Tuesday, 4 July 2017

Grenfell Tower: What lends legitimacy?

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Legitimacy, most formally defined, means in accordance with the law but another and equally valid meaning is having the quality of accepta...
Wednesday, 21 June 2017

Debating with Pros and Cons

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Over a door at reception to Her Majesty's Prison Pentonville there is a sign: Beware of the sliding doors.  I don't know how many ...
Monday, 5 June 2017

Up with the lark; down with the nightingale - Justice Jaded

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Where is justice done? When is justice done?  These are two questions that almost never get asked as being peripheral to the main and only...
Friday, 26 May 2017

The Miserable Month of May

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The first responsibility of government is protection of the people.  Judged by that standard the harsh truth is that Mrs May has already f...
Tuesday, 16 May 2017

A preview of Channel 4's The Trial: A Murder in the Family

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With good cause many actors hold dear to the maxim: 'Never read your own reviews'. Barristers do not have that luxury; instead eve...
Thursday, 20 April 2017

A review of Nina Raine's 'Consent'

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Police officers and doctors more than any other professionals suffer from the teeth grinding frustration of seeing their occupations ludic...
Monday, 20 March 2017

Trial by Camera: who benefits from recorded cross-examination?

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Theatre v film.   Some appreciate both art forms equally some prefer one to the other.   What all can agree on is they represent very diff...