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Two days in the life of a Criminal Defence Lawyer
Day 1 9 am – Attendance at a prison in London. Client facing a fairly serious fraud charge has been in custody since May. Client naturally upset because of lack…
Court fees and the resignation of magistrate Nigel Allcoat
This week Mr. Allcoat, a magistrate of 15 years’ experience has resigned after being suspended by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The reason for his suspension was he took money…
A modest media storm this week over the decision by the Court of Appeal that a judge was right to have increased the sentence of a man for sexual offences…
September 23, 2015
Opinion
Extradition – paying the ultimate price?
During my time as a trainee solicitor, I have been fortunate enough to gain experience in the relatively niche area of extradition law. I had never studied or had any…
August 27, 2015
Blog
Sex – Don’t Sext
There is a growing concern amongst factions of the criminal law community and civil liability groups regarding the rising trend of teenagers being labelled sex offenders for sending sexually explicit…
August 19, 2015
Blog
A businessman whose commodity happens to be cocaine…
In Layer Cake (2004) Daniel Craig’s character told us “that one day, all this drug monkey business will be legal”. Eleven years later and it’s still not. In fact, earlier…
August 12, 2015
Opinion
New court charges – a further blow to our justice system
On 13th April this year the then Justice Secretary Chris Grayling brought in new court charges for those convicted at magistrates’ or crown courts. The new charges are payable on…
August 6, 2015
Blog
LIBOR sentencing may herald a tough approach for financial crime such as bribery
It has already been well documented that the 14 year sentence imposed yesterday on trader Tom Hayes, for manipulating LIBOR is higher than many of the sentences imposed on other…
The Sunday Times expose on drugs in sport has reopened an interesting issue for criminal lawyers – should doping be criminalised – and what would the likely effect be? Under…
Bribery Act Review – Facilitation payments still problematic
Last week, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) sent letters to industry leaders, inviting them to comment on whether the Bribery Act has had an impact on their…
Policing Methods: Should Police Officers of England and Wales be armed with tasers?
The introduction in the use of tasers by frontline Police Officers of England and Wales came in 2003 as an alternative to Police Officers being armed with firearms. Of course…
July 29, 2015
Opinion
No ifs, no buts, no legal aid cuts
You may or may not be aware of the public demonstration that took place outside Westminster Magistrates Court this morning. It comes following the ongoing decision by the majority of…
July 22, 2015
Blog
Two sides to every story?
Over the weekend I watched a programme called Met: Policing London. As a trainee within a Criminal Law department programmes involving police, crime or the law are always of interest.…
