In 1965, The Law Journal gobbled up The Law Times. This was explained away as ‘a substantial contribution to the avoidance of uneconomical luxury’. It obviously seemed a good idea to change the title. After much debate someone came up with New Law Journal. Eurekas all round. These were the swinging 60s after all, and a hip handle was imperative. And so it was that the first edition of the weekly New Law Journal was published on 28 October 1965.
Sir Winston Churchill had died, The Toys were number one in the hit parade with A Lover’s Concerto, Harold Wilson was partying in No 10, Sir Gerald Gardiner was Lord Chancellor, capital punishment for murder was about to be suspended for five years, the Race Relations Act had reached the statute book and, the day after publication, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were charged with murder.
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