Monday, 12 March 2018

Laughter is the best medicine (& the best defence)

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Nobody loves a prosecutor.  I learnt this quite early in my career when friends and family would be fascinated to hear of trips to the cel...
Thursday, 22 February 2018

Legal Aid - A Defence (again)

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I am convinced it is not by chance that The Secret Barrister’s avatar is a bunny rabbit because only the Duracell Bunny or a close...
Tuesday, 16 January 2018

The Perfect Prosecution - A Recipe

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Those of us that prosecute and defend often see prosecutions in nautical terms.  Can the Crown construct a watertight case? Can the defenc...
Sunday, 15 October 2017

The road to freedom - why cyclists need protecting not prosecuting

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In blogging topicality is everything. It is a source of wonder to me the speed with which some other legal bloggers manage to publish post...
Friday, 6 October 2017

Goodbye John Thompson American Hero

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Have you ever met an astronaut?  Hardly any of us have been in space,  a few more have summited Everest, a few more yet have won Oly...
Tuesday, 19 September 2017

Double or Bust? - Magistrates' Sentencing Powers

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The retiring Lord Chief Justice has been  reported  as suggesting that magistrates' sentencing powers should be doubled to enable them...
Monday, 18 September 2017

Prey & Prejudice: Time to Regulate the Paedophile Hunters?

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If church attendance figures are anything to go by few in modern Britain still believe in the devil.  That however is not to say that beli...