Kicking criminals is easy, but who will speak up for the accused?
Victims Commissioner Vera Baird says the ‘double jeopardy’ rule – which prevents a person being tried for the same offence twice…
The law on using a phone while driving is a complete mess
It is both very stupid and a criminal offence to drive whilst using a hand-held mobile phone. The reason is…
It’s not wrong to ask rape complainants to give their phones to police
Jeremy Corbyn, Shami Chakrabarti and Harriet Harman all have difficulties with the idea of complainants in rape cases being asked…
Shamima Begum has a right to legal aid
Speaking on the radio this morning, the Foreign Secretary refused the temptation to condemn the Legal Aid Authority’s grant of…
How can a grandfather still be in jail, when his accuser has said he’s innocent?
At the end of last week the Court of Appeal explained why it had upheld the conviction of a grandfather –…
There’s no presumption of innocence for the wrongly imprisoned
The greatest criminal barrister of all time, Sir Edward Marshall Hall KC, who probably saved more men and women from…
The £1 billion IT project that has caused chaos in the criminal courts
Between 2010 and 2015 the Ministry of Justice endured amongst the deepest cuts of any government department. Yet even as…
Scrapping juries in rape trials would be a mistake
Juries, and the right to a fair trial, are under threat from the left. The latest attack came from Ann…
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