The Industrial Revolution was an explosion of new inventions and innovations that provoked widespread industrial change, transforming Britain from a predominantly agricultural country to an industrial one. In an age of imperial expansion, new sources of prosperity and ceaseless manufacturing, Victorian social reformers called for better public sanitation and street lighting as the population of its towns and cities multiplied rapidly.
After six years of battling over a disclosure case, the ECJ has failed to make any significant progress over the issue of access to official documents, argues Paul Stanley QC
