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]
Publishersedit
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]
Historyedit
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]
Referencesedit
^ abCaroline 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.
^ abcd"Back from the dead" in "Obiter", The Law Society Gazette, 22 October 2018
^"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
^Volume 135 (1991). See also Willing's Press Guide (1993).
^(1995) 139 Solicitors Journal, Supplement, 24 November 1995, p 39; Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 1997, p 191 [1]
^Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory 1999, Bowker, 1998, p 3694
^(1995) 139 Solicitors Journal, Supplement, 24 November 1995, p 39
^"FT Law & Tax" (1995) 26 The Law Librarian 481 (No 4, December 1998)
^"Legal Publishing: The Thomson Legal and Professional Group buys Solicitors Journal (1998) 142 Solicitors Journal
^Jean-Yves Gilg. Lights Out. Solictors Journal. 25 September 2017.
^Wilmington Group plc. Preliminary Results for the year to 30th June 2003. p 3.
^Dominic Ponsford, Wilmington to shut down Solicitors Journal after 160 years in print, 15 September 2017
^(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.
^"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
^(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.
^"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.
Further readingedit
Solicitors' Journal. WorldCat.
Solicitors Journal and Reporter. WorldCat.
Solicitors Journal and Weekly Reporter. WorldCat.
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.
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 [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) Google Books