There are interesting issues considered in the judgment of Mr Recorder Adrian Jack in AS v AB [2024] EWFC 24. A party was appealing. The recording (and backup recording) failed to record the judge's judgment and there was no agreed note. Consequently it was ordered that an appeal proceed by way o...
Which all raises the question of why on earth advocates / legal professionals are not allowed to make a recording themselves. Everyone these days carries a high quality voice recorder in the form of their smartphone, and if recordings were allowed the absurd Victorian concept of counsel having to make a written note of a judgment would never arise.