Counsel of Perfection
Friday, 10 January 2014
What criminal barristers do and what they don't
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Aspiring criminal barristers have to want to expose themselves every day to the public scrutiny of judges and juries and that exposure...
Friday, 3 January 2014
Justice's blindfold slips
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In the morning of Monday 6 th January 2014 Justice’s blindfold will slip from her eyes and gag her mouth. Courts up and down the la...
Friday, 1 November 2013
Next Steps consultation response of Max Hardy
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9 Bedford Row London WC1R 4AZ 1 st November 2013 Dear Lord Chancellor I hope you will forgive me if thi...
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
My response to the Ministry of Justice's damnable consultation.
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Dear Lord Chancellor This is my response to the Ministry of Justice’s ‘Transforming legal aid: delivering a more credible and effici...
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Convicting the Guilty
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It is well known that many (most) criminal barristers are frustrated actors. This phenomenon can induce an unhelpful inclination towa...
Monday, 18 March 2013
A rose by any other name does NOT smell as sweet...
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A widely recognised virt ue of the internet is the demystification of specialist knowledge. Doctors must sigh when their patients tur...
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Justice MUST be seen to be done.
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Famously the statue of Justice that pinnacles the rotunda of the Old Bailey wears no blindfold. One explanation for this is that she ...
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