, Supplement, 24 November 1995, p 39
  12. ^ "FT Law & Tax" (1995) 26 The Law Librarian 481 (No 4, December 1998)
  13. ^ "Legal Publishing: The Thomson Legal and Professional Group buys Solicitors Journal (1998) 142 Solicitors Journal
  14. ^ Jean-Yves Gilg. Lights Out. Solicitors Journal. 25 September 2017.
  15. ^ Wilmington Group plc. Preliminary Results for the year to 30th June 2003. p 3.
  16. ^ Dominic Ponsford, Wilmington to shut down Solicitors Journal after 160 years in print, 15 September 2017
  17. ^ "International In-house Counsel Journal Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  18. ^ (1987) 32 The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 319
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ "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.
  22. ^ "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)
  23. ^ "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
  24. ^ "Sir David Hughes Parry" (1973) 117 Solicitors Journal 42 (19 January)
  25. ^ (1963) 107 Solicitors Journal 62; "J R P Maxwell" (1963) 113 The Law Journal 94 (8 February)
  26. ^ "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.
  27. ^ (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
  28. ^ "125 Volumes Completed" (1981) 125 Solicitors Journal 851 (18/25 December) Google Books; "Jones, Philip Asterley", Who Was Who, A & C Black.
  29. ^ "Vandyk, Neville David", Who Was Who, A & C Black, online edition, Oxford University Press.
  30. ^ "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
  31. ^ "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
  32. ^ "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.
  33. ^ "Staunton, Marie", The World Who's Who of Women, Eleventh Edition, Taylor & Francis, 1992, Google Books
  34. ^ "In person: Marie Staunton" (2000) 144 Solicitors Journal
  35. ^ Owen Hood Phillips. A First Book of English Law. Sweet & Maxwell. Fourth Edition. 1960. Page 169.
  36. ^ Gary Slapper and David Kelly. The English Legal System. Eighteenth Edition. Routledge. 2017. Page 139.
  37. ^ 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.
  38. ^ 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
  39. ^ "The Solicitors Journal and Reporter" (1856) 52 Legal Observer and Solicitors Journal 537, 553, 555, 569
  40. ^ Samuel J Rogal. "Maugham, Robert Ormond the elder". A William Somerset Maugham Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. 1997. 167 at 168
  41. ^ 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.
  42. ^ Owen Hood Phillips. A First Book of English Law. Sweet & Maxwell. Fourth Edition. 1960. Page 169.
  43. ^ 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
  44. ^ "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.

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