header-logo header-logo

Law in 101 words

27 May 2022 / Roderick Ramage
Issue: 7980 / Categories: Features , Profession , Constitutional law
printer mail-detail
82776
(Royal) Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

598—Start of St Augustine’s Church

By C4 Britannia had been converted to Christianity, but, after the withdrawal of the legions, isolation from Rome and increasing non-Christian Anglo-Saxon settlement led to distinct practices, such as the date of Easter and the emphasis of monasteries rather than bishoprics. In 598 a mission sent by Pope Gregory, consisting of forty missionaries led by Augustine, arrived in Canterbury, where King Ethelbert permitted them to preach and gave them land, including an old Roman church. Ethelbert accepted baptism in about 601. Augustine established his see in this church, which became Canterbury Cathedral. It was rebuilt after destruction by fire in 1067.

890s—Army & navy established

Alfred the Great spent much of his reign resisting Viking intrusions into Wessex. After his victory over them at Edington in 878, the Vikings withdrew to the north of a line from London to Chester. Alfred established a system of fortified burths (boroughs) and reformed his military organisation into a standing

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content
If you are already a subscriber sign in
...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Mourant—Stephen Alexander

Mourant—Stephen Alexander

Jersey litigation lead appointed to global STEP Council

mfg Solicitors—nine trainees

mfg Solicitors—nine trainees

Firm invests in future talent with new training cohort

360 Law Group—Anthony Gahan

360 Law Group—Anthony Gahan

Investment banking veteran appointed as chairman to drive global growth

NEWS
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
back-to-top-scroll