William Staunton asks: Are We All Being “Punished” by Lockdown and What is the Impact of Lockdown on Bail? In a recent Crown Court bail variation application, where the issue was a proposed change of […]
A recent case has given me pause to consider the way language is deployed in Family Law – it also gave me cause to revisit an article by Paul Hart exposing the issue of ‘disguised […]
Central Chambers intends to offer three pupillages over the course of 2021 and 2022. Those pupillages will start in October/November 2021, April/May 2022 and October/November 2022. These pupillages will be of a common-law nature and may […]
Mini-summary by Nazmun Ismail Barristers have to represent their clients fearlessly. The cab rank rule applies and so they do not choose their cases. In this case, a District Judge had made an order that […]
R v HM & FAA (2020) Mark, led by Francis Fitzgibbon QC, secured the acquittal of his client (FAA) who faced terrorism charges. The unanimous Not Guilty verdicts followed a re-trial lasting over four weeks […]
With Manchester’s Gay Village in lockdown and Pride effectively cancelled, Ben Knight shares his personal thoughts on where Manchester’s LGBTQ+ community finds itself in 2020 – and how the law fits in. I am writing […]
On 16 July 2020, the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal in the case of R v DI against an unlawful Restraining Order, resulting in that Order being quashed and substituted with a lawful (and […]
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