I knew I wanted to be a lawyer from around the age of 13; there were no lawyers in my family, my school’s careers department consisted...
I first stepped into a courtroom as a fully qualified barrister on 2nd January 1994. Wearing my brand new set of robes, freshly minted white wig...
The building occupied by the Supreme Court in Parliament Square is usually a busy place. In addition to the twelve justices of the Supreme Court, who...
In light of the coronavirus outbreak, there has been discussion amongst the legal profession in the UK as to the future of the juries in criminal...
The question raised in the title of this essay could find a very easy and straightforward answer: Capital Punishment is prohibited by European law in times...
In England, fair and equal access to justice is an inherent, unalienable right, established by the common law through the right to natural justice (a rule...
It’s something we (or at least I) associate with TV crime dramas set in the 70s or a John Grisham novel, but I recently came across...
It was only a week ago since Boxer Nick Blackwell suffered a bleed on the brain following his British middleweight title defeat by Chris Eubank Jr...
On top of the Old Bailey stands Lady Justice, weighing a meagre 22 tons. 3.5 metres tall, the gold leaf statue resides over central London. She...
There are times when we all slip up and make little mistakes and, in normal life, these are usually forgiven as it can generally be assumed...